, 1873-05-30
VIENNA.

Tho Financial T':.Eaic.sf6tEl:r7E tho
GUoso that Ani<i tho dsoitictl Egg.
W1ae Ilotcl-EanrpEos. .
pienna t'fay 1u) f0r1sslondenes Of the Neso Tori;
Tribune.
r Thcro is general disposition among tho s,f-
feroia by tho panic to reckon tho Exhibition rs
tho chinf cause Of the evil that Inns befallon
them. This iH not ns Gbaurd nB nttrbnting
comet in tho al!y, as people used to do, although
readers in America might sag no ut first thought.
Tho Exhibition has, no doubt, hoipsd to pru-
duce tho catastrophe but it is only one Of n,aily
ca,lHea, n1ltl probably only subordinate one. Ex
agEeratcd estimation wero formed III all businoBs'
crulos OF tho amount OF tra;lo it would bring to
Vienna, tho nrmbor Of foreigners who would come,
tho quantity Of money they would bring with them,
woua submit to estortlon and swindling. Hav-
ing counted in advance tho value OF tho golden
eggs their goose waa to lay, the groody Vicnnoso
proceeded to kill hor befote Gho Ind fairly begun
laying, by trying to mako her lay bigger cggB
and oftonor than my gooae, however obiieing,
was ever known to lny before. They have driven
away thousands OF strangers by tilcir pllamecss
cIlargcA, and have kopt Thousands Of others
summer hero if they had not locr;l that it waB
1iku falling nnlong 'thioycH for q foreigner to 30
to Yionna during tho Exhibition. 80 the pros
pect for the VionncGo becoming rich this h'lm-
NOR by drawing Of tho skin g Ct thn ahtrangsiT, 81,
pspers Expresses it, is not tlattoring, md many
speculatonB built upon tho supposed business to
grow out Of the Exhibition will not returl. tho
original outlay. Tho Vionncso arc tho mott NOR
curlnl Of MI people speaking the German lam
guago, md, like tho Fronch, 60 rapidly from ono
oxtra1ne to auotllor. Tho magnificent attend
anco Of strangers on tho opening DAY, tAo uls.
satisfaction thoy expressed at the prices charged
them, tllo nnnll amount Of money they spent,
tho haste they made to depart aftcr tho cere,no-
Mos Of tho Inauguration, and worst OF all tho
fact TINT 40 fow came to take their places; all
this, together with tho dismal weather. and
tho chaotic and unnttractiyo condition Of tho
Exhibition, produced a rapid transition from
hope to deHpnir among those who expected TO
find nlinc Of wealth i'll tho great worlds fair;
aud this, no doubt, precptaaad the financial
crash in the Bourse, which otherwise might not
have como 30 9oon.
Tho despair OF tho landlorda and tho stock
holdorg in tho great hotel companies doo0 not
excite my comnisscration among strangers, it
may be imagined. aud even tho Yionnn papers
speedily como to grief. Night before last ono
hotel lad over d hundred vacant roolng, md only
six guests. Many establishments ars milking
haste 10 lowsr tleir Prices, hoping thoroby TO
which eight guldenu a day VAS aakcd on tho 1stt,
could 10 had yesterday for two. THO comic
papers lavo made tho rapacity. Of tho hotols and
Restaurant proprotora tho subject Of no end Of
hpUll fnshionapllo hotol "N'ir presents s.'' guont
With his hill. It is about ion foot
long, aud tho total is 10 enormous TINT tho dom
pairing victim lenns out OF tbs window into tho
Danu6o Cannl ut tho first sight of It. Hero aro
! tho specimens OF tho squibs that I'LL tho papers
Oh this subject A foreigner in ono Of the Ex-
hibition restaurants, aftor paying three guldens
for glRns OF beer nl,u bit Of cold lnoat, oallH
tho waitor back, and, in mysterioua tone, asks,
"Wlore am II" "In tic ESllihition, to bo
sure" answers the astons1ied waitel. "Al1,
nlooa," Buys tho stranger, Will, q look Of Eroat
rcliof, III thought was III the Abruzzi, among
tho brlgands." Ono friend 1nccts another i'll
tie prater, and Aays, IIeye you heasd the
nows 7" "No, what is IL 7" aslls tho other;
IA regiment Of infantry Ia to be stationed IN
tho Exhibition grounds" Pray, wLat, for.?'
inquiries No. z, There aro 30 many robborlos
committed In tho restaurants tAat the police ro
| auiro psBiatnnco," roplicB No. !.