Word: austrians
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...conference appointed to deal with these problems and chairmanned by Lou -Loucheur ("The Richest Man in France"), notable progress was made last week when the "orientals" accepted in principle the following plan: Let Austria renounce her claims against the Little Entente on account of their seizures of Austrian lands and property; and let the Little Entente renounce their claims against Austria for reparations. Though this simple compromise gained much favor, it was by no means certain to be adopted, and the complex related issues touching Hungary and Rumania reared ugly heads...
...Minister alighted, the newshawks blurted quick questions. Was it true that he favored the return of the Habsburgs to reign in Austria? Did he want to form a separate most Catholic Kingdom of united Austria and Bavaria? Did he want to indemnify the Habsburgs for property confiscated by the Austrian Republic? In Luxemburg had he visited ex-Empress Zita of Austria, as reported, and discussed with her these matters? Deftly Mgr. Seipel avoided the more contentious questions...
...learned that she had come to visit the Grand Duchess* it would have been too late to request an audience. I would not have done it in any case, however, because it would have been considered tactless and would have given a wrong impression at the very moment when Austrian Catholics were demanding an investigation of the legitimacy of the confiscation of Habsburg property...