The Archive · 1934

No Racial Religionist

His Majesty rejects completely the Nazi racial religion with its division of mankind into two groups: the superier German "Ayrans", and the inferior "Non-Ayrans". He pointed out how impossible it would be* to achieve any kind of willing co-opera tion among the diverse races of Central and South Eastern Europe under that principle.

Otto of Habsburg is Austrian. Adolf Hider is Austrian, Hitler's hostility has been docu of his public utterances, paradoxical results of Hitler's rise to power none is more striking than the fact that the outstretched hand of Hitler Germany to seize Austria has been the gesture that has revived the possibility of the restoration of the Habsburgs.

Anti-Habsburgs declare the Sue cession States formed from the break up of the Austro-Hungarian Empire would never permit Otto to return fitlier to the Austrian or Hungarian throne. Habsburg circles are incline fed to believe to-day Europe would prefer Habsburg to Hitler in Aus-ria, and that Europe's opinion would prevail, Given a chance {é make itself known, Otto's personality would mean strength for the monarchist cause. Few restriction parties have been go fortunate in their candidate.

And romance must have died in Austria if Vienna could remain indifferent to a young Prince Charming, wise beyond his year, come to take the crown that made Vienna great, and to "bring peace to Europe."

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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