Evening star., 1938-03-12

By the Associated Press.
VIENNA, March 12.-About 1000
German infantrymen, landed from
planes, began marching into Vienna at
sos pm. Gl:06 am, E. S. t. today
as Adolf Hitler returned in triumph to
his native Austria
The German soldiers landed at the
suburban Aspern Airport, the COM
mander of which said they arrived in
huge bombers.
They planned to take part in great
torchlight procession through Vienna
tonight. 1t was hoped Hitler would
review the demonstration. with the
new Nazi government of Austria.
Meanwhile the German Ftlehrer
made his triumphal entry into Linz,
capital of Upper Austria, at 3:13 pm.
l0:l3 am, E. S. T).
Long Live Hitler.
Crowds waiting in the main square
shouted, Long live the liberator of
Austria, Adolf Hitler"
Edmund Glaise- -Horstenau. vice
chancellor of the new Nazi govern
ment of Austria, addressed the fren-
zied crowd:
To-day after a long time Hitler
again is stepping on Austrian soil"
So far as known it has been 25
years since Hitler visited the land of
his birth.
Arthur Seysz-Inquart, the chancel-
lor. left Vienna by air for Linz to
greet Hitler, who made him Austrias
new chief.
All the villages of Upper Austria
through which Hitler passed turned out
to man as the Austrian-born leader
of Nazidom moved toward Vienna.
At Reid, near the frontier, thou
sands of peasants and townspeople
weeping for joy, gathered to salute
Der Reichsfuehrer, who has become
also Der Fuehrer for many Austrians.
With Hitler were Heinrich Himmler,
chief of all German police; Erhard
Mich, German undersecretary for air,
and other high German officials.
Columns of German soldiers were
swinging through Austria, as the Nazi-
ism of Hitler dominated the nation.
Soldiers Join Invaders.
At Salzburg. Innsbruck, Kufstein
and Linz, where German soldiers ar
rived early IN the day, Austrian mill
tary joined the ranks of the invaders,
greeting them cordially.
At Lambach, shortly before Der
Fuehrer arrived, the janitor of a school
which Hitler had attended as a boy.
fired shot at an armed column of
brown-shirted S. A. troops.
No one was hurt, but the janitor
was arrested and fogged. Ten Ger
man tanks arrived at Lambach at / 10
pm.
Reorganization Spurred.
The German advance spurred Nazi
reorganization of Austria Nazis took
over provincial and municipal govern
ments. The Fatherland Front, the
only legal political party under Chan
cellor Kurt Schuschnigg, was dis
banded
Leaflets showered from German
bombing planes proclaimed Austro-
German ''anschluss" Nazi troopers
whipped unenthusiastic Socialist work.
ers. Frontiers we're closed to halt
Would-be fugitives.
Schuschnigg, the deposed chancel-
lor. remained the prisoner of armed
S. A. and S. S. units (Nazi Guard
Corps in Belvedere Castle in Vienna
Two detachments of the S. A. and
S. S. surrounded the magnificent
building Another S. A. unit patroled
the castle courtyard
Automobiles of diplomats hurriedly
arrived and departed as friends at
tempted to arrange for Schuschnigg
to 60 abroad, perhaps to live in exile
in Hungary.
Dollfuss Slayer Honored.
The sudden turn of events made a
Nazi national hero out of Otto Pla-
Meta, Who was executed for killing
Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss July
as, 1884. Crowds brought candles and
flowers to his grave, some of the
wreaths bearing the inscription: And
now you have finally won"
High general of the Austrian labor
service, Austrian youths and house.
wives stood shoulder to shoulder in
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