Evening Star Newspaper, December 12, 1935, Page 3

HITLER CHALLENGE VOIGED IN AUSTRIA Von Starhemberg Calls for Mid-Europe Leadership on Dollfuss Platform. BACKGROUND— The House of Hapsburg, longest- lasting European dynasiy, ruled Austria from 1273 to November 11, 1918, when Charles 1, father of Otto, abdicated. Treaties of St. Germain and Trianon left Austria @ tiny remnant of its former vast- ness. Strife and economic despair kept republican nation in turmoil, climazed in May, 1932, by Nazi threat and resignation of Chancel- lor Buresch. Dollfuss, backed by Heimwehr of aristocratic Starhem- berg, held chancellorship until his assassination. Starhemberg has consistently sought Hapsburg re- turn. Glorious Past More to General Than Present. Famed Leader Asks| Quick Freedom, o Export Tax. NOTE: This is the third of a series of articles by Mr. McKelway on the Philippine situation. BY BEN McKELWAY, Staft Correspondent of The Star. MANILA, P. I.—One asks in Manila where the opposition to President Quezon's commonwealth government is apt to come from and sometimes the name of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo and his devoted old comrades of the days of '98 are mentioned. But if Presi- dent Quezon had only to deal with Gen. Aguinaldo and his faithful fol- | lowers in maintaining order in the | commonwealth he should lose no sleep | over that problem. Gen. Aguinaldo is nearing 70 and while his figure is still erect and active the fire has gone | out of his eyes and the glorious old days that are gone forever mean more to him than the perplexing realities of the present. Most of the members of Congress attending the inaugural ceremonies By the Associated Press. VIENNA, December 12.—Prince | Ernst von Starhemberg, uniting the destinies of Austria and its former | ruling house of Hapsburg, challenged ; Hitlerism today with a call for Aus- trian leadership of Central Europe. Apparently clearing the way for res- toration of the Hapsburgs, the vice chancellor proclaimed that there was | o obstacle to enthronement of Arch- duke Otto as long as he accepted the program of the assassinated Chancel- . : lsoo:'cix‘::lzgeriltii‘!ll?\:lrlxh:\flk[;nr 2 Powerful. | age it a point to visit him, some of | The prince, who hag become a vir- | them with sound advice as to the duty | tual dictator of Austrf3, asserted in a |f @ Patriotic Filipino in supporting speech last night to the patriotic | the new government. He visited some | “Fatherland Front” that Austrian|Of them at the Manila Hotel and| ideals ultimately must prevail through- | made his little speech for immediate | @ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Aguinaldo’s Menace for Of Name as Rallying Point for New Uprising ® GEN. EMILIO AGUINALDO. Philippine Republic of 1898, and other scenes. He shows the visitors the bal- cony from which the independence proclamation was read and points out the giant tree in his yard which used to serve as an observation post from | which to watch the Spaniards. Followers Gather Nightly. Under this tree, which the general says was just about as big when he was 2 boy as it is now, there gather, almost nightly, hundreds, and some- times thousands, of his old soldier followers, who hear inflammatory speeches in favor of immediate inde- pendence, applaud the general and go home to bed. The general talks through an in- terpreter, except when he becomes n | excited and reveals his English. He Quezon b. C, nomic bondage on these plantations and others like them, always in debt | to the landlord, unaple to buy their rice lands, sometimes unable to get the rice for food that their labor has harvested, has grown the Sakdal movement, Sakdal meaning protest. It is & protest against oppression and basically the same sort of protest that produced Aguinaldo and other like revolutionaries who rose sgainst Spain in 1896. Since that time the islands have doubled in population, many conditions have improved, great prog- Tess has been made—but the peasant class remains about what it always was. More of them read than in those days, which accounts for the popular circu- lation of Sakdal newspapers and mat- ter regarded by the government as seditious. Recent estimates placed the number of members of the Sakdal party at 300,000, In May there was an uprisingsaround Manila which was quelled by the constabulary, 60 peas- ants being killed and some 500 men and women gyrested. With such a class the seed of revolt sprouts. quickly and there are many seeds and the ground is fertile. There were Palacéfor many years of its occupancy by American governors general. But on the day that the new President of the Philippine commonwealth took over the mansion the palace guard went on permanent duty. They were armed with pistols and riot guns. Their constant vigil is considered a necessary precaution. The jourth article by Mr. Mc- Kelway will appear tomorrow. —o PERSONALITY IN SUCCESS IS “Y” FORUM THEME W. W. Wheeler of Chesapeake & Potomac Teiephone Co. to Speak Tonight. ies in Use Peasant Folk Un- seen Factor in Situation. SakdalistMovement Protest Against