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b© pornsaeatiy .is&erred la th© Sfifl of l l d t tfairoh* After th©

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wore m closely im useorS «rid SS Br* Sot pel hod regarded Br» Sell*

fuea • • his asturel sisooeeeer* Xt wee therefor© decided t o nwse

th is ofeuzeh th© Seipel-DollfaeE Sodeohta'.tbom, ©ad to plee* Aa

the erypt tho reesaias of the two greet Chancellor© of pe»t-***r

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Tfct reasiat of Dr. 3ellfu*s ho4 bees toBportrUy *ate**»

red to o fleaae ooraetory aa*i pilerlaofroe to h i t grew© hor© boos

« doily oeearreeee f rw oi l orer .ftattrio* la on address aid© by

Chancellor Sehyeehalgg o few days ago he referred to the million

©ad a half laetriaa© "*© hod already f» the brtof tfm which hot

©lapsed ©iaoe tho dooth of tho Choaeeller vloited hi© grotto

Oa Saturday, September S@» th© ?^vlss of Dr# Stipel sad of ftr#

Pollfjot wro take* with greet tereesoay froEs their temorery r*«t-

lag plooet to the SeI|?fiI»&ollfass Gedeohtnlobau where they Imv©

been pcrKseaeatly plkeee* la the crypt especially properod for oad

dedlooted to t h i s p^reo©*.

Tho ooaoHMuy oa Sondey, September SO, dsditttisr. t a l t

church wo© ©a ls«pretsiw© ono* A seat w»« celebrated by Card*a*l

Xaa l i t e r « d ot i t t olo©# ©ddreesM were ?sade fey tho- €erd*»el»

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la view at what tea* already happened tt&ec the d^oth of

Chaaecllor i<©lifii©»„ I t i t «ot to* #oriy# 1 feoiiooo, t o ©*y th«t

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t h i s eh-ireh will bm&wm a 3eeee for p a t r i e t i e •'-astrisng* ^hen

one eossiders the eeeaestls cists?©©.® provei 1 in?, anon?: the nasses

in Austria s s i tha t her population i s only about @| st i l l i s %

Chaneeller &atatsehaig£*s eteteneat with resreet to the ausaber

ebo have already aad« a plX^rl»*re to the temporary rest?B£

plane of Dell fuss i s sips if least* la pn»et ieal ly every a i ty

mui torn squares and s t r e e t s and ge®§ buildings h«ve bees nmei

effcer Dell fuss* la the ehurehe* the p lo ta re of Dellftj ss i s to-

vertstfely to be fount* A psblt® subseription i s in progress for

the erection of sts Issposlnr jseifioriai to h i s memory msS. I set l a -

foisted t ha t the r e su l t* ere uausuelly rood !a view of the d i f f i ­

cul t t i r e s * t h i s memorial press!ses t o he the most alga! f leant

tha t Austria has as yet ereeted la honor of asy of her statesmen*

There is ©vory iadieat i m that a rea l Dollfuss t r ad i t ion

! • developing i a Austria sad tha t t h i s wi l l ramia* as i t already

is* the expression of Austria** wi l l t o r e t a i a her iadepsadenee*

Oae of the prteary pr lnelples of the p e l i t i e a l philosophy of Dr.

I ollfuse was tha t fcustr.fa'f indepeadesee mist he s>tut«ised not

only for the safes of Austria, but as aa Indispensable fas ter ta

the neinteaanee of peace i s garepfb 0» t h i s subtest he to\m&

no eamproniae possible end i t was his unal terable a t t i t u d e whioh

undoubtedly led to h i s nartyrdon* I I laay be tha t h i s sssurtyrdeet

and the developtar UollfttM t rad i t ion wil l prove t o be the bu l ­

wark supporting Austria* • lnder-Snderee*

I t i s s e t sty intention in t h i s despateh t o d'souss the

q u a l i t i e s of Chaaeeller DollfuM and hie plane la history* I

do not feel eswpetsnt t o do th i s* bat I way say t h a t aayo«e «he >,

had sontaet with hta f e l l mSm the spel l of h i s shews ai d per­

sonali ty sud &n* impressed hy the obvious a b i l i t y of the isan*

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I arr ived to Vienna en «*y 80* 1334* «ad ferlstg t h e weeks n*£r!«h

Intervened between ay a r r iva l i s i Me esaasslnstlssi m <3%!y 2§»

I had almost dat ly enportunlty to Veve eantact with hha «ad had

the pr iv i lege of & wmi&r of Ion?* sonvereat lens with him* t

gathered the d i e t Inst hanress? on whenever I ms with hl« the t I

i- B talking with • asn of un^suel a b i l i t y aa i sss the weeks went

«M I foreaed the de f in i t e eanvietion the t he had @ss^ of the

qua l i t i e s of e r e s l ly preai &»n*

S should l ike to say, however, t ha t t he outstanding «ps l -

i t l a s of wpllfsss f*ere hie ©hens* s i -p l io i ty* end greatness end

kindness ef heart* Like »11 t r u l y ^re«t mm he «a« always the

seme t o e l l persons at e l l t!r--es* This poise and esse are a l l

the more s ignif icant 1» view of the Chancellor's ttutthle or igin nsd

In the l ' g h t of hta neisperetively Un i t ed opfvortunftlnsj* Per­

haps the greet ' | t r i b u t e tha t those el so wi l l Is the future wri te

©f Austria1» great Chancellor, -will be able t o pay feia Is th«t i s

a oo-«os&ry where a r i s t o c r a t i c t r a d i t i o n s end elaeg distieot.Jc3is

s t i l l hold strongly end hssr® deep roots In the present day l i f e

of the people* t h i s emu who cease ffreaa the s»s t honble her inn l i r e

end who did ©si have t he cer ta in ty as to who M s fether *a®e Iig.fi

the respect end confidence of e l l elaaaes ineludlnf. t he xaost d i s ­

tinguished end worth while representat ives of J ius t r le ' s nobi l i ty

and arietoersey*

The quel l ty perhaps which sca t increased forsifjs observers

who hed contact with Chancellor I:<ollfuee we a Me wide) rreap and

rea l understand inf1: of INrepces as well as Austrian prohlens ha

vpi te of the feet thet he had feed Uni t ed opportunit ies for t r ave l

end contact* 8*9 had a. reel breadth of vision end 0 deep -.mde*»

at ©ad lag of hunen nature* M well s i e deop sense of th# necess i ty

for rec t i tude end generosity In dealing sd-th h is fe l lonta

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