AUSTRIA ^ Adolph Hitler, to the cheers and screams of thousands, today entered in triumph the ancient capital of the Hapsburgs, The last ' conqueror to ride triumphatly into Vienna was the Emperor Napoleon, The triumph of Hitler and the Nazis. But to others a dark and terrible tragedy. Tragic consequences have come already. Office holders, government employees known to be hostile to Hitlerism, unfriendly officials, have been herded into concentration camps. ( / Among the Jews - hysteria, panic. Many of them trying to flee across the frontier today were arrested.^ So were others for trying to draw money from the banks, Vienna, once the gayest of European cities, is today in the iron grip of Draconic north German laws. storm cellars or elsewhere* For today it wasnft safe even to be on the streets of Vienna unless you joined in the chorus of nHell Hitlert" And so Austria becomes part of the German Empire, Upon Hitler's entry, those not approving took refuge in The original program had been that Hitler should not AUSTRIA - 2, make his radio address until tomorrow. But when he arrived at his headquarters in a hotel, the cries for his personal appearance were overwhelming. "We want Hitler," they yelled. "Let the Fuehrer speakl" % So he stood on the balcony of his hotel and shouted hijs cry to the crowd. "He said:- "An oath has been sworn today by Germans from the Rhine to East Prussia, from the North Sea to Vienna. That oath is that never again, whatever happens, will this German Reich ever fall assunder. We Germans are se enty-five million now. Nobody can force us from our road. N@ threat, no misery, no violence, can ever cause this oath to be broken." Around the hotel as he shouted those words was a crowd of a hundred thousand people. Some of them climbed up lamp-posts and hung from trees in order to get a glimpse. Thus history was made today. And maybe more is in the making. I heard Ambassador Dodd say today at the Town Hall that it would be Czechoslovakia's turn next. Not at once, but at the next moment of opportunity. France will keep her word to all her allies. This declaration was made in ringing terms today from Paris. Harrassed though he is with the efforts to organize a new cabinet, Premier Blum and his colleagues stand firm on that. There was a meeting between Mr. Blum, Foreign Minister Paul-Boncur and the Czechoslovakian Ambassador at the Qua! dT0rsay today. At about the same moment, the new French Ambassador to London was telling Downing Street that his country would fast to the Czechoslovakian alliance. And,the terms of that treaty are quite definite. If Czechoslovakia is invaded, would have to march i* U ati . France ^4.1-1 f-rJ ./El thr oughGermany. followed invasion in the east would be by an invasion of Germany in the west, would touch off a wholeEuropean bonfire, < T L? "iDON - # oe>«roc h±s- lae WreS'^ftve--bee«—, of a f 4 rght- 8t&& —Wft-irt fl 0€>«e6~-tfaft^--laag~~fir^fti..fee^"^tmeh’~lii thg—aos^w—-S^ it‘ waa n ■ jammed audience wbt* listened to the British Prime Minister 'UfuJtiZp today^ heard Chamberlain say that Germany1s seizure of Austria deserves the severest condemnation. And ti added that His Majesty’s government emphatically disapproves of actions such as those of which Austria was made the scenen H m Still speaking carefully he .«*** "The British government are unable to regard the events in Austria with indifference „ ^ or equanimity. Ln the seewi ty'of- k^rope Q /? jv - - the situation Justifies a review of the defense program. In other ® words John Bull is going to arm more than ever. LONDON - Soon after the ^rime Minister had said all that 1 Sir Samuel Hoare the Home Secretary spoke over the air IS y • ^ called for a million volunteers to serve more I an air raid patrol. disturbed is the continent of luropej, the more important it is for us to make every possible p^eparation.,, And the Dutchess of Atholl who is a member of the House of Commons called for a modified form of conscription ■f in Great Britain. There should be some form of part time training in military service for all men of military age^ ! I 'if | I i otne v i ng-na. ti ons-^ J m On© question totiay seems to titive ail observers puzzled.