1938-11-22 — Page 15

OVEMBER 22, 1938

Europe

HITLER

y Dr.

artin uchs

he had adopted in public. Schug-. chnigg would not be able to resist in the event of a second onslaught of this kind; he would yield once again, for he believed in Hitler's omnipotence and had lost all соп- fidence in his own strength.

For eight days already, the Emperor manifesto, presented had chosen the most expeditious ical delegates in all and direct method to see clear among vour of Austria's free-, the contradict ons between the ependence, received al- ports and thnews. On February on signatures in forty- 17th, he had/addressed a letter of

ten typed pages to the pressure, Schuschnigg Chancellor."/

given by him

dress of February usly, everyone flock- „although the legi-

re-

Federal1

at

Revelations of an Austrian di- plomat, based upon unpublished documents and on the personal evidence of the actors directly concerned in the drama.

measures of national foreign policy of the upon the pacification

working classes:

"During the last days, he wrote, our workers have proved their pa triotism"; they had proved that they had not been poisoned by national socialism; that they would fight all the more bravely for Austria as the Government would enable them actively to contribute to the building up of their country.

For the future, he predicted fur- ther threats on the part of the national socialists which would lead to Austria's irreparable ruin.

He then expressed his fear that, chnigg would abandon all resistance under a further pressure, Schus-

and thus leave 'a free hand to the national socialists.

In this case,

What were its contents? "Dear Mr. von、 Schuschnigg," wrote the prince, then entered once into the heart of his subject. The events of the past days had compelled to write, he did not wish to spea of what had been: "With he declared that, whatever the cir the evihts of the last few days, a cumstances, he was ready to take new plase has begun in the life of 'up the reins of Government. This our pifople."

was the essential passage of By an act of unprecedented vio- letter.

The Archduke proposed to

the

BUC-

On February 17th, the ceed Schuschnigg in full agreement her to the throne pro- with President Miklas without any poses to return to his modification of the existing regime. → country and to take the reins of office.

these

He merely asked him, in up very terms, to transfer to him the

lente, the adversary had forced the

office of Chancellor, so that (without any change in the constitution) the same results could be achieved (at any rate for the days in which Aus- lous situation which had seriously by a formal act of Restoration. He tria's fate hung in the balance) as undermined the prospects of later resistance,...

Austrian Government into a

peril-

The Archduke went on to maintain his profound conviction that the real Germanism, that on which the Holy Roman Empire had been found- ed and had included the German na- tions, no longer existed in a Third Reich imbued with notions of an artificial and newfangled paganism, but that the veritable soil on which it had been able to grow to its for- mer pre-eminence was still in Aus- tria alone. The true "Deutschtum" could be realized only by Austria, and through Austria. alone, could save Germany from a chaotic terrible breakdown.

and

Having confronted the Chancellor with this responsibility, the Arch- duke continued:

"But this responsibility does not rest with you alone, I share it in e anxious question: my capacity of legitimate heir to a it anything more dynasty which has protected - Aus- Will it be the be- tria during six hundred and fifty ion of liberation?" years."

om a reliable source And he submitted to Schuschnigg gue and the resign- a political plan for safeguarding ncellor a8 being Austria's independence, based above verse of the attitude all-apart from other important]

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