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many before Hitler came to power.
Germany had q Hindenburg for
president, who forced Bruening to
resign.
There is nobody in Austria who
can make Dollfuss resign. Presi-
dent MiklaS, II he tried it, would
simply be ignored. In this sense,
Donfuss can stay just as long as
his nerve holds out.
Third asset Is his armed power:
$4,000 regular army; 5000 mill.
tary auxiliary corps; 5000 police:
5000 gendarmerie; 5000 auxiliary
police; 10000 Heimwehr, making
around $4,000. These figures seem
large, but were supplied by a
DollfuSs official.
Fourth asset is the Catholic
church which supports Dollfuss as
fervently as he is himself a fer
vent Catholic.
Economic Gains
Fifth asset is the fact that the
economic condition Of Austria has
begun to improve.
Final asset is the sympathy and
support Of Italy, France, England
and the Little Entente.
These are his assets. His
debts, are headed today by the
newest:
The fact that Hitler, having
signed a non-aggression pact with
Poland, has protected his pact
and today has his hands free to
concentrate his principal atten-
tion on acquiring Austria.
Second, according even to the
friendly critics Of Dollfuss, it is
obvious that his government is
merely negative, only anti-Nazi.
True the DollfuSs party says
mo, we are pro-Austrian," but the
fact is that the NaziS keep Doll
fus permanently on the defensive.
Third debit is that a probable
majority of the population, includ-
ing virtually the entire youth, is
against him. In the opposition are
even the social Democrats who
proved unable to learn from the
experience of their comrades the
difference between a Nazi concen-
tration camp and a DolltusS de-
tention camp.
what About Powers
Fourth debit, according to his
critics:
The armed forces are not all
loyal. The Heimwehr, the back
bone of his civilian military, lacks
the fire and spirit Of the Nazi
youth.
The Catholic church failed to
prevent Bavaria from going Naz1.
And as far as economic improve
ment goes, Germany also is i'm
proving economically.
Finally, however, the Austrian
problem boils down to the attitude
of the Great Powers. Just how
much Of their support is "sym-
pathy" and how much is support?
MuSSolini, according to all ac-
counts, has promised Dollfuss that
If German Nazi troops, or Aus
trian Nazi troops now in Germany,
come over the border to overthrow
his government, italian troops will
march in and throw the Germans
OUT
A Serious Tangle
# MusSolini did that, the Jugo-
slavs would march into Carinthia.
Because they would believe that
the Italians coveting Dalmatia
had only seized a pretext to de-
scend upon them via Austria, the
only feasible military route from
Italy to Jugoslavia.
With italian and JugoSlav
troops facing each other on for
eign soil, the outcome could be
q disaster of the first magnitude.
General European war could
easily follow.
Again, if Mussolini did march,
almost inevitably the first result
would be to turn all Austria Nazi,
thus defeating his aim.
Finally. would the Italians get
out if they ever occupied the
Tyrol? If they did, the Nazis
would come right back. If they
did not, then Italy would have
Germany for a neighbor, which
is precisely the position she is
trying to avoid.
Would Cow Italy
The consensus is that Mussolini
would only march if Germany
openly and flagrantly invaded
Austria. Sound judges also be-
lieve that he certainly would not