Austro - German Tension The Austrian Government, with the active support of
the Fascist ileimwehr and the passive support of the Socialists, is making a spirited resistance to the formidable Nazi movement within its own borders, and the decision to expel Dr. Franck, the Bavarian Minister of Justice, summarily from the country on Monday, as result of an outrageous broadcast address he had delivered, was a challenge the German Government can hardly fail to take up. Dr. Dollfuss, the German Chancellor, has not even the whole of the Heimwehr with him, for the branches of that organization in Styria have identified themselves with the Nazis. On the other hand the spectacle of what Nazi rule in Germany means is not being lost on Austria, and the insolent attacks on the Austrian Government' by the German Ministers who paid their unwelcome visit to Vienna on Sunday were calcu- lated to do the Austrian Nazi movement much more harm than good. The question of whether Austria will " go Nazi " is still in the balance. A good deal will depend on how far a solid anti-Nazi front can be consti- tuted. The prospects of that are none too bright. But at least Dr. Dollfuss should be able to look to Geneva for support against any • attempt at intimidation from Berlin.
