Editorials.

Ambitious nations like France are moving cautiously to gain new political advantages and new political strength. Other nations like Germany and Austria are moving just as carefully to defend themselves against the maneuvering of their neighbors. Germany has countered the latest move of France by offering Austria preferential treatment in the matter of tariffs in return for similar special privileges for its own exports to Austria. Observers in Vienna have read into the German offer and a close resemblance to the ill-fated Austro-German customs union proposal of a year ago.