Dr. Schuschnigg's Visit The visit of the Austrian Chancellor to
London was much heralded and has been much discussed, but there is no reason to suppose that any decisions of particular importance were reached. The visit was quite genuinely one of courtesy, and the exchange of views between Austrian and British Ministers on so important and delicate a question as the future of Austria was of obvious benefit to both. The Habsburg question was clearly not raised, or at any rate not pressed, and there arc adequate reasons why it should not be at present. The emphasis with which Dr. Schnschnigg and his colleague, the Foreign Minister, assert Austria's capacity to survive as a separate entity, given freedom from external interference and internal strife, is notable. In the latter connexion the decision of the Nazis in the important centre of Linz to disband their organization and join the Patriotic Front is of considerable importance if the intentions expressed are sincere. As to that official opinion in Austria is a little sceptical. Dr. Schuschnigg can hardly be uncon- scious of the fact that one of the best ways to conciliate British opinion would be to find a means of ending the smouldering conflict between the Government and the Socialists.
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