Simplify the following text for a Grade 13 native English-speaking person.
Original: Meanwhile , Austrian President Wilhelm Miklas refused to appoint Arthur Seyss-Inquart as chancellor and asked other Austrian politicians such as Michael Skubl and Sigismund Schilhawsky to assume the office .
Simplified: Meanwhile , Austrian President Wilhelm Miklas refused to appoint SeyÃ - Inquart as Chancellor and asked other Austrian politicians instead .