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Minister of War, Herr Karl Vaugoin, a bristling, strutting, "strong man." As Austria is disarmed he can do small harm...
...last two Austrian chancellors are in the new Cabinet: 1) Dr. Karl Vaugoin (Seipel disciple. Chancellor during October & November) as Minister of War; 2) Dr. Johann Schober (no Seipel disciple, creator of the Austrian Republic's efficient...
Obviously these returns mean that Austria, if her Government is to remain Constitutional, must continue under a coalition Cabinet of some sort, probably a new one, since the prestige of Catholic Chancellor Karl Vaugoin was badly tarnished by his party's losses. What really mattered, however, was the possibility that Prince von Starhemberg and his Heimwehr would attempt a revolution. Apparently they made no real effort to win at the polls. In the arrogant words of the Prince himself: "We are indifferent to the people's mandate. We intend to rule Austria from outside the walls of Parliament ?that...
They were. But Monsignor Seipel met the situation. Prince von Starhemberg, whose words had only one meaning, was made to say that he had been "misunderstood." Seipel Disciple Vaugoin said...
...What do you mean, Monsignor, by this new Cabinet?" asked in effect the agitated Corps Diplomatique. They alluded neither to the fact that the new Chancellor is Seipel Disciple Karl Vaugoin, nor to the fact that the new Foreign Minister is Monsignor Seipel himself, but to the astounding fact that the new Minister of Interior is Prince Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg...