The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-12

'ernment.
 Thirty-elght years old, be.spec. tacled, studios-looking and seem- ingly mild in character, the ex- lawyer echushnigg stepped into the office after the murder of Chancel- Tor Dollfuss and was supposed to play second fiddle to his vice. Chan. cellor, blue.blooded Prince Ernest Ruediger von etarhemberg, in the nations afSairS.
 Younger than the chancellor by two years, Prince starhemberg was acknowledged to be the Duce's right hand man. He took his orders from Rome, 1t was said. He planned to make Austria 100 per cent Fascist, on the Italian principle.
 One morning recently Austria Awoke to find that . bloodless rec volt had been staged during the night. The mild-Hnannered chan. celior had suddenly rebelled and re- moved Pricne etarhemberg from office, defying Mussolini and any one else, for that matter.
 Duallsm Is Ended
 "Austrla has too long suffered from dualism,' the chancellor said, in effect, "The present Is too dan- gerous c time to have tho r0ins Of government in two pairs of hands"
 He then announced, in the man. l1er of dictators, that he would add tho ministry of foreign affairs to the portfolios of chancellor and minister of war, which he already held, and that Socialist and sini- Ter ideas would not be tolerated in the autocratic regime which he would wield to keep Austria German but not Nazi, friendly with Italy but never Fascist.
 The ex-lawyer has set about tho task of making himself dictator of the nation in workmAnlike fash. ion. Under new lew which he rushed through without consulting even the imitation Parliament, which he now dominates, Cham cellor Echuschnigg becomes supreme leader of tho nationwide political organization known as "the Father land Front"
 Previously starhemberg held that office. Now the chancellor will brook no opposition in tho organization, the only political body legal in Aus- tria since the Socialists and other political creeds of tho old days be. fore Dollfuss were abolished.
 Sways "FrOnt Councll' A "Eront Oounciw consistinR o2 A sSaamasa saaas.Ab bAas.m AR &Saa sas,aM a lwa ton will support gchugChnigg with advice on ell affairs concerning Austria, but # he does not like their advice he can dismiss them inime. diately. He controls personally cleo. tons to all federal and local coun- cils revoking any candidates as he wills.
 Amongst many othor measures in- troduced aS emergency steps," tho chancellor announced that Star heEnberg's armed forces, estimated between 30,000 and B0,000 uniformed armed mon in the Heimwehr, must Do disbanded.
 Tn future, only tho new militia will be permitted to carry arms outside of the regular army and tho militia is under schuschnigg's con. trol.
 for tho expected battle--the decisive Strug.le--between etarhembegg and Schuschnigg. The Prince, himself c fighter born of c long line of war; fiors whose names figure promi- nently in Austrian history over many centuries, has most of his Heilnwehrmen behind him, with Ilachine-guns and plenty of AMfnu. hilton to turn threats into action.
 Peace Lies in Balance
 Will they fight7 That is the question which awaits on AflSWer.
 0ivil war in Austria hangs treEn. ilously in the balance. It seems certain that Echuschnigg will not shirk from his determination to re. move oil armed power from tho hands of his dismissed vlco chan. cellor, whose back is now to the DO. iitical wall.
 With very diverse reasons for in- terost in Austria, Hitler and Msiss solini are watching with close ct. tention these new struggles in the tiny relic which the war left of the mighty Austro.Huunearian Empire. Neither appears to Do ready to in- terfere to exploit the situation, al. though Mussolini again and again has said he will send his troops over the Brenner, # the NaHis threaten Austrian independence.
 As for echuschnigg's program, he explains 1t thus:
 we must follow in the foot steps of our Ilartyred Chancellor Dollfuss, for q free and independ- ent Austria without interference from outside. Clear heads, clean hands, open eyes and, when need-
 The fist is to fight the Brown Shirts. or maybe the Black Shirts if any attempt is made to impose TascisEn in Austria as Prince Star. hemberg dreamed os doing ct the AaahaA aS NAn &an