Evening star., 1938-10-11
NAz|S ARE VISITED
BY PAPAL NUNC|0
Attack on Cardinal Innitzer
Is Believed Subject of
Discussion.
BACKGROUND

1ISOuU Iu utUut lUHttGeT AICH-
bishop of Vienna, Uas cut By flying
glass 1Uhile at prayer in his Private
chapel as Ndzi demonstrators rioted
in st. Stephens Square against
Catholicism. Virtually euery pin-
DON in the cardinals palace was
broken by flying stones.
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Oct. 1.-THE papal nun
clio. Msgr Cesare Orsenigo. today Wis
tied the foreign Office and it was be-
lieved he discussed last Saturday S
attack on the palace Of Theodore Car
dinal Innitzer, Archbishop Of Vienna,
by NaZi mob.
1t was officially stated that the visit
was to discuss current matters" But
informed quarters took it for granted
that the stoning and looting Of the
archepiscopal palace was one Of the
subjects.
Meanwhile Vienna Catholics awaited
evidence of stern steps promised by
Joseph Buerckel, commissioner for
Austria to punish those responsible
for the riot.
Jail Is Promised.
VIENNA, Oct. II (P-Joseph
Buerckel, Chancellor Adolf Hitler's
commissioner for Austria, was under
stood to have returned to Vienna yes
terday intent upon sending to concen-
tration camps persons responsible for
Nazi attacks upon 62-year-old Theo-
dore Cardinal Innitzer.
The attacks are deeply regretted
in official Germany, it was said.
The agency Dienst Aus Deutschland
in an inspired article from Berlin
said Buerckel had taken most vigor-
Gus action" against demonstrations, in
cluding that Saturday night, when
the cardinal was cut by flying glass
in the stoning of his palace in st.
Stephens Square by Nazi mobs.
Dienst Aus Deutschland said:
Incidents in Vienna in the course
of which demonstrations were made
against Cardinal Innitzer are deeply
regretted in official German circles.
Reich Commissar Buerckel has
taken most vigorous action against the
provocative demonstrations.
Time ito Reflect"
He has taken the guilty parties
severely to account and has announced
that after undergoing punishment in
flicted by the courts they will be given
time to reflect upon their conduct in
a concentration camp
Authorities meanwhile are investi-
eating whether and to what extent
provocative elements, acting upon for
eign instigation, may have been at
work creating these Incidents"
Buerckel was in Saarbruecken Sum-
day with Chancellor Hitler, but was
understood to have returned here to-
day to take over investigation of the
demonstrations.
All churches and parochial Offices in
Vienna were being guarded tonight by
police or storm troopers to prevent
attack by radical anti-Catholic ele-
ments."
The demonstrations against the car
dinal, Archbishop of Vienna, have
caused good deal of annoyance in
Nazi circles both in Vienna and Ber-
lin, it was admitted.
Police Clear Squares.
ST. Stephens Square tonight again
was the goal of hundreds of evening
promenaders. At about pm. police
cleared the square and drew a Gordon
around it, permitting neither pedes-
trians nor carriages to pass.
Only persons able to show they were
residents of the roped-off area or had
urgent business in it were permitted
to pass.
The cathedral was in darkness, with
no lights visible through the windows
Bible meetings scheduled for 8 pm
were Cancelled. 1t was said they
would be suspended for the time being
Streets leading to the famous square
swarmed with crowds of curious. Many
young men and women of the Hitler
Youth Organization were in uniform.
Gn Vatican City today news OF
the attack upon Cardinal Innitzer
created painful impression, church
circles said. Full details Of the Incl
dent wereawaited by the Vatican be-
fore making q decision on a formal
protest)
In informed circles 1t was denied
emphatically that the cardinal had
been taken into protective custody,
as persistently reported.
These circles charged that youth
full elements took advantage of gen
eral Indignation" caused by Q sermon
preached Friday night by the cardinal.