Vienna, Apr. 10. With millions of his follower gathered around loud speakers in every town and village in Greater Germany, Herr Hitler made his final speech to voters last night, the eve of the Austro-German plebiscite in which each voter will mark his cross against "Jo" or "Nein."
'The Fuhrer spoke at a meeting held in the converted north-west railway station here after a triumphal drive from his hotel. 'Tens of thousands of people lined the streets and shouted: "One people, one Reich, one leader'."
Herr Hitler, whose speech was relayed to 500 broadcasting stations, including those of Nationalist Spain, referred to the tremendous ascent of the German nation since he had spoken at Koenigsberg in 1933. He asked the nation to authorize him to take the fate of Germany into his own hands.
He then proceeded to trace the history of Germany after the war. The Fatherland, he declared, had been torn asunder. There were two groups fighting each other, namely, the bourgeoisie and proletariat.
The German bourgeoisie, the (Continued on page 9)
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