The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-27
HITLER SENT VON l PAPEN TO AUSTRIA
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 "Thereby Keith without reason dragged the Reich into the internal affairs of Austria.
 "The assassination of the Aus trian chancellor. which the Reich government condemns and de, plores in the strongest terms though 1t Is without responsibility, has further aggravated the already unstable European political siiua- tion.
 !! Tt is my wish if possible to help to improve the general situation and especially to see the long trou bled relations between the Ger. man and Austrian nations revert to normal friendly channels.
 T beg you to undertake this inn portant task, especially since dur ing our cooperation in the cabinet you have enjoyed. and you still en- joy my fullest unlimited confidence,
 Therefore I have suggested to President Won Hindenburg that you resign from the cabinet and as cd for limited period, and for a special mission. as German minis ter to Vienna.
  der my direct supervision.
 Permit me to thank you again for everything you once did in bringing together the government in the national uprising, and also for what you have done since then with us. for Germany.
 Hitler"
 Communi0ue Enlightening
 A communique announcing Hab- 'cht's dismissal was as enlighten- ing.
 The dismissal was decided upon, it was said, even though inves- tigation has shown that no Ger man was directly or indirectly con, cerned with developments in Aus tria.' It continued:
 However, because of certain news dispatches issued by Habicht. te is dismissed from office.
 AS soon as word was received of the Austrian revolt, the frontier was closed for the purpose of as- certaining whether any Austrian refugees or any Germans would try to reach Austria. The result was that only one person was thrown Under suspicion. But even in that case there was no real evidence of a connection with Austrian affairs
 They Rerutc Revolt
 Frauenfeld, the Austrian com mandant of the refugee legion naires, was interviewed by Dr Ernst Falkner, United Press cor respondent at Munich, and he like Hitler disavowed any connection with the revolt.
 "The events in Austria" h. said, "are purely internal.>1t is un- just to say the Nazi party is guilty of them.
 "Austria's troubles represent the fight of so per cent of the popula- tion against a government which they repudiate. We are only trying to attain Austrian independence with a government that corre- spends to the peoples will"
 A wireless speech last night by Col Walter Adam, the Austrian propaganda minister at Vienna, was heard in Germany, and he bit- terly and directly charged the Ger man government with supporting the Nazi revolt.
 In Hitler's letter the reference to what Von Papen "once did in bringing together the government, attracted attention.
 Von Papen, influential with Hin denbufg, maneuvered the entrance to Nazis to power in January, 1933 when they were a minority in the Reichstag. He saw their accession inevitable and persuaded Hinden- burg, who was thought to dislike Hitler, to entrust him with the chancellorship Since then as vice chancellor and nominally second only to Hitler hls role Mas been mysterious. He IS not a Maxi and many Nazis dislike nm During the Roehm revolt June 30,