| Show ITALIANS CROSSING A i i REPORT R BORDER H MAY BE FORCED TO WAR A Austrian Soldiers Gain rL i Ascendancy Over Over Rebels Rebels' In Bitter Civil Warfare 1 Hitler Nam Names s Von as Minister to Austria AUtria in P Peace ace Move ACTION BRINGS SURPRISE SURPRISEs Is s Regarded as Attempt to Clear Germany In an apparent move to aid in pad pact tying lying Austria and to assure the world that Germany is not tampering In Inthe inthe the affairs of her neighbor Chancellor Chancel Chancel- lor br Hitler of Germany named Franz von vice chancellor as as minister minister min mm- ister Lster to Vienna The appointment was well received in European capitals although it jt came as a distinct surprise In Vienna it was pointed out that the appointment is unusual in that Hitler made Von Van directly responsible responsible re re- re- re to him Instead of having the ministers minister's negotiations passing through the usual diplomatic chan chan- nels nets r BERLIN Ju July y 27 21 P Chancellor JP-Chancellor Hitler named the conservative vice chancellor Franz von to b become be be- come minister to Austria today in I what was regarded as a an astute move to assure the world Germanys Germany's attitude attitude attitude atti atti- tude toward Austria is everything that can be desired Von Vim a storm center of the nazi government accepted the appointment appointment ap ap- ap- ap and is returning from rom Switzerland In keeping with custom the appointment appointment appointment ap ap- ap- ap was formally framed as a request to President von Hindenburg w who vilio o has hS yet to reply Approval of tho the president was taken for granted however Should Von go to Vienna Hitler w would uld achieve the long sought wish to have Von Van out of the cabinet The Austria post became Vacant vacant va Va- cant with the summary withdrawal from Vienna of Kurth Rieth Bieth following following follow follow- ing the assassination of Chancellor Dollfuss ss Von who has dared to Continued on PAle Two I I Franz Franx Von Van Vienna Girds for War As Chaos Grips Nation I I t t. t r- r 6 t r J fI jo h. h n j i x t- t f J 1 k y I I Jf 4 St St. K I 1 P lX wo t 0 t w wt J t t p. p v V kii I Upper left Idt President Wilhelm Miklas of torn strife Austria upper up up- per right Dr Kurt mi minister of justice Judice and education who Is playing playing- an Important part partIn In the fighting against the nails below Anton Rint len Austrian envoy to Rome who was picked by the nails to succeed the murdered murdered murdered mur mur- dered Chancellor Englebert Doll Doll- fuss fuu and who committed suicide when arrested Government Forces Gain Cain As Ascendancy Ascendancy Ascendancy As- As in Battles With Nazis Continued from front Page Pue One considerably in the dark as to the military actions of ot their supporters in n and Salzburg We hope one leader said that Chancellor Hitler's Hillers appointment of or orVon Von as minister to Vienna will contribute to the cessation of tIes lies Hitler Hiller undoubtedly Is sincerely desirous desirous de de- de- de sirous Irous to cooperate in r restoring peace here ere The difficulty naturally is to reach each the ears of ot the fighters in time Lime ime The nazis in the provinces are arc supremely skeptical ot of all announcements announcements announce announce- ments or from the Vienna Vi enna government If enough of ot them hear the Von news from Germany Germany Ger Ger- many there is a chance chanc of suspend suspend- jl I ing ng military action in time Bu But time presses The news from confirmed these hese remarks A correspondent who questioned the inhabitants of Leoben where the recent fighting lighting was wa most fierce fierce found great skepticism Leoen Leo Leo- ben en and other Styrlan towns heard Ithe the he news of ot Von appointment only through the Vienna government wIreless Austrian government officials were cautiously hopeful that Von may bring peace with him to Vienna An official said All AU we know is what we read in the papers The peace possibilities in fri the widest wid- wid est st possible distribution of the leter let ter er t to Von was was however im im- im- im mediately seized upon by the Von Voa government wh which ch dispatched dispatched dis dis- patched i 8 a squadron of ot pro propaganda airplanes to the trouble zone with in- in ns to scatter copies of ot the theetter letter etter wherever military action is seen een Priva Privately some government officiaLs officials jials expressed fear tear that Hitler would not be able to Influence the rebel rebel- lious ious nazis Otherwise they added how tow could Austrian legionaries even evenin evenin evenn in n small detachments be permitted to o invade Austria from Bavaria An official on the subject issued at noon noon said that 40 of ot th these legionaries had come into Austria at al but bu were driven back into nto Germany by th the gendarmerie Also A o contributing to 10 the confusion were bridge dynamiting Interrupting Interrupt- Interrupt ing ng traffic and socialist and leaflets inciting left radicals A gruesome tragedy was enacted at Kollerschlag when at 3 a a. a m m. the leader of ot a group of ot Austrian nazi legionaries arrived from Bavaria and tried ined to throw his arms around the inspector of ot gendarmerie crying 1 Why we are friends i. i The inspector attempted to push the away but the latter drew his knife and stabbed the police police po po- po lice officer i in i the abdomen The in inspector in retaliated ted with six abc shots but was wu killed by a bullet bulletIn In the firing which ensued the son of or a restaurant k keeper per who recently joined the legionaries was vas killed while hurling a grand grenade against his own fathers father's house The legionaries withdrew across the German frontier taking with them eight Austrian pr prisoners From Salzburg came word a new battle between tween the nazis and government government govern xo ment forces force had broken out for the possession of ot the Leug Jug pass which controls the traffic between Salzburg and upper Austria Reports that eight of ot the nazis who participated in the putsch in which Dollfuss was assassinated had been killed without trial and that 30 I more were to be hanged this afternoon after I noon brought this ann from the official Austrian news new agency We have no information of or any execution of ot the nazi puL Catholic storm troopers began i u a campaign among the shopkeepers o ot of Vienna The windows window of shops whose owners owner were known as nazis were wen plastered with stickers reading A member of the party of chancellor murderers Fighting broke out between n government gov gO forces force and nazis naiLs close to the Italian border The battle was for po possession of ot Villach a town barely halIan half halI an hours hour's journey from the border along which Italy has concentrated troops and many airplanes |
