Rome, Feb. 12.
It is not expected that the visit of Dr. Kurt Schuschnigg, Austrian Chancellor, to Berchtesgaden will cause any uneasiness here, the official thesis being that Austria has become the hyphen between the Reich and Italy, and is an essential piece in the Rome-Berlin axis, which is stronger than ever since the carrying out of internal reforms in the Reich The possibility of a more intensive penetration of German interests in Austria at the expense of Italy is scouted here, but it should be noted that Italian opinion is being less and less informed of internal affairs in Austria, and that the recent destruction by Nazis of the telephone bureau in Vienna was scarcely mentioned here.—Havas.
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