Fears of Armed Clash Between Sir Ronald Ross to See Problem Fascists and Socialists Under Control Vienna, Oct. 7.
London, Oct. 7.
'Anxiety over the' possibility of a lash' to-day between the large armed and uniformed forces of the Heimwehr (Fascists) and the So-laiists (Schutzbund) both of whom thad arranged demonstrations Wiener Neustadt, 20 miles south west of Vienna, were not justified 4m the event.
The precauti Government ai §ncluded the drafting in of thousands of steel-helmeted soldiers, equipped with gas-masks and hand-grenades, gendarmes armed with Bayonets and batteries of artillery and machine-guns authorities induced the opposing parties to establish a neutral zone, which they occupied with troops.
The Heimwehr parade, 20,000 strong, finished half-an-hour before the Socialists began. Meanwhile $5,000 Socialists and sympathizers assembled and began proceedings with the anthem "The Song of Liberty."
Arrest of Communists The gendarmerie arrested several communists who attempted to address the crowd. Altogether 60 communists were taken into custody, including the former Czecho-Slovak deputy and editor, Victor Sterm.
'A heavy downpour of rain very effectively damped the ardour of the demonstrators and the gathering dispersed without incident, Three hundred pressmen were present at the demonstrations in expectation of trouble-—Reuter.
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