AUSTRO-GERMAN RELATIONS

Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 19 June 1933, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMAN RELATIONS

INTEREST OF HUNGARY PR EMIER VISITS BERLIN 'United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph Copyright,.) BERLIN, June 17. Herr Gamboes. Hungarian Prime Minister, flew to Berlin to-dav and talked at length with Herr Hitler on economic and other German-Hungarian questions. A Budapest message .says Herr Gamboes’ visit was unexpected, leading to the belief that Austro-German relations were discussed, especially in view of Herr Gamboes’ recent speech opposing Austro-Hungarian union as a. counterpart to the Austro-German Anechluiss formerly proposed. CAMPAIGN AGAINST NAZIS ALLEGATIONS OF SABOTAGE LONDON, June IS. An act of sabotage attributed to Nazi terrorists occurred on Wednesday night says the Vienna correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph.” Acting on expert knowledge, the perpetrators chose a spot on a little-used road, dug down and severed the underground telephone cables connecting Austria with neighbouring countries. Thirty-four telephone call-boxes were also wrecked.

It is now announced that 1179 Austrian Nazi leaders have been arrested, including 387 ,State officials, 52 State teachers, 37 Gendarmerie officers, 61 railway officials, 81 mayors and 37 lawyers and judges. Fifteen German agents have been deported. Vienna is relieved that the Corpus Cliristi holiday passed without incident. Fearing a Nazi demonstration, hundreds of plain-clothes police mingled with the crowds. Their officers for the first time since the war wore old imperial uniforms, in preference to the German field grey. Dr. Dolfiiiss, the Austrian Chancellor, on the eve of his departure from London to -Pain’s to meet M. Daladier, the French Premier, expressed heart-felt thanks to the British Ministers and the TVess for their sympathetic reception. He said that his contacts with other statesmen at the Economic Conference had convinced him that his apnenis for moral and economic support for Australia in her fight for political and economic independence would not ho unheeded. The Lower Austrian Diet was turned into a. prize ring wherein a dozen bouts were fought following a, provocative Nazi speech. Tt was significant that Spire's,lists stood side 'bv side with their traditional Clerical enemies. The sitting was suspended, but the fighting was mediately resumed in all l part® o p the House. The only damage was some cuts and broken spectacles.