Foreign Customs Barriers to Be Maintained Vienna, Mar. 15, It is announced here that the Na-tonal Bank of Austria is trying to reach an accord intended to settle clearing accounts between Austria and. Hungary. The exchange of the two moneys would be calculated on a basis of 50 Reichsmarks for 100) JAuctrian schillings, since Austrian Jcurrency must now be calculated in marks, and this rate would be maintained until the funds had been The gold and foreign currency holdings of the Bank of Austria will be shortly sent to Berlin, while the [Bank itself will become a mere branch of the Reichsbank, the Gov-jemer of which, Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, arrived here t0-da; German law on foreign currencies and the export of capital will be en forced throughout Austria, and creditors in Austria will be treated in the same way a5 creditors in Germany.
While all customs tariffs between Austria and Germany will be ean-celled, the tariffs on imports into Austria from abroad will be provisionally maintained by an order of the Finance Ministry released this evening. The communique emphasized that a" similar situation exists in Hamburg which is part of German territory. but which remains a free port with a special customs system. Havas.
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