At the same time occurs an illustration of the appalling
complication of a Balkanized Central Europe, doubly divided by bitter national hatreds and the yet fiercer cross currents of class feeling. The. Austrian Socialists object to their Chancellor and Foreign Minister visiting -reactionary Budapest in order to discuss economic Problems, because they fear an international capitalist alliance against them. They do not,however, put this for- ward as their primary objection, butassertthat the visit has alarmed Prague and Belgrade and would thus prejudice Austria's case with the Little Entente. Whether or not this is true (the Austrian Government denies it in a semi- official communique), it is a good -example of the com- plications to be faced under the new State system. Meanwhile, it is reported that the situation as to food and clothing in Vienna is perceptibly better and that, with the stable exchange, trade is beginning to stir again.
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