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With dramatic suddenness which was a surprise to his colleagues, Dr. Ignaz Seipel, Roman Catholic prelate for more than two years Chancellor of Austria, resigned. He said that, while he was convinced that the majority Parties of the National Assembly were in agreement with the League of Nations' reconstruction program, he felt that they did not support his measures for carrying out the program. He also referred to his decreased capacity for work since he was wounded last summer (TIME, June 9), said that, all things taken in consideration, he felt he must resign. He recommended that...
...Nation-wide railway strike, which started a fortnight ago (TIME, Nov. 17) and had as two of its principal effects the resignation of Chancellor Ignaz Seipel and a threat to the League of Nations' reconstruction scheme, was ended. Due to the strike's tremendous unpopularity, it was believed that the strikers were utterly defeated. Following the settlement, the Central Committee of Parliament - a body with wide powers - requested Chancellor Seipel to carry on. The Chancellor accepted on condition that the opposition parties would pledge themselves to support the League's reconstruction plan. The necessary assurances were anticipated...
...ingredients for one of the gravest crises of the Austrian Republic were a general railway strike and the resignation of the Government headed by Chancellor Ignaz Seipel, Catholic priest...
Another important resignation has just taken place in Manhattan. Ignaz Waghalter, general musical director of the English Grand Opera Company, was to have directed The Rheingold, their first production at Carnegie Hall. He resigned the afternoon before the performance as a result of differences existing between himself and George Blumenthal, general manager of the company. Mr. Waghalter maintained that the orchestra had been insufficiently rehearsed and he was unwilling to risk his musical reputation by conducting it. He was for twelve years conductor of the German Opera House in Berlin...
...Columbus (North German Lloyd) -Ignaz Waghalter, famed German conductor, to be guest conductor of various U. S. Symphony Orchestras...