Evening star., 1934-07-25
AUSTRIAN PARTIES
SUPPORT R|NTELEN
Ex-Professor, Mentioned as
Chancellor, Known as
Mystery Man.
b. the Associated Press

by the Assoclatsd Pre@.
VIENNA. July IS - Or. Anton
C'King Anton') Rintelen. announced
in a radio broadcast here as the new
chancellor OF Austria, has been the
political man OF iron and question
mark in Austrian politics.
Few men have been so often men,
toned, so often linked with rumor in
critical moments in the career Of the
Dollfuss government, as this former
university professor
For many months-and even as
early as l929--it has been the custom
to include in every private discussion
OF the political situation the phrase,
and Rintelen?" This has been par
ticularly true since the National
Socialist party (Nazi) was outlawed
last June.
He was mentioned as chancellor as
long ago as September "a. 1929, when
Ignaz Seipel resigned.
Held Varied Posts.
His career has included posts as
provincial governor of Styria, twice
cabinet minister and Austrian Min
lister 10 Italy. He was former minister
of education in Dollfuss cabinet.
In sharp contrast to the little, dap
per Dollfuss, King Anton" is square
Shouldered and square -Jawed, an i'm
posing and generally popular figure in
the political sense.
The mention OF his name in con-
nection with political matters grew
particularly great a few weeks before
Chancellor Dollfuss outlawed the Ma
tional Socialist party and rumors flew
that he was determined to suppress
the NaZis.
DR.. Rintelen, as governor Of Styria,
was known to disfavor ruthless action
against the Hitlerites.
When Dollfuss issued his decree
banishing the swastika from Austria'S
button-hole, DR.. Rintelen resigned his
cabinet post and went back to full
time governing Of Syria. where his
constituents like to know him as
King Anton"
Friends in Two Parties.
His popularity apparently continued
on both sides of the fence-with the
Christian-Social party of Chancellor
DollfuSs and the NaziS, the latter evi-
IDENTIFY appreciating his attitude of
moderation.
This view Of Rintelen as a political
iron man." capable of meeting the
pressure of all sides, grew to one in
which Rintelen was regarded as the
coming man" Every visit to Vienna
started its own flock of rumors of the
formation of an interim cabinet"
with Rintelen as chancellor.
To the NaziS, a Rintelen cabinet
was long looked upon as the means
for removal of the ban against the
party, with new election and a new
cabinet based on popular feeling.
Movements Stirred Rumors.
Later, other names besides Rim
telen's were mentioned in connection
with possible peace with Germany
cabinet.
However, even after he was ap-
pointed minister to Rome-an ap-
pointment interesting to those who
believed Mussolinis intervention
might solve the Austro-German
dilemna-"King Anton" could not
leave the Eternal City for a week end
without automatically causing rumors
of a cabinet shake-up in Vienna.
And it is true, that he somehow
turned up in Vienna whenever affairs
reached a critical stage-yet without
talking much and always managing to
keep people on both sides of the fence
guessing.
Rintelen's brushes with the reds"
resulted, in 1921, with his being
hurled from a second-story window
of a government building at ST. Lor-
enz, Upper Styria, during a Com
muniSt riot. The Communists charged
Rintelen with having prosecuted their
comrades.