Austria Herr Schober, who succeeded Dr. Streeruwitz as Austrian Chancellor
last week, has secured what the Austrian people above all need—a short truce to rival political demonstrations. When Herr Schober took over the Chancellorship he had- no time to lose. Demonstrations which promised exceedingly ugly riots were due to take' place Within three days. He formed his Cabinet with exemplary speed, and he was in the saddle in good time. For the rest, there was so much public respect for this President of the Police—perhaps fear of him, too—that the demonstrators thought it wiser not to overstep the mark. Herr Schober has been Chancellor before, and, of course, earned a great reputation by his strong but not unjust suppression of revolutionary movements. He is not at all opposed to reform of the Constitution, which, like every other rational man, he admits to be extremely defective. But if the Heimwehr thought that he was going to take their side in Italianizing the Constitution and suppressing the Socialists in order to exalt a fanciful Nationalism, they were greatly mistaken.
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