The sun., 1914-08-16

doubtless decided PaChitCh to reply the
way he did"
Although the unsatisfactory answer
of Servia TO Austria -Hungary's peremp-
tory note came as a complete surprise
to most, the people as a whole, high ND
low. were not cast down at the prospect
OF bloody and costly war: no. not even
when II began TO look more and more
as though they should have TO fight not
Servia alone but Russia as well. II was
a curious phenomenon in the psychology
of the masses Everybody hreathed
more freely. The lowering clouds OF
war had threatened so long that II was
a positive relief when the thunderstorm
broke. The press Of the whole country
both in Austria and Hungary. was al
most unanimous in welcoming the dread
events To come. one leading paper said:
The people are right. This war must
be fought out to the bitter. to the last
end. in order to bring us instead of
bogus peace a real. true peace"
The Ncue Freie PrcSSe. politically
probably the most influential paper pub
lished here, in speaking OF Russia :
threats and attempted intervention said
mo. we shall not bend our necks under
Russian tutelage or guardianship"
Even the Socialist press spoke SINH
| larry. The leading Socialist organ OF the
empire. the ArbCitCr- -ZCitun0. concluded
/ It's chief editorial after the news OF war
was received "And so we call to all
our comrades. Lift up your hearts and
remain steadfast throughout our
motto in this hour is: Let us show the
+ world what and who we are"
: The only daily here which, during
! the earlier stages Of the crisis, had
| been rather Serbophile, the Zcit, had
veered around. The FoWsbldtt. the
! RcichspoSt. the To0bldH, all declared
enthusiastically for n fight to finish
1t was the same in Budapest and
/ throughout Hungary. And singularly
enough nowhere was the news OF the
! war acclaimed more joyfully than In
. half starving Galicia. The Polish lead
| ing journals published there, the CSdr
! the Noicd Rcformd. the Gd=cttd N0ro-
dotra and others loudly welcomed the
war, and the popular, demonstrations
against Scrva were coupled there al
once with demonstrations against Rus
sia The Poles of Galicia harbor the
hope that crushing Russian defeat
would mean the reestahlshment of an
autonomous Poland under Austrian
! suzerainty.
Austria Overjoyed at War.
have witnessed the rise of -four
great wars But never before have
seen war greeted by a whole people as
n liberator, never as an event to glad
den the souls of the whole nation. That
was. however, the case here The scorr
and half contemptuous pity which The
rest of the world has given Austria.
| Hungary for so many years because OF
her long suffering patience this natior
no more would swallow. And the in.
Vulnerable and endless popular dem,
onstrations that have been enacted
in almost every town of the dual mon
archy since last Saturday eveninl
were strong evidences of the fact that
in this polyglot empire pride and patri
otism are by no means dead. ] have
witnessed score of them, spontane
Gus in every instance, and there wa:
strong feeling shown in each case.
saw down town n young man. probably
a university student. climb the pedesta
Of the tall equestrian statue Of Primo,
SChwarZenberg, and another young fel
low follow him with an Austrian flag
and heard the first make an impromptl
address to the throng of 5000 or 100,
that had quickly collected. The ser,i
ments he aroused were genuine anC
everybody responded. Not a particle o
doubt that this war which begins Will
a punitive expedition against llttl
Serva and which will end the Lor,
only knows how and when, Is lntensel!
popular through the length and breadtl
of the monarchy.
one of those popular exhibitions G
the war fever in the monumental Ring
strasse OF this city last Sunday With
twenty minutes drew crowd OF abou
25,OOO about the municipal palace an
brought the chief hurGomaster. Dr
Welskirchner, out on n balcony facin
the multitude, and made him make