Evening star., 1938-03-13
NAz|S IN GERMANY
FRANTIC WITH Joy.
$4,000 Reich Soldiers Are
Reported to Have
Crossed Border.
b the Associated Press.

b the Associated Press.
BERLIN, March 12.--aerman Nazis
were frantic with joy tonight as they
grasped the full import of Reichs-
fuehrer Adolph Hitler's proclamation
on the Austrian coup.
II have now decided to extend the
aid Of the Reich to the millions of
Germans In Austria" Der Fuehrer
proclaimed.
Since morning soldiers of the Ger
man defense force have been marching
over all the frontiers of German
Austria"
Even as the proclamation was read
over all German radio stations by
Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph
Goebbels, Hitler himself had crossed
the Austrian frontier on a triumphal
return to the country of his birth.
Reliable sources estimated $4,000
German soldiers had entered Austria
during the day.
Destined for One Reich.
The immediate destiny of the "a
100000 Germans and Austrians seemed
to be one Reich, one language, one
Fuehrer, but for the present two
chancellors-Arthur Seysz-Inquart in
Austria and Field Marshal Hermann
Wilhelm Goering, named acting chan
cellor in Germany during Hitler's
absence.
Der Fuehrer's steamroller tactics
soon may be expected to turn toward
Czechoslovakia, where there are
3,500,000 Germans in whom Hitler has
proclaimed his interest.
He Is known to have profound con-
tempt for the protests of western
democracies against his politics by
force
Hitler's personal popularity probably
never has been greater than since the
reading Of his proclamation.
Plebiscite Planned.
Hitler's proclamation made 1t clear
that there would be a plebiscite in
Austria, to be conducted with Prus-
sian efficiency and exactness.
Referring to the plebiscite in his
proclamation Der Fuehrer said:
Motorized units. infantry divisions
and S. S. formations on the ground,
as we'll as the German air force in the
blue skies-called by the new Nation
alist government in Vienna-shall be
the guarantor that now at last. with
in the shortest time the possibility
will be given to the Austrian people
by means of real plebiscite to shape
their own future destiny.
Behind these units, however. stand
the will and determination of the en-
tire German nation"
Celebrations Widespread.
Meanwhile, celebrations were in full
swing in all parts Of Germany. All
factories and shops were closed ky
midafternoon. From then until far
into the night streets everywhere were
crowded with people in a holiday
mood. Bands played srappy music.
Swastika flags few from hundreds of
private homes and all public build
ings.
Storm troops. elite guardsmen, the
labor front, the Nazi motor corps,
the Air Protection League, the Hitler
Youth League and other Nazi groups
donned their uniforms and added to
the color. At nigEtfall torches were
produced as if by magic.
Workers from countless shops and
factories poured into the cities largest
squares to hear Hitler's speech in
Linz, Austria, tonight.
Berlin's streets and great squares
were packed with endless parades,
led by uniformed fife aid drum corps,
which curled back and forth, working
the populace up to an almost hysteri-
cal pitch.
Even the Austrian Legation was :es-
tooned with the red and white colors
Of Austria and swastika nags.