| Show DOLLFUSS IS ASSASSINATED r Nazis Attempt To Seize Power By Daring Coup 1 l ii I I N Nr r 4 g j 7 A 4 4 Engelbert Engilbert Imprison Austrian Dictator Three Cabinet Members Member t in I TELEPHONE SERVICE CU CUT Loyal rr Troops ops Hand Rebels Ultimatum N i Br By United l Pre Freu BERLIN July 25 Chan 25 Chan Chancellor Engelbert Doll fuss of Austria was killed in today's nazi uprising it was announced by Minister Minis linis ter Emil Fey and Chan Chan- Elect cellar Kurt Sch sc nigg in a broadcast from Vienna tonight VIENNA July 25 JP F By telephone to Berlin At At p. p m. m Chancellor Dollfuss Emil Fey and several other either government officials were still locked up up and guarded at the chanc llory Reports that Dollfuss was dead continued to persist however A police detective who is serving as a go-between go the revolutionists and government officials said Doll Doll- russ fuss was injured and lying on a sofa in the It was decided to detail another army battalion to duty about the building and to present the invaders with another ultimatum to surrender failing which the building would be bo attacked The first a assault ault will b. b boby bo be by tear gas ga Nazis captured cap d Dollfuss at his office of fic fice and at the end nd of ff four hours of f mad excitement civilians at the chan than cri cried d Dollfuss is dead They had just left the building into which a group of nazis had smashed and from which a a. a police commissioner commis had emerged to announce that the chief of the government had been shot and seriously wounded in a struggle There was no way of getting getting getting get get- ting into the to confirm or disprove the report Ultimatum Is Ii Issued Other government officers apparently apparently headed by Prince Ernst von vice chancellor and with the apparent approval of President President President dent Wilhelm Miklas issued an ultimatum ultimatum ulti ulti- to the putsch leaders warnIng warning warn warn- ing irig them either to release Dollfuss and abandon the or Dr the helm wehr would attack Telephone communication between Vienna and the outside world was broken ot off shortly after the ulti 41 11 At least six men were reported killed in the street fighting which Continued on Page Two NAZIS ATTEMPT TO SEIZE POWER Dollfuss Reported Slain After Being Captured by Austria Rebels Continued from ham P PUt Page ie One Immediately flared up in Vienna and other points point in Austria At Klagenfurt early reports said that President Miklas had been taken into custody by federal soldiers but subsequent developments development made It appear appear ap ape ap- ap pear likely that the soldiers were acting as a guard The loyal fascist and federal federal fed fed- eral troops poured into the Ballhaus- Ballhaus platz the platz-the the great square in front of the as as conflicting reports reports re re- reports ports circulated through the city Prince von van escaped from rom nazi nad captors and organized his own counter action Fighting Breaks Bruks Out In the four lour hours from the time the putsch was launched Vienna ex cx- one half hour of machine gun fighting and several pistol a at- at frays Crays One of oC the most accepted stories italics o of how the nazis captured Dollfuss was wasas wasas wasas as follows He with Emil Fey ey minister min mm- ister of oC public security and Minister Minis ter were captured by bj nazis disguised as and army officers who forced their way into the chancellors chancellor's office oUke Previously Previously Pre Pre- disguised nazis forced their way into the barracks barracks barracks bar bar- racks In fn the seventh district seizing machine guns rifles rines and ammunition Then the main group proceeded to the sentries This report declared that the three prisoners were held as hostages on the threats that they would be killed if it attacked the building Fey appeared twice on the balcony bakony of oC the building to to address officers outside Following one of oC these appearances appearances appearances ap ap- ap- ap the regul regular troops which had been drawn up tip before beCore the building build build- ing jag marched away Troops Withdraw Although at Feys Fey's command sol soldiers diers withdrew from the Ballhaus BaUhaus platz 30 army array trucks carrying machine ma machine machine chine guns trench mortars and other othe equipment appeared on the square quare before the near b by Two vo armored cars and several ambulances ambulance also were held in readiness It was at this time that government go leaders not In the hands of oC the nazis nazi nazis nazis' gave the putsch leaders 20 minutes minute to release their captives The political situation in Austria has been dangerous for months Early in the year civil war broke out be be- tween the government and the socialists social socialists who at that time controlled th the municipal administration of Vienna Acts of ot terrorism terrorism mainly mainly bombings bomb bomb- ings have ings-have have kept Austria In a continual con continual turmoil Dollfuss decreed that bombers should be hanged on Tuesday one bomber er was hanged He lie was a socialist however howe not a nazi One of the main announced aims of the nazis in Austria has been to create cre cre- create ate an nn Joining with Germany Italy Holds Soldiers on Border ROME July 25 P JP iP Military circles said tonight that Italy has soldiers sol sal diers near the Austrian border for lor loruse use in case of oC need j A government spokesman declared that no orders for further con tion of troops had been issued how how- however ever |