Oppression. individuals, like Aguinaldo or the in- dependent Catholic Bishop Aglipay— who carries even less water politically than Aguinaldo—as with sudden waves of public sentiment or protest that might start with any false step on | the part of the new government. The commonwealth government now is a one-party government, with no | visible opposition. President Quezon | has the whip hand and he is an astute | as well as an arbitrary executive. But ! he is surrounded by politicians who, having seen what Mr. Quezon got for himself out of the independence issue, will be on the lookout for some other | issue to whoop up for themselves. Mr. | Quezon will have to have more money | to carry out some of the government | programs he confidently outlines now, | and higher taxation, here as anywhere else, will be unpopular. Unless he | allows his budget to get out of hand he will have to curtail government personnel at a time when politicos are demanding that they be taken care of, now that the Americans are out. An economic depression, regarded as in- evitable unless the Tydings act 1s amended and modified, will test Que- zon's government and in the frank opinion of many will wreck it. Peasants in Background. Personality as a factor in business success will be discussed by W. W. 0 guards around Malacanang | out the Germanic nations independence, or independence withii Principles Believed Basic. | will tell you he was counted out In| yp the background, unseen and un- three or five years. me of the | Joats, . bonde the last election and should be Presi- | Wheeler, assistant vice president of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1935. SR R ManuracTurer's CroseOur PLATED ROOSEVELT HINTS RELIEF FUND CUT Tells Eduncators He Hopes They Will Limit Pleas to Rea- * sonable Sum, A strong hint that relief expendi- turcs for the ccming year would be reduced was given by President Roose- velt yesterday during an informal talk with a group of State educational superintendents from 37 différent States, who have been in conference here. ‘The President told the educators the Federal Government had been as liberal as possible in handing out money for educational purposes dur- ing the emergency and that he actually had stretched the law in the matter of spending in the interest of teachers and schools. He hoped the educators would co-operate with the administration in the future and not demand more than is reasonable. Mr. Roosevelt said that while he felt the necessity for reducing the re- lief expenditures, he had reason to know that education throughout the country had suffered probably more than anything else during the period of the depression. International Tea Services Silver Co. $ 50% Off I5 Reg. List Price, $30.00 h Shop t N W. Well and Tree Little Watc 907 G S R Platters Candelabra NN\ AN To Sales Managers Leading Automobile Concern Selling Medium-Priced Cars Has Opening for Sales Manager. Must be experienced executive with ability to handle large sales force and to assist personally in closing deals when neces- sary. Must have energy and ambition. Generous compensation for right man. Automobile experience not essential. sales executive experience. Write full history in first letter, including references. All Information will be kept confidential. Box 304-V, Star office. However, must have Turn your old trinkets, jewelry and watches into MONEY at— A.Xahn Jnc. members of Congress, newly arrived | and uninformed, accidentally furnished | the general with something like sup- port for his issue by telling him that | Congress would grant immediate in- dependence if the Filipinos asked for it. But he was. robbed of the same support a few days later when Senate | Leader Robinson made a speech in | which he said the 10-year transition | period was fixed by Congress as a compromise between those who wanted more and those who wanted less and only Congress could change it, no| matter what individual menfbers | might think. Senator Robinson had been talking with President Quezon | and High Commissioner Murphy. Home Not Far From Manila. The general receives visitors in his | Of the monarchist campaign for a+0ld mansion where he was born in the | seturn from his seat of exile in Bel- | village of Cawit, on the road to Cavite, gium of 23-year-old Archduke Otto, | N0t far from Manila. His home domi- | pretender to the throne that was ab- | Dates a community of | humble nipa | Gicated by the Hapsburgs after the|houses, where many of his old soldier World War, Von Starhemberg as-| comrades live. The general is the | serted: | hero to them and always will be and | “The history of the Hapsburgs is | he does his best to live up to the role. Austrian history, and if the Austrians | In his mansion he points out to are thinking more and more of the | \'lslmrS»lh? things most dear to him. | monarchist form of government we | There is the hole in the roof, now | can only say there is nothing in their | covered with glass, made by a ball | hopes and aspirations which is con- | from a Spanish gunboat in 1896, when trary to the concepts of the Austrian |the general, then a fiery young government, as presently consti- | Patriot, was leading the revolt against tuted. * * * | the Spanish regime. There is another His words took on added significance today as a realization spread that the occasion of his address had been ad- vertised as one on which the funda- mental principles of now-republican Austria’s government would be pro- claimed. “Those who believe they are Aus- trians, but at the same time think Hitler is right, must change their minds,” Von Starhemberg asserted, voicing his opposition to anschluss (union) with Germany, as had Doll- fuss, who died July 24. 