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Died. Monsignor Ignaz Seipel, 56, former Chancellor of Austria; of diabetes, tuberculosis and pneumonia; in a monastery at Pernitz, Austria. A professor of moral theology and political economy when the War began, he was Austria's Minister of Social Welfare when the Monarchy fell (1918). By using all his fine craft the bald, beak-nosed cleric put the Christian Socialists in command of the Austrian Republic, fortified his party rule with the Heimwehr (Home Guard). Austria was bankrupt. Chancellor Seipel visited in turn all the European capitals, making the nations believe that Austria planned alliance with one or another...
Fifteen years later another man came to Paris from Strasbourg where a while before the patriots had almost guillotined him. He was the 24th son of an Austrian schoolmaster. His name was Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, composer of 29 symphonies, friend and pupil of Haydn. For a while he ran a music shop, published the first complete edition of Haydn's quartets. Mozart wrote of him: "How fortunate music would be if Pleyel could replace Haydn," but Composer Pleyel also turned to the manufacture of pianos. He played his pianos at the great courts of Europe, turned to farming...
...Ender bids for Dictatorship!" His attempt to form a Cabinet promptly failed. So did other attempts by other Austrian statesmen last week. Even bald, beak-nosed, Monsignor Ignaz Seipel, boss of the powerful Christian Socialist party, failed after trying until 2:30 a. m. to form a Cabinet...
...Austria, where the powerful Christian-Socialist party of Monsignor Ignaz Seipel is opposed on principle to even economic union with Protestant Germany, the menacing reactions of France and Czechoslovakia produced an abrupt, startling result. For a few days at least almost the whole press got behind Austrian Foreign Minister Johann Schober, champion of the pact. He was able to talk big and bold. He threatened to appeal to the Hague Court...
Austrian Surprise. The announcement by Dr. Curtius in Berlin and by Dr. Schober in Vienna of their agreement last week probably surprised more than any one else Austria's boss-politician?beak-nosed Monsignor Ignaz Seipel, onetime Austrian Chancellor and leader of the Christian-Socialist (Catholic) party...