Down On Otto

Chairmanned by ubiquitous Foreign Minister Dr. Eduard Benes of Czechoslovakia, the annual conference of the 'Little Entente" (Czechoslovakia, Jugoslavia, Rumania) met last week at Stribske Pleso in the Tatra* mountains, resolved strongly against the proposed restoration of Archduke "Little Otto" of Habsburg as King of Hungary (TIME, June 2 & 9)

Reason: All the "Little Entente" countries received huge slices of Austro-Hungarian territory after the War. All fear that a Habsburg restoration would crystal-Hungarian fighting spirit, result" in a struggle to regain the "lost lands." Said Vecer, organ of Czechoslovakian Prime Minister Udrzal (pronounced Derjhal) last week:

''The danger of war in middle Europe today is far greater than at any time in the past ten years."

* Name of famed Czechoslovakian motor car.

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