Unification in Austria The dismissal of Prince Starhemberg by Dr.
Schusch- nigg has been followed immediately by a revival of Nazi activity in Austria. The attack on Schloss Waxen- berg, Prince Starhemberg's castle in Upper Austria, where he is supposed to keep a large store of arms, was made by members of the secret Nazi storm-troops in the village of Oberneukirchen, and it demonstrates what tmeouragement the fall of Prince Starhemberg has given to the Austrian Nazis. More subtle than the attack is the campaign of whispering and rumour with which the Nazis worry the nerves of their opponents. Now certainly is the time for them to seize their opportunity. There can be no security in Austria until the Heimwehr is dissolved or gleichgcschaltet, and its continued existence as an independent, or semi-independent, force makes a mockery of Dr. Sehuschnigg's totalitarian State. Confi- dent though the Chancellor may be of his supremacy he cannot but be conscious of the peril of the moment. Until conscription is carried through he has not the overwhelming superiority in armed force which he needs ; in his speech to 10,000 Catholic peasants on Sunday he appealed for unity and loyalty, especially, he said, during the next Month. He will need it.
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