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Austria Dams the Nazi Flood
Fischer, Louis | February 26, 1936 issue

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Little Austria is the bung of a vinegar barrel. The vinegar is German fascism. If the bung is forced out, the vinegar would begin pouring over southeastern Europe. The vinegar, to be sure, has eaten into the bung; Austria is itself a fascist country. But as long as the liquid is held in check some people bless the bung. In effect, they are blessing the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Austrian independence is Mussolini's contribution to European peace. Mussolini does not want Austria. But he wants to make sure that Germany will not absorb it and then look down menacingly on Italy from the Brenner Pass, which would thus become the common frontier of the two fascist states.

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AUSTRIA -- Politics & government; WORLD politics; FASCISM; EUROPE -- Politics & government; AUSTRIA; EUROPE
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