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...Linz had hurried from Vienna the Nazi Arthur Seyss-Inquart whom Hitler by ultimatum had forced in last week as Chancellor of Austria (see p. 19). This stooge came only to hand over his country to the German Dictator, did so by officially declaring: "From today the Austrian people consider null and void Paragraph 88 of the Treaty of St. Germain which proclaims Austria's independence...
Adolf Hitler, to everyone's surprise, was still at Linz, seemed in no hurry to enter Vienna. "Perhaps Der Führer is embarrassed by the fact that Miklas is still President," came as an electric suggestion, and Chancellor Seyss-Inquart promptly announced: "President Miklas has laid down his functions at the request of the Federal Chancellor." Hitler at Linz decreed himself Chief of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, and to the question "Does the Austrian Government exist or not?" a new official press spokesman (see p. 19) answered in Vienna: "I really...
...best he could for Austria's rights, was obliged to accept, and later carried out to the letter, a hard bargain which nonetheless left Austria fully sovereign. Notably he was forced to take into the Austrian Cabinet as Minister of Interior an Austrian Nazi, Dr. Arthur Seyss-Inquart...
Snip, Snip. The terrible crises which have been frequent in the lesser European countries since the War have bred statesmen with tough nerves. On the day Austria was being invaded, out to an orchard went Austrian Nazi Minister of Interior Dr. Seyss-Inquart, incipient Chancellor...
...half, then returned to Vienna refreshed about the time Chamberlain and Ribbentrop were "joining the ladies" in London. The German blood of this Nazi is a good deal colder than the blood of Hitler. In stolid fashion he waited around. After Schuschnigg's broadcast "good-by," Seyss-Inquart kept going on the air by electrical transcription every half-hour or so, asking Austrians not to resist the invading German Army, saying the troops of the Führer would bring "happiness." All he had to do was avoid assassination by anti-Nazis before the arrival of the German Army...