The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-14
BY ROBERT H. BEST
United Press Staff Correspondent
(Copyrieht 1894, United Press)

BY ROBERT n. BED
United Press Staff Correspondent
Copyright, 1884, United Press)
VIENNA, Feb. 14.-(UP):-
Frenzied Socialist forces battled
Loyalist troops and police to a
standstill in the battle-scarred
streets of Vienna through another
night of horror as Austria went
into its third day of revolution.
The governments pos t / o n
grew more precarious hourly as
smashing attacks by their COM
bined Heimwehr. police and army
forces failed to quell the Social
list rebellion extending through
the length and breadth of the
war-torn nation. :.
Loyal defenders kept at their
guns despite more than AZ hours
with little or no sleep. The total
Loyalist forces in the capital
numbered $4,000, including raw
volunteers thrown into the preach
in a futile attempt to oVerwheim
swiftly the logged Socialist
strongholds.
These men. better equipped but
| greatly outnumbered, fought sep,
arated rebel forces estimated al
100, 900 members Of the Socialist
Schutzbund semi-military organl-
cation. The rebels seemed to
hove an unlimited supply of am
munition, as we'll as rifles, ma
chine-guns and some artillery
Their Shock troops carried bombs
and hand grenades which they
used with deadly effect.
Loyalist offensives were re-
pulsed in half a dozen sectors
| during the night and as morning
neared the Socialists still held
many large and small apartment
blocks where workers were housed
under the ousted Socialist regime
J in Vienna. These buildings are
newly built, modernistic apart,
ments, many housing thousands OF
workers. :,
The Socialists joyously hailed
their successes and proceeded to
push the attack as the tired, Jad'
ed Loyalists fought to hold their
ground. The tide of battle hung
in the balance as dawn ap'
preached.
Women and children were re-
ported among non combatants
killed during the civil warfare
which has ruined countless build,
ings in and around the capital
and through the countryside.
Unofficial casualties remained
in the vicinity of 1000 dead, de-
spite wild rumors of thousands
| slain and wounded. The govern
ment estimates were far smaller
listing only IL police killed ano
12S civilians-but these admitted
ly were only persons who died In
Vienna hospitals.
Both sides took off their dead
and dying secretly, to prevent
| the horrible totals becoming
known and discouraging support
ers on either side.
Whether the Loyalist mixed
forces could hold out another day
remained conjectural, despite
their somewhat superior equip
ment. The troops are the only
members fully trained, while the
! rebel Schutzbund members have
been training intensively for Is
years for just such emergency
! fighting as now has torn Austria
asunder.
The outcome of fighting in the
provinces remained uncertain,
with both sides claiming victories
| in and around Linz. capital of up
per Austria, Graz and Steyr.
The government issued COM
munique announcing that "a pris-
oners would be court-martialed
forthwith at Graz, and II at
Steyr.
Scores of hangings are to oc.
cur throughout the country the
irest of this week. Vice Chancellor
Emil Fey, commanding part of
the defense units in Vienna, an
nounced in a nationwide broad
cast. All members of the rebel
Schutzbund will be given "well-
deserved sentences" - meaning
death.
Two official Socialist newspa-
pers in Vienna. the Arbeiter lei
tung and Das Kteine Blatt, were
suppressed. together with three
privately owned papers subsidized
by the banned Socialist party.
At Linz. where the rebellion
broke out early Monday, fighting
con n u d. The government
claimed control of the city proper,
but Socialist forces held the SUBJ
lurbs. The rebels were especially