Last week the problem of the Austrian Constitution was solved
by the agreement of both parties to a modified reform. Herr Schober was reappointed Chancellor under the new regime ; the President issued his appeal to the Army to withstand dangers to the Constitution " both from within and without " ; everyone was congratulating Austria on the prospect of tranquillity. On Tuesday, however, Dr. Seipel, a former Chancellor, re-opened the whole question by declaring that . he refused to consider the reforms final. He speaks for the Heimwehr who, he says, are the true representatives of democracy. This is the most ingenuous sophistry that we have heard for some time,• since Dr. Seipel has not even the pretext that his party has charge of the machine of State, as in Italy. His statement may; however, create a very serious situation in. Austria, should the Heimwehr decide to follow his lead.
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