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...Those escaping to Jugoslavia after Dollfuss' murder were interned, those attempting to escape to Italy were turned back...
...Dollfuss, at the head of the regular army and his private Heimwehr, ruled by decree. But in the last year the Austrians have twice turned to revolution and murder in an effort to express opinions which they were not permitted to express by ballot. Their peaceful opposition outlawed, their active revolt was suppressed by machine guns and the gallows...
Just how many Austrians wanted their "independence" guaranteed by other nations, the Italians in particular, will never be known, but it is safe to assume that of the 500,000 people who filed past the Dollfuss bier, 300,000 were there to make certain he was dead?not, as you infer, to do him honor...
More to the point of Fascist journalism was a scare started last week by Rome's authoritative Messaggero to incite Italians against Jugoslavs, their traditional foes. According to Messaggero imaginative Nazis peppered Jugoslavia in advance of Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss' murder with pamphlet maps suggesting that Germany and Jugoslavia should cooperate in arms. A fantastic "Map of Europe in 1935" showed Jugoslavia gorged with Italian and Austrian territory while "Greater Germany" had been so extended as to include Alsace-Lorraine, the Netherlands, parts of Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Lithuania and enough of Italy to give Germany...
This could only mean that Chancellor Schuschnigg thought of holding an election, something Chancellor Dollfuss was careful not to do, since he feared the Nazis might win. Conceivably the Dollfuss martyrdom may have made it possible for a government of appeasement to win a coalition victory in Austria. Asked flatly, "Are you thinking of holding an election or a plebiscite?" Chancellor Schuschnigg neatly replied, "One might ponder for a long time over what name could be given to what I am thinking...