The Situation in Austria
The first result in Austria itself of the Austro-German Agreement was the suspension, on the motion of the Public Prosecutor, of the trial of ten Nazis for high treason. It is expected that an amnesty will be declared in the immediate future for Nazis undergoing sentences in Austrian prisons and concentration camps, though the report of the release of Dr. Anton. von Rintelen, who was proclaimed Chancellor during the Nazi Putsch of July, 1934; is denied. Opposition to, the Agreement in Austria seems to be confined to two quarters. The Heimwehr, whose importance was already on the wane since the deposition of Prince Starhemberg from the Vice- Chancellorship, is likely to recede still further into the background, and can presumably hope for no further support from Italy ; and the legitimists see in the Agree- ment a further serious obstacle to the prospects of Prince Otto's restoration. The inhabitants of Salzburg, on the other hand, expressing the sentiments of the considerable part of the Austrian population which is interested in the tourist traffic, have been celebrating the event with cries of " Heil, Hitter ! " and " Heil, Schuschnigg t" and are eagerly awaiting the arrival of German tourists, all now no doubt armed with swastikas, since that emblem is in future to be permitted to German visitors though denied to Austrians themselves.
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