The Archive · 1938

Regime Imprisoned

Paris, June 19.

Ever shee the German troops ehtered her territory, Austria has been living in the grip of political terror, the well-known writer, M. Wladimir WOrmesson, reports today in the French rightist paper," Lo Figaro."

"More than 50,000 opponents of the National Socialist regime have been sent to concentration camps and are

comparable to that of criminals sen-

son declares. "3 ore,: tenced to hard bourn M. SOM man Secret State Police—the dreaded has extended its services to Austria and has constituted there a tompletà spy network."

"The cost of living is rising every day because the Austrian money is losing its value and also because thè conquering Germans took possession of everything which they believed to be of any use or value. Not only did they put an embargo on tfedit accounts and foreign money depo in the banks, but wide scale cases of confiscation of precious metals and of jewellery have also been reported. M. d'Ormesson concludes,—Havas. qun

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