Major Emil Fey Suicides

Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 65, 18 March 1938, Page 7

Major Emil Fey Suicides

WIFE AND SON JOIN HIM IN DEATH PACT HEIMWEIIR FOUNDER VIENNA, March 16. Major Emil Fey, his wife and son have committed suicide. Major Fey’s sister said: "My brother and his family died like heroes.” The authorities are not publishing the news of the deaths, because Major P’ey was most popular throughout Austria. Other suicides include those of Professor Gabonobl, world-famous gynaecologist, and Professor Gustav Bayer, of Innsbruck University, who poisoned his daughter and then himself. Herr Himmler, German Chief of Police, announced when adressing Austrian police that Major Fey had shot his wife and son, aged 19, and had then committed suicide. Major Fey founded the Vienna Heiui wehr. He wa; a former Vice-Chancellor and was ente known as the “Strong Man of Ai.rtria. Major Fey was a member of the Dollfuss Cabinet and was connected witi the conspiracy which resulted in the assassination of Dr. Dollfuss, the “Pocket Chancellor.” He belonged, howevei, to the group which opposed any sacrifice of Austrian independence. Two reasons are advanced for the Fey tragedy. First, Major Fey’s wife is believed to have been of Jewish origin; secondly, two days before Herr Hitlers coup, Major Fey announced that he intended to form a new Heimwehr in order to counteract Nazi activities.

DUCE ADVISED AUSTRIA • BE RECONCILED WITH GERMANY” ROME, March 16. ‘When asked for an opinion regarding the plebiscite, I told Dr. von Schuschnigg’s envoy: ‘lt is a bomb which will explode in your hands,’” said Signor Mussolini in addressing an excited Chamber of Deputies. He added: “The Austrians never asked Italy for military help to defend their independence. No Austrian asked us to send a division to the Brenner Pass in 1934; no-one thanked us for sending it. “Italy advised Austria: ‘Be reconciled with Germany when the event is inevitable. It is better that it should be done with your acquiescence than despite you.’ ” TROOPS EVERYWHERE; BOMBERS OVERHEAD COUP WAS PLANNED LONDON, March 16. Austria resembles Belgium during the German occupation,” declares the special correspondent of The Times who has just completed a journey through Austria. “I saw more Germans than Austrians. Everywhere roads and railways are filled with German soldiers, German batteries and tens of thousands of German police who have been drafted to Austria. Overhead, hundreds of German combers and fighters fly throughout the ay. Their magnificent organisation commands admiration. Everyone has his allotted place. It is obvious that the military occupation of Austria was not a sudden debut was planned months ago. The Nazis have seized every post of authority, great and small, throughout Austria. A Paris message says that fighting I* , reported to be occurring in various parts of Austria, especially in the Tyrol