Show 0 0 W F 01 a W summarizes THE TWP WORLDS WEEK 0 western newspaper union coup amazes world with startling rapidity S STRIKING adolf hillers Hit lers motorized army crossed the austrian frontier seized vienna forced austrian chancellor kurt to resi resign agn and placed a full fledged nazi administration in command ot of the austrian government jittery european go governments vern ments were thrown into a panic as they learned of the german leaders astounding coup britain and france sent hitler identical protests against the austrian invasion warning of grave reactions and several other powers were reported to have joined in the protest in washington secretary of state cordell hull announced a hands off policy toward the european crisis and noted leaders gave their opinion that there was no immediate danger of a general war although they regarded the present situation as highly dangerous by a unanimous vote the house of representatives began consideration of the billion dollar naval expansion bill hillers Hit lers austrian coup was a demonstration on of the rapidity of modern armed f forces arces in less than twelve hours picked brool troops ps had advanced into austrian territory and ancl had forced the fall of the government at 1015 at night the first Ili mobile obile units crossed the border at in the morning the advance guard seized the vienna police and telegraph stations and clamped down a rigid cen complete surprise marked the movement this was in ca contrast to germanys germanas Germ anys movements in in 1914 1914 when five days were required for her armies to enter belgium faced with overwhelming forces broadcast the following message to the austrian people the president of the republic has received ved from the german and chancellor an ultimatum demanding that his own candidate be appointed head of a new austrian government president miklas asked me to tell you that the policy of the austrian government is to recede from force so that no german blood shall be shed we have therefore given orders to our army thatis it has occasion to meet german troops our soldiers will retreat 1 I yield to brute force we must avoid bloodshed our troops have been ordered to retire before german troops and await further developments may god protect austria it was announced the plebiscite had called for sunday to permit the people to vote on whether the country would remain independent or submit to nazi rule had been called off the plebiscite had been denounced by the N nazis as a violation of Aus agreement with germany arthur inquardt I 1 hitless Hit Lt lers personal representative in the Aus austrian cabinet assumed the post of chancellor and a new cabinet composed of nazis was announced meanwhile italis reaction to the german coup was watched with interest and it was believed to to nave have placed a heavy strain on the rome berlin accord in 1934 italy massed troops on the border to prevent hit lers intervention in austria and preservation of the batters lat independence pen dence has been a major point in italian diplomacy however in view of the new accord existing between italy and Ger germany mahy mussolini will be forced to abandon either austria or germany and since he has not completed negotiations with great britain and having few other eu europen european open ties he will be left in virtual isolation should ke h e break with hitler unverified reports stated italian troops were being rushed to the brenner pass gateway between italy and austria in lon london ion stock market prices slumped as the coup became public c news despite the strong terms in britaina Brit ains note to hitler it is believed in adine some quarters that a deal has been made with hitler whereby hereby the latter has been allowed a free hand in central europe I 1 in n exchange tor for renouncing claims to colonies france already in the throes of internal disorders and without a cabinet stood helplessly by pre mier designate BI blum urn hurried consultations with political leaders striving to rally support and to combine the various opposing factions into a united group reverberations in czecho czechoslovakia slovak la of nal nazi zi power in austria was the chief concern in france although h the cabinet meeting in prague was said to be considering the situation calmly reports from bratislava Brat islava on the LEADING EVENTS VIENNA austrian govern government ment Nazi fied after ultimatum by hitler german troops cross border ROME italy was declared by diplomats to be facing a serious situation as the nazis marched into austria official italy refused to comment on the danger to the rome berlin alliance and the presence of hillers Hit lers troops on italis border LONDON british warn germany in strongest possible terms of dangers of austrian action cabinet meets today PARIS france without a cabinet protested to berlin against the seizure of 0 austria but appeared helpless to act against the coup BERLIN germans are jubilant bil adiian t theart as radio tells them their army r my has crossed into austria following nazis seizure of power PRAGUE czechoslovakian cabinet studies new nazi peril austrian czechoslovakia border about 40 miles from vienna said trains and automobiles ar riving arriving there were filled with refugees from vienna hungary was said to be strengthening and reinforcing the defenses along the closed austrian frontier following an emergency cabinet meeting TVA pot bolls boils determined pET to get the low A down on the controversy among the diric directors tors of the tennessee valley authority president roosevelt summoned to the white house chairman arthur E morgan and his colleagues ail david lilienthal and harcourt morgan it was believed in washington that it they could not compose their differences he might ask all of them to resign sen byrnes upon p the outcome of this conference depended the action of congress leaders in relation to the resolution calling for a se senatorial na investigation of the en entire tire TVA setup sponsored by senators bridges of new hampshire and ping king of utah and senator norris proposal that the inquiry be conducted by the federal trade commission senator byrnes of south carolina put put forward the suggestion liked by many that a single administrator be substituted tor for the three man board of TVA directors this one man to be selected by a joint committee of congress norris thought this plan had good features but would prefer a board of three business executives who in nis his opinion would be more more capable of administering the project than engineers lawyers lawyers or other experts bridges engaged in hot debate with administration senators ile he defended his investigation resolution in a long speech in which he made detailed charges against the TVA administration and characterized lilienthal as a hitler seeking to assert dictatorial powers over the tennessee valley diplomats shifted S SHIFTING our diplomatic representatives senta tives in latin america president roosevelt ceritto sent to the senate these nominations meredith nicholson ol of indiana now mini minister sier to venezuela transferred to nicaragua boaz long of new mexico now minister to nicaragua ni cabagua caragua car agua transferred to ecuador antonio C gonzalez af new york now minister to ecuador transferred to venezuela hoover sees hitler ORMER president herbert hoo aver ver in europe to study conditions had a long talk in berlin with adoll adolf hitler who expounded his views on world politics and was entertained by other nazi notables at the close of his t two day visit in the german capital mr hoover said only that he is even more reinforced in his belief that progress in america rests in the principles of intellectual liberty and spiritual freedom a system of free economy regulated to prevent abuse and popular government |