Word: socialistes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Keeping his head, "Little Dollfuss" drafted a decree forbidding political meetings of any kind in Vienna, sent it to the City Hall. A few minutes later back came the decree with "UNCONSTITUTIONAL!" scrawled across it in the passionate autograph of Vienna's grey-bearded Socialist Burgomaster, famed Karl Seitz...
...Herr Hitler in a precarious position. Having ridden to victory on a wave of nationalism, the new German chancellor may find that he is only a chip on that wave, powerless to change its progress. Bad as would be the effects of a war on Germany and the National Socialist party, the situation may force...
...they are far inferior, largely as a result of the Versailles Treaty. These facts, however, are no guarantee at all that Hitler will not attempt to coalesce with Austria and Hungary. In both of these latter countries there is a growing Fascist party and a corresponding decline in the Socialist power, which has until now exercised a moderate and restraining influence coupled with a really international outlook. If the Nazis come to the top, as they seem likely to do, an obvious move would be to link up with other Fascist states. France, of course, would never tolerate any such...
...Government bloc, respectively headed by National Socialist (Nazi) Chancellor Hitler and Nationalist Minister of Economics. Food & Agriculture Dr. Alfred Hugenberg, Germany's Hearstian news and cinema tycoon...
Meanwhile M. Daladier, himself a Radical Socialist, was harrying the Socialist Party with threats that President Albert Lebrun would dissolve the Chamber and order an election unless the Socialists, by withdrawing their opposition, made it possible for his Cabinet to raise the general French income tax rate 10% and cut the salaries of civil servants receiving more than $470 yearly. Meeting in caucus, the Socialist Party split, the majority faction bolting away from Party Leader Leon Blum. Famed as a Cabinet killer, M. Blum overthrew Premiers Herriot and Paul-Boncour. He favored overthrowing Premier Daladier last week. Paris grew feverish...