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...their first flush of sympathy for the buxom young widow of murdered Chancellor Dollfuss, the new Austrian Government gave her a pension, understood to be for life. Last week Chancellor Dr. Kurt Schuschnigg, devout, severe and thrifty, let Austrians know that if the Widow Dollfuss marries again her pension stops...
Such an attitude could only mean that Major Fey considers the Nazis down but not out in Austria. The fact that he remained Minister of Interior after thrice in effect calling Chancellor Schuschnigg a liar was significant. Finally Austrians noticed that although the actual slayer of Dollfuss and the Nazi gang leader were promptly hanged fortnight ago, President Wilhelm Miklas of Austria commuted to life imprisonment last week the death sentence of another Nazi. Said Chancellor Schuschnigg: "Few if any more of the remaining Nazi prisoners will be hanged...
...Dollfuss was not only Chancellor but also Leader of the only party officially extant under his Dictatorship, the Fatherland Front. Last week Dr. Schuschnigg decided that the Chancellorship was enough for him and with alacrity permitted Vice Chancellor Prince von Starhemberg to assume the title of Leader. Together they announced that as soon as possible they will visit Benito Mussolini, longtime patron of the Austrian Dictatorship. Meanwhile last week Chancellor Schuschnigg received correspondents for the first time and wobbled in his state ments toward something which looked like an effort to replace Dictatorship by Coalition...
...from our minds to consider Dictatorship as an ideal form of government," said worried Dr. Schuschnigg. He admitted that he might let some of the Socialist leaders jailed last winter go free. "We shall be glad later to consult the people and ask their advice within the framework of the Corporative State...
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...