Show Funeral Services Are Conducted For Chancellor Killed by Nazis 1 r I r i L c k t 4 i ST c 4 t j II I I II I r u M i- i rii q f While files me of form the guard of honor the casket containing the body of Chancellor Chancel Chancel- lor br Engelbert Dollfuss assassin victim in the Austrian uprising here is being carried from the chancellery chancellery chancellery chancel chancel- lery where he met death to a flower decked hearse for removal t to the Vienna city hall ball Thousands Line Streets of Vienna During Rites for D Dollfuss VIENNA July 28 The 28 The spirit of the assassinated Chancellor Engelbert DoU Dollfuss was invoked today by Acting Act Act- ing mg Chancellor Ernst von berg to plead before the throne of God for Austria's independence as thousands lined up before the Vienna city hall hail to pay honor to the martyred chancellor Other hundreds of thousands lined the streets through which his body was carried Millions of persons in every quarter of the world listened to the broadcast of the funeral ex ereis I II I a-I am not saying farewell to you beloved leader lender comrade and friend declared the tall Von at the casket of his little predecessor for as a Catholic I know that only that which is mortal of you OU will per ish You will continue to live Already you have entered the thc history of our fatherland mediator I I implore you to be our before the thc throne of God the All Al I Highest A riot of color which except fo for forthe forthe the abundant black crepe in evidence everywhere almost belied the sorrow of the Austrian nation made the picturesque square before the city hall hail seem almost as though it were adorned for a jo joyous ous occasion Scores of ca candles around the catafalque catafalque cata cata- I falque faique bright white-red white cloth in which the coffin was wrapped the natty blue uniforms of the members of the thc old imperial army the gay bluish grey of the men the he gold dress uniforms of the diplomats diplo mats mats among among whom George S. S Mes- Mes United States minister in his lis plain cutaway looked conspicuously conspicuously democratic democratic the the field grey of he the regular army and the purple and gold robes of the clergy all presented present present- ed a picture in the thc midst of which the he gently sobbing and desolate Frau Alwine Dollfuss clinging to the arm of ot Von seemed confused con can used fused and bewildered At p. p m. m a chorus assisted by a abrass abrass brass band chanted a dir dirge e. e Then President Resident Wilhelm Miklas mounted the rostrum Never in all my life has it been as difficult to speak on an occasion of this kind he said with a voice that revealed the sorrow of a chief of stale state who had lost not only his ablest political head but a party friend as well A damnable crime has las taken from irom us Engelbert Dollfuss Dollfuss Doll Doll- fuss a true Austrian and a true German German Ger Gee man who by blood and race oace was tied to his native land The president then traced the career of Dollfuss from early manhood manhood man man- hood through the vicissitudes a of his political life I Copyright 1934 by Associated Press |