DISORDER IN AUSTRIA

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21986, 22 June 1933, Page 7

DISORDER IN AUSTRIA

MARTIAL LAW AT KREMS TOWN WITH TROOPS (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) VIENNA, June 20. Martial law has been proclaimed at Krems, which is swarming with troops. Egbert Mosel, a Nazi storm trooper, has been arrested in connection with yesterday’s bomb outrage, when a railway viaduct near Krems was dynamoted. Krems is a town in northern Austria with a population of 18,000. WIDESPREAD PRECAUTIONS NAZI PLOT REVEALED. VIENNA, June 20. The number of troops concentrated at Krems suggests a war area. Similar precautions taken at Mautern and Stein, where the Nazis are particularly powerful, include the curfew, the closing of house doors nt 10 o’clock at night, and cafes at 11 o’clock. Groups are forbidden to assemble in the streets. Transgression of the ordinances is punishable by a fine of at least £7 and a fortnight’s imprisonment. Feeling is running high. Troops armed with machine-guns are occupying the public buildings in Vienna and patrolling the streets owing to several Jewish shops having been set on fire last night- ' „ , The Minister of Police (Major Fey) declares that he possesses ample proof that Nazis plotted to overthrow the Government after murdering the Prime Minister (Dr Dolfuss) and other leaders. The Nazi newspapers in Vienna have ceased publication. It is revealed that Dr Dolfuss, when flying from London, was piloted by a Nazi pilot, no others being available. The Nazi signed a declaration that he would not play any tricks or fly over Germany. BAN ON NAZIS DENOUNCED BY NEWSPAPERS. BERLIN, June 20. The newspapers denounce the Austrian ban on the Nazis. Some see French intrigues behind Dr Dolfuss. GOVERNMENT’S NEXT MOVE CONFISCATION OF NAZI PROPERTY. LONDON, June 21. (Received June 21, at 7 p.m.) The Daily Telegraph’s Vienna correspondent says that the ban on the Nazi Party will be followed by the confiscation of the party’s property. The police have stopped the publication of all Nazi newspapers except the chief organ, the Dotz, which is not allowed to be sold in the streets. Hundreds have been taken to the police station for wearing the Swastika badge. The whole of Austria’s armed forces are confined to barracks, with orders to stand to. DISTURBANCES IN STREETS BATON CHARGE BY POLICE. VIENNA, June 21. (Received June 21, at 7 p.m.) At Innsbruck, huge crowds, protesting against the banning of the Nazis, collected in the main streets and began processions. Strong bodies of police arrived, and made a baton charge. Thirty were injured and 15 were arrested. As the disturbances increased the police placed a cordon round the chief thoroughfares.