The Archive · 1935

Austrian Monarchy Favoured

Vienna, Dee. 12.

Prince von Starhemberg, Vice-Chancellor and leader of the Austrian Home Guards, which 1s now incorporated in the Fatherland Front, today expressed his approval of the ultimate restoration of the Hapsburg monarchy. At the same time, he demanded definitely the "totality" of ithe Fatherland Front in Austria. "Until to-day, we have waited to see Jwho will join us. Now we will walt Ino longer but regard everybody who Jdoes not belong to us as enemies of the State, not entitled to the full rights of citizenship," he said.

The ideal which must be attained, the Prince continued, is that every JAustrian who. is loyal to the State should 41 important posts in private and public life, Dealing with the Legitimist prob-hem, the speaker disputed the right Jot any group outside the Fatherland Front to strive for the realization of monarchist alms.

Defining the Fatherland Front's attitude to the problem, he said it was impossible for a patriotic Austrian to engage In politics without being reminded of the past, which is inseparjably linked up with the House of Hapsburg: It would be mutilation of Austrian history if one were. to Jexelude the conception of Hapsburg.

If ever-increasing sections of the population considered it desirable to return to the monarchist form government and. in this connection Jexpress the wish to have Archduke JOtto as ruler, this was in no way conflicting with the patriotic ideas Jor with the alms of the Fatherland /Pront—Trans-Ocean Kuo Min.

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