NAZI THREATS

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 141, 11 March 1938, Page 11

NAZI THREATS

Will Not Be Tolerated In Austria GERMAN PEACE Q Must Be Literally And Honourably Kept By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. (Received March 10, 0.5 p.m.) Vienna, March 19. Dr. Kurt von Scliuschnigg, Aus- . trian Chancellor, addressing 20,000 people aX Innsbruck, said: “We shall not tolerate Nazi ' threats. There must be a division between legality and illegality. The German peace must be literally and honourably kept. The Berchtesgaden programme will be fulfilled, but not one iota more. I stand or fair by the plebiscite. There must be no more provocations.”

For years Germany had used pressure on him to hold a plebiscite, but he had always replied that he would do so at a moment chosen by himself, Dr. Schuschnigg added. Now those who wanted the plebiscite could have it.

Dr. Schuschnigg said that the sole responsibility for the decision to hold the plebiscite was his, and he could not believe that any Austrian man or woman, knowing what was at stake, would vote against the Government. The speech was received yith enthusiasm, after which 20,000 inarched through the streets singing patriotic songs. Police Charge Nazis. Nazis are protesting that the age limit in connection with voting in the plebiscite will deprive them of 200,000 votes in Upper Austria alone, and also complain that the suddenness of the announcement does not give time for electoral agitation. An agreement signed by representatives'of Government workers accords workers henceforth the same rights as Nazis. They will be allowed to enter the Patriotic Front and their organisations and confiscated funds will be restored. Nazis attempted to parade in Vienna late to-night. Police charged and arrested several hundred. Small groups continued to demonstrate, singing the Horstwessel song which is forbidden. Nazis also tried to demonstrate at Innsbruck but members -of the Patriotic Youth attacked them. ’ RESIGNATION TALK Nazjs Feel Betrayed By Inquart (Received March 10, 5.5 p.m.) London, March 10. Reports were circulating in Vienna last night that Dr. Seyss Inquart, Minister of the Interior, was about to resign, says the Vienna correspondent of the “Daily Mail.” Austrian Nazis feel that they have been betrayed by the suddenness of the plebiscite, for which thej’ blame Dr. Inquart. BERLIN SURPRISED No Comment On Austrian Plebiscite (Received March 10, 5.5 p.m.) » Berlin, March 10. Complete silence is being observed in German official circles about the Austrian plebiscite, which clearly surprised Berlin. The newspapers so far have not published one line concerning it.