When Chancellor Dolifuss first enlisted the aid of the Nazis, he must have been aware that it would mean the eventual abandonment of his own party for Fascism is a movement, which by its very nature excludes any other sort of political development. Consequently, the violent denunciation of Dollfuss's own party, the Christian Socialists, which has just been made by Prince Starhemberg, can come as no surprise to him, for when he resolved to crush the Socialists with the aid of the Heimwehr, he must have known that he could not temporize or adopt any half measures, that he must accept the Fascist doctrine in toto. One may, accordingly, look for the disappearance of Dollfuss's party in the near future; and, I think that it is also extremely likely that Dollfuss himself will soon follow it into oblivion, for the Heimwehr will eventually be absorbed into the larger fabric of Italian or German Fascism, and the little chancellor will then find that he will be no longer needed. Two other causes also make his continuance in power a highly dubious matter. The first is the fact that he has by his actions alienated the sympathy of the rest of Europe on which he formerly has so strong a hold: this means that the powers will be far less likely to support him in maintaining his government. The other and more significant factor is to be found in the character of the men who are Dollfuss's ostensible allies, for it is becoming increasingly evident that Starhemberg and Fey intend to get power into their own hands as soon as possible. All in all, it looks pretty black for the little man.