1934, in the abortive Vienna Nazi putsch. “There is only one way to solve the question of pan-Germanism. That is to give the leadership to the Aus- trians.” Comments on Monarchy. “It is a domestic affair of Austria. But I can guarantee that in considera- tion of this question nothing shall oc- | cur to disturb the peace of Middle Europe or worry our friendly neigh- bors. “But the Hapsburg leader must adopt the governmental program which Dolifuss outlined and for which carefully preserved hole through the finely carved headboard of his bed— another relic of the revolution. The walls of his home are covered with | photographs of the various American | governors general who have served in the islands and a special niche in the wall is reserved for an auto-| graphed photograph of President | | Roosevelt. He explained that Mr. | Harding's picture used to be there. | Putsch Split Powers. Painted glass windows, done by| Linked by blood and tongue, Ger- | some zealous, if unskilled, admirer, many and Austria reached the part- | depict the various high lights in his ing of the ways on July 24, 1934, when | Past: His victorious return from exile he was assassinated.” dent now, instead of Quezon. He says Quezon does -not represent the com- | mon people. He wants immediate in- dependence and no export duties on Philippine products, but when one | asks him for some of the details of how such a program could be mlde‘k workable he passes on to something else—like Dr. Townsend does in ex- plaining the Townsend plan. He| praises the Americans and still talks| about how well he was treated by‘ Gen. Funston when he was captured Those who know the Filipino tem- | perament will tell you that the only threat in Gen. Aguinaldo's opposition | to Mr. Quezon lies in the pv:tssxmmy‘i that he might be used by others as| a rallying point for revolt; that his| name might become the symbol for new revolt as it is still the shining symbol to many of “independence.” | The logic of the cause or the gen- | eral's own ability as a statesman| would be a minor consideration. | Aguinaldo Warned. | Before the inauguration the stories of attempts that might be made against the life of Quezon were heard from Tokio to Manila and during the ceremonies there was never a more expectant group of newspaper men | than those who watched Mr. Quezon | as he rose to take the oath of office in front of a vast throng of his| countrymen. A few days before the inauguration Gov. Gen. Murphy had summoned Aguinaldo to a conference and talked turkey to him, mentioning with other things, that the American | flag was still flying and the United | States was still responsible for an or- | derly and peaceful inauguration day.| And the day was peaceful enough. For the danger to the Quezon regime apparently does not rest so much with FRENCH GERMAN 10% Discount Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss was as- | sassinated in a Vienna Naz putsch. The little chancellor, striving for a strong and sovereign Austria, had fought bitterly those who wanted an “anschluss” (union) with Germany. Last Summer, through the offices [0f the proclamation establishing the !, of Franz von Papen, the German minister to Austria, definite steps were taken toward a reconciliation. But friction continued and apparently nothing came of the negotiations. A cabinet shake-up in October gave | Starhemberg vastly augmented pow- | ers, and at the time it was stated | Austria remained estranged from the Third Reich. New Moves Toward Unity. In the last two weeks discussions between Austrian and Hungarian statesmen led to speculation on the possible formation of a “new Central European power” between the mem- bers of the pre-war dual empire Agreements reported reached in- cluded a virtual military assistance understanding. The World War, which began with the assassination of the Austrian Crown Prince, Ferdinand, at Serajevo and ended with the break-up of the great Hapsburg dual monarchy, left Austria defeated, disrupted and im- poverished—a “head without a body.” Since then Austria has slowly re- turned to more normal conditions, despite internal political unrest and staggering economic burdens. Optimist Club to Celebrate. A floor show, boxing, games, music and an oyster supper will be a part of the annual “stag night” celebration of the Washington Optimist Club tonight at 7 o'clock at the Auth Provision Co., 623 D street southwest. 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