• What does Mussolini really thimc of Hitler^ coup? The Duce no doubt expected Hitler to seize Austria. But not so soon. Anyhow two facts stand clear:- Mussolini wired congratulations to Hitler acknowledging that curious telegram in which the Feuhrer, at the eleventh hour, informed the Duce, But, correspondents observe an eloquent about-face in the government-controlled press of Italy. Up to last week, they were praising the Idea of an independent Austria. Over night, and without warning, those Italian editors have had to do that painful job of what is known in -america s ’'flopping the paper,” with the German army standing at the head of Brenner Pass, gateway from I ;: ; | I .3 : I Teutonia to Italia. What does the Vatican think of all this? Here* s the answer:- The Vatican is worried and distressed. The official newspaper of the Papacy says:- “A sad shadow already has been cast by acts of the Hazis against the Church of Austria.^ And then it asks: “Will the Austrian people, whose glorious traditions are Catholic, be spared?” The article indicates that the Holy bee is gravely worried ijARKET Hot the least dramatic effect of the Austrian coup was that on the worldfs money markets* The securities ©f European countries went tumbling down to new low points. Austrian Seven Per Cent Bonds, which weren’t any too high before, flopped even lower. And the Franc tuntoled to the lowest point iflalgkxfeg it has seen in twelve years. All of this of course was to be expected. The corollary was a rise in American stocks. This was also obvious. People taking their money out of foreign investments rushed to put them into America’s. Uncle Sam’s dollar went up on every market. So also, though to a lesser extent, did the Swiss Franc, the Pound Sterling, and the Netherland’s Guilder, As for the Austrian Schilling, people quit trading in that altogether. They didn’t know what would happen to it. With Austria a part ofberniany, nobody knows what way bha-t-finaneial A cat might Jump. WASHINGTON ifcLyr Official Washington^kept a strict official silence about the Vienna scene. What people said privately of course was another matter. But the attitude remains firm* "Maybe it»s too bed, but it’s not dur business." The only public demonstration was made by a group of young pacifists. Carrying banners, they paraded up and down in front of thejcerman Embassy, until the leaders were arrested»by the—oop»% Under a federal act recently passed, itTs against the law to picket the houses of foreign diplomats. As one group was disbursed by the police, another would take its place. In the end, some thirty-five young people, mostly boys and girls around the age of twenty, got a free ride in the Black Maria There was a good deal of scurrying around by the diplomats from the smaller countries. Count Potocki, Ambassador from Poland, called at the White House- As he came out he said he had visited the President to "discuss European affairs generally." Shortly after that, Dr- Hurban, Minister fronjCzechoslovakia, went to the StateJafus^T And^he had something to say. It was a message from his government. Czechoslovakia will fight if ^he is invaded by Hitler’s Brown Snirts. also conveyed a piece of information from Prague, the capital. The Czechoslovakian War Minister had been advisee, by Berlin that Gersaan troops now in Austria v/illnot approach any closer than fifteen miles to the Austrian Czech border. In Washington, as all over the rest of the world, the Swastika flag made its appearance over the front door of Austrian Legations and consulates. In London ana other cities, the Austrian diplomatic officers were preparing to quit their jobs and turn over their affairs to diplomats from oerlin. Some of those diplomats, those ’who don't care for the Nazi ideolory, wIU never return to their homeland again. Tonight, I can only repeat what I said to Columnist Dinty Doyle at the White ouse Correspondents banquet:- ’’While heads of European nations were snarling at each other our President and Secretary of Stat • were laughing at jibes and jokes the newspaper ften were poking at our own Washington scene.” SPAIN In Spain victory ©•riden^ly hoveri^^over the cf Hitlor^ ~&t**srkMSK # -s/ \ uli|rj rinnor^Ar Franco^ The Rebels have captured the City of Alcaniz^ I HjjuMfl le-99 than, fifty mileg"-£rgnn the—a-tr-^r#6paida<-—AleaniB- t$ a key point that otanda like a opoarhead the main A government line from Barcelona to Valencia, jit * *9 jaat about sfxijF Thefts tT naTggtrtFTtie auBHT1 nHftnncg fr l T* This news comes fx nafr from.Rebel propaganda forcam, *Bfc from Hendaye on the French frontier. the irisur gsiit s rapidly. <AnJP a ona^j near the southern border of Catalonia ana^advanc ing A That gives color to the report that Catalonia Is about to secede. B-f .oupoey-Gatjalenion — indepoadonoo has- bo on a- - sore- A gAio^firm ff>r oenti^rie*? It c^un^g—today as—though that provlnoe, iihpj rir»Vnag» An ^ |0 atitUirJIy frrnm-1>ftth—Madrid and y.tenet.. There was a report in garis that Barcelona was about to ask help from the Popular Front government of Pi»e«ior Leon Blum. This rumor was helped on by the observation that the £ Spanish Ambassador in Paris paid a visit to the new Prime Minister and Foreign Minister today CHIM In the Far East, brave claims are made by Chinese headquarters. The War Office in Hankow says the ghinese won a series of victories. The Japanese line of communications is threatened and the drive of the Mikado^s armies on Hankow has been stopped* Of course this report was contradicted by the Japanese and the British authorities sound skeptical about it. It is no secret that Tokyo is making under-cover negotiations for peace. And until that effort has definitely failed, the Japanese drive on Hankow will be slow WHITNEY today.