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...Schuschnigg was in Italy to crack wide open the scandal of the failure of Jewish-controlled Vienna Phoenix Life Insurance Co. His plain purpose in smearing this $150.000,000 bankruptcy through the Press was to whip up anti-Semitism in Vienna, cause a Cabinet crisis that would allow his Heimwehr to take over the Government (TIME, April 20). Chancellor Schuschnigg's next move was to attempt to force the dissolution of Prince von Starhemberg's well-equipped private army on the ground that the Heimwehr was no longer needed since Austria had adopted military conscription for its regular...
...observers still believed last week that Dr. Berliner was honestly devoted to the interests of his firm, that he died naturally of a heart attack. While the Socialists ruled Vienna, he lent money to the Socialist Party, then, just to keep a sheet to windward, helped finance the Fascist Heimwehr of Prince von Starhemberg. And he is said to have lent money to the Nazis...
...Major Fey's private army, the Vienna Heimwehr, paraded in honor of Minister of Interior & Public Security Fey. Next day, with Prince von Starhemberg at his elbow, Chancellor Schuschnigg told Minister Fey. as he had often told him before, that all Austria's private armies must be consolidated as a militia. As usual, Major Fey refused. Thereupon, the Chancellor handed President Miklas the Cabinet's resignations. Called right back to form a new Cabinet, Herr Schuschnigg had his list ready. It omitted Major Fey & friends. When Fey saw loyal Starhemberg Heimwehr regiments filling Vienna streets, he knew...
With Austria's two picturesque political adventurers. Vice Chancellor Prince Ernst Rudiger von Starhemberg and Major Emil Fey, both on vacation, ambitious youngsters in their turbulent Heimwehr organization loudly demanded of each other why they did not seize the trembling government then & there by a coup d'etat...
Herr Apold waved his hands, spluttered. All Styria knew that A. M. G. had been behind the attempted Nazi Putsch. A few years ago A. M. G. used to back not the Nazis but the Heimwehr, private army of Austria's present Vice Chancellor, Prince Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg. It was doubtless Thyssen who caused A. M. G. to switch over to what, for the present at least, has proved the losing side. Reputedly last week it was the Heimwehr, furious at their former backer, who demanded that Chancellor Schuschnigg squeeze the 'Iron Mountain...