Evening star., 1936-10-10
Chancellor Acts to Unity
Military Power in Own
Hands.
FASCISTS' HEIMWEHR
WOULD BE DISBANDED
Unofficial Armed Forces Are Or.
dered Consolidated With State
Militia Organization.
BACKGROUND

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example from neiohboring Italy
marked by creation OF pdrtous pri-
pate armed forces, chiefly the
Catholic militia and the Heinz
Uehr OF Prince Ernst ron Star.
hemberg.
Staying OF Chancellor Doltuss
By N1zis in Summer OF 1884
brough to po,Der Kurt Schuschnieg
as chancellor with Stdrhemberg as
Dice chancellor. Ldtter's influence
has Daned since last May When he
Uos removed from the cabinet by
Schuschnigg.
BY rae Associated Press.
: VIENNA, October l0.-Chancellor
Kurt Schuschnigg, seeking to con.
solidate Austrian military power in
his own hands, ordered dissolution Of
all private armed forces today.
The chancellor's sweeping command,
which was approved by the cabinet
after a 30-hour session, would disband
the Fascist Heimwehr of former Vice
Chancellor Prince Ernst Won Starhem.
berg and Schuschnigg's own Catholic
militia, the Ostaerkische Sturmscharen.
United With Militia.
Upon dissolution the private armies
Austrian state militia, which the cham
cellor planned to make . branch of the
regular army under his control as min
lister of defense.
Schuschnigg, in decreeing the re-
organization, apparently turned fatty
against a reported demand from Pre-
mier Mussolini of Italy that Won
Starhemberg, his close friend, be
placed at the head of reorganized
and unified Fascist armed force in
Austria.
The order met strong opposition
from two cabinet members known as
'Starhemberg cabinet representa-
tives."
Vice Chancellor Eduard Baar-
Baarenfeld and Minister of Finance
Ludwig Drax1er handed their resigna-
tions to Schuschnigg. They were
joined by Hans Pernter, minister Of
public instruction, member Of the
chancellor's Catholic militia.
Three Quit Meeting.
The three ministers walked out Of
the cabinet meeting, and while they
were absent the dissolution order was
voted.
Afterward Schnschnigg gave them
back their cabinet positions as private
individuals but not as private army
representatives.
The chancellor made clear his min
listers were to be cabinet members
whose primary 1oyalties must be with
the country and Schuschnigg and not
to private armed forces.
His declaration was interpreted as q
demand for what amounted to oaths
of loyalty from the ministers.
Progress in Battle Seen.
Observers agreed the reconstruction
of the cabinet, even with the same
personnel. was another forward stride
in his battle against dualism in govern.
ment which he started by election
from the ministerial list of Won Star.
hemberg last May.
Two companies Of heavily-armed
alarm police units" were summoned
to guard the chancellery. where they
took up positions with six machine
guns.
Schuschnigg left for Budapest i'm.
mediately after the cabinet session to
attend the funeral of Premier Julius
Goemboes of Hungary.
Disbanding of the private armies
besides consolidating military control
in the chancellor-was expected to end
completely political strife threatening
to split the nation by personal quarrel
over Heimwehr leadership between Won
Starhemberg and Maj. Emil Fey
former Vienna Heimwehr commander.
Starhemberg Challenged.
The dispute, which has been growing
in intensity since the aristocratic young
prince was thrown out of the cabinet.
recently brought a duel challenge from
Fey to Won Starhemberg.
(Fey charged Won Sharhemberg with
making slurring remarks concerning
the majors activities during the Nazi
putsch of 1884 when former Chan.
cellor Engelbert Dollfuss was assassi.
mated.
(The prince declared Fey's conduct
was never satisfactorily explained
alluding to Feys action in negotiating
for safe conduct of the Nazi killers
to the border. Fey has asserted he
had no choice but to speak on behalf
of the Nazis
(The challenge has not been accept
ed formally, and Fey has threatened
to sue Won Sharhemberg for slander.)
Observers agreed the next question
depends on the manner in which both
Won Sharhemberg and Fey received the
dissolution order. The prince once said
such action would be accomplished
''only over my lifeless body"
BY the order, the armed forces OF
Austria would be increased to aps
proximately $4,000 men, including
the co-ordinated militia, the army
and the federal conscription service.
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