The Daily Missoulian., 1914-10-09
HOW THE AUSTR|ANS
REGARD CONDUCT
Of STRUGGLE
THEY ARE NOT GIVEN TO MUCH
ENTHUSIASM BUT THEY
HOPE TO WIN

(Associated Press Correspondence
London, Sept PA news letter re-
Eceived by the Reuter- Telegram COM
pany from Venice reads:
According to word received here
from Vienna, the Austrian public is
waiting in dumb patience for some
definite news as to what is really hap
pening in Galicia and along the Ser
Wan frontier Although there is an
uneasy feeling that affairs are not go
ing well for Austria, the mass of the
people still pin their faith on Ger
many, and are confident that no mat
ter what happens now, the Germans
will eventually save the situation,
Disgusted.
MANY others. however, disgusted
with the ambiguous and scanty re-
ports from official sources, are begin
ming to disregard the newspapers al
together Ever since it became known
that Russia was making such startling
headway in Galicia, the Vienna news
paper comments have been most
guarded. The editorials deal chiefly
with the German campaign in western
Europe, thus seeking to divert public
attention from the Austrian reverses
at Lemberg and along the Servian
border, but the presence of 70, 900 Pol
ish refugees from Galacia, added to the
constant arrival of trainloads of
wounded, has considerably discounted
the effects Of official reticence
Commerce and industry are para
lyzed throughout the dual monarchy
and the stoppage of exports threatens
to ruin some Of the largest industries,
notably the sugar trade. Millions of
pounds of sugar are sent annually
from Austria to Great Britain, India
and other points abroad. Refiners
are anxiously sendeavoring to find
some means of getting their product
to England by indirect routes To
relieve the stress of the. financial sit
uation the government has decided to
organize q war credit bank capital Of
$l,000,00O besides a number of loan in
stitutons for advancing money with
out interest in order to carry on vari-
Gus industrial enterprises.
Boycott.
Numerous suggestions have been
made for boycotting goods coming
from hostile countries, notably Eng
land and France, but they have met
entail commercial circles. The
Prague Chamber of Commerce refused
to indorse such proposal saying that
it would be quite useless at the pres
for Austrian commercial interests
later on. Outside Vienna and Buda-
pest the aspect of the whole country
is lifeless and apparently denuded of
active men, and presents an appear
ance of strange and oppressive quiet
ness. Great factories are completely
shut down, furnaces are out, doors are
locked and not even a watchman is
visible in the streets. The small
towns are deserted save for q few
children here and there, and there are
scarcely any workers in the fields.
The few who may be seen are chiefly
women and occasionally old men.
Women Work.
"The women are now performing the
most laborious tasks, even to the
leading of freight cars. Trains are
running on most lines on restricted
schedules. There are hardly any pas
sengers and solitary soldiers may be
seen guarding stations. bridges or
tunnels but bodies of troops even in
small numbers are rarely seen. All
have gone to the front. Red Cross
stations have been set up in the prin-
cipal towns and depots provided with
| vast numbers Of stretchers are ready
to receive the wounded. The we'll
meant hospitality of the public is sup
plying soldiers with food, delicacies
and cigarettes is said to have had an
unfortunate effect on the peasant SOL
diers who are not accustomed to such
fare. They consumed everything
given them greedily and became sick
in consequence.
Unemployed.
"The question of the unemployed Is
assuming serious proportions, espe-
cially in Vienna and Budapest Many
hundreds have been given work in
the construction of Notifications along
the Danube in the neighborhood OF
Vienna and hundreds more have been
| sent from the towns into the country
| to work in the fields. The Austrian
peasants are displaying great ingenu-
ity in exploiting the state. They re-
fuse to pay city workers any wages a,
| all and house and feed them miserably
For this they claim from the state
four shillings for each worker pei
day. The government, however. de.
| clined to yield to such exorbitant de.
rnands. In Vienna funds are being
raised to feed the unemployed, but
the demand Is constantly iucrea Gin q