*' . ±-t- »»»The unfolding of an absorbing and pathetic, human and social tragedyj fhe story of hichard Pickets Oombey and Son. For people outside mf Mev/ Yotk to get the essence of that drama one has 6° into the background of Richard "hitneyfs family. The Importance of it is by no means confined to the fact that he was five times head of the i4ew York Stock Exchange. the moafr*# favorable eonditiema^ His family though not RxixKm extravagantly rich c*m«id»r»b^p well nff to do. Imagine then an exclusive and private school followed by one of the fashionable universities, his children, practically all his connections loomed large in the social register. Tliey ^ bpo 1 the select few whose social ^ ft - A respectable. His wife 1HITN1I - £ position is so assured that they never have to thi \k about it one can well imagine the amazement on the ^bock ^change last Tuesday. People would almost have sbon.sexpecte* theM’ailure of the^ederal Reserve Sustem as the firin of Richardhitney and Company. So when that firm was hammered >t merely anspended but excelled -- the newsVwas received with1 a stunned silence as floor members gasped forS^breath. The scene played in ^ ^ew lork Court Room today was simple and brief. Mr. fthitney was called to the bar to be arraigned. We^-l groomed and immaculate as ever — he handsome figure of a men -- he pleaded guilty, hfc*(Admitted burnt he had stolen one hundred and five thousand dollars from a trust fund set up by his father-in-law. Two of the people to benefit by that trust fund his own wife and sister in law. other intatng was given in court of the chain of events that led up to We don't know yet how the former President of the iVew York Stock Exchange became a WHITNEY - 5 defendant, admitting his guilt at the bar of justice. Perhaps we shall learn later./^The punishment yv A by the Neif" ^ork-1©* is from five to ten years^Ln Sing ^ing. lcj rufrpffnde rmtcnoo. The squabble of the Tennessee Valley Authority becomes wider and more complicated. Friends of the New Deal Inpongress gave way a step today. Senator Norris of Nebraska, father of the T.V.A., consented to an investigation by five senators. He had been fighting the idea for days, so his yielding is significant. But that doesn’t simplify the argument. Members of the House say they want to be in on the show. A It won’t be an entertainment confined to senators. Members of both Houses lirz***?* hove get tn^have front row seats T gag I frequently get letters fr--. :e^r> r.r6' .;ls that cr the next t:iir.c -- s-.-^e ner:r., r.-l i iy, ^_: rr ctr>,r> Today I received a fervent missive lu yraise of soaeairg sc sympathetic that i’lii i.ig to pas'? it along, z * i - a „ ' felt tribute to -- the mule, old hee-haw big ears. The writer is Homer Crop, ho tells me he has plenty of reason for his "... le enthusiasm. In •.. mer * s nevr .• ovel called [ ~bt^ v^r-tK-c(/ ^ » J "Sixteen Hands*' — the hero is a mule. ^'The reason for vul1m ua that homer Croy ovms t mule f? rn out In IH ssourl, so he knows A the critters. Aitd, he has all the more devotion to them right now because of the boom in t u? mule market. The recent prevalence of war and xxk threats of war ht s created an increased csmans for mules. They are used to carry a lot of light artillery and food supplies in rough country* They are not so gun shy as horses. So in the rust several nontns prices in ^ne tuu.e market have increased by twenty dollars a span. So no wonder ..oner C^oy, nule oovelist and n le farrier is Hated aero t .. s fev rite ani.al. j.n -l6 started a propays:.da ct _ ai -n. He compares mules with horses. MULE - 2 •'A ihu I q | ites ns, kxxs ’’won’t sttind undftr h . tro© v/hsn its lightning. ^ horse will and get xxmxKiot himself killed. You can ride a horse into a den of rattle snakes, hut you can’t a mule. He r^2 ~(^CXs ij( —~feuj/ yrrmrrr-. ^gni is that we should change change the term fcarxxxMKxx:* horse sense. Instead we should say - _ mule ser e. To which the response is hee-haw, and. So long until tomorrow