Austria Grants Modified Nazis Political Rights

A modified form of Nazism was legalized by Chancellor Schuschnigg’s government when the group headed by Dr. Anton Riehl, advocate of a purely Austrian Nazi party, was authorized to carry on his political activities and was granted permission to publish the Deutsche Arbeiter Presse.

The Nazi organ yesterday published a vehement attack upon the Jews contained in an open letter by the publisher which appealed to Adolf Hitler, President-Chancellor of Germany, to effect a full reconciliation with Austria.

Only the Jews are deriving profits from the internecine strife, the letter asserted.

The Riehl group believes in cooperation with German Nazism, but is relatively moderate in that it does not seek anschluss (union) with Germany, an objective cherished by Nazi extremists.