New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-10
Thousands Unfit for Fight
ing Are in the Army
of Unemployed.
NERVES SHATTERED,
THEY CANNOT SLEEP
give Us Work" They Cry, but
There Is No Work. and All
Are Facing Famine.
RY II. DENITTE.
Especial CORR spondcnt of The New No
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Tribune and London Standard
Basic, Oct. 9-The constant check OF
the Austrian army and the ceaseIcSs
rolling Of the tide of Russian on
SlauGht. eliminating in the capltulaton
of Lemberg zone of Austra's most
precious Jewels have shaken the be
liefs. hopes and ambitions of the very
heart of the Nicnnese.
Thousands of educated men who, be-
cause OF age or unli;ness. are not IN
the fighting line have joined the army
of the unemployed. Lawyers, actors
bankers. authors. politicians. architects
painters and men in every walk OF Ire
are all idly parading the streets of the
capital, interchanging sorrowful I'M
pressions. wandering from one cafe -
another. their nerves shattered by the
memorable fate awaiting them.
Among them are prophets foretelllng
the future of Austria and mischief
makers spreading news of mythical
Austro- Hungarian victories and eXag-
geration of Russian defeats. and then
these people return to their melancholy
hearths detected, exhausted. tortured
and obsessed with the one idea of COM
pulsory idleness. This enc 'ating NOR
al oppression of the multitudes of vi
emma is thus deplored by The well
known writer, eros menn:
Work, Give us work. Unemploy-
ment will drive us mad. And give us
hard. eighteen -hours-a -day work. after
which we can fall off to s. ep like
tops"
But work there is none. neither for
professional men nor for the most or
binary laborer. Most factories and
warehouses are closed. The building
Of public edifces and private houses
has been suspended, and the great ma
jority of those who have not joined
the army are left without occupation,
and consequently REQ ace to distress
ing financial straits.
This unemployment. which is due
very largely TO tie cessation OF impor-
tation of raw products from foreign
countries. has been followed by an un-
considerable increase in prices OF the
prime necessities OF lie. 1--WE are in
cyitahiy approaching the great calam-
ity OF general famine said the
owner of large mill at recent meet
ing Of 4 NienneSe charitable insttu'
ton who received an order from the
army for a supply Of 2.OC0 wagons
Of breadcakes. "A loaf Of bread VIII
soon he sold in Vienna for five crowns.
In the once gay and animated streets
of Vienna you cannot hear laugh.
The war. like a devastating storm. has
robbed the wealthy Of their riches, and
thousands Of well-to-do citizens may
have to 20 begging tomorrow.
There is too little sleep or this
earth now" writes the Niennese poet
Stefan Zweig. Long are the days
endless The nights. In every town, IN
every street. IN every house, here and
there the calm breathing of sleep is
perturbed ny feverish and delirious
talk. by sitting fantasies of bloody
times. How many people who for
merly smiled away the nights in the
black barges OF sleep rugged with
tackle of gay-colored dresses now
listen to the infinite beating Of time
through the night marching, as 1t
were. by an immeasurable way. their
hearts rent to pieces and bleeding for
the fallen and wounded, The whole OF
mankind is now feverishly and covct,
ouslv waiting for the following day and
for the following night.
Terrible and oppressive sleeplcSs-
ness causes the crumpled nerves OF
millions of people to tremble IN awful!
acitatioh Fate enters unobserved
through thousands OF doors and win
dows. dispeling sleep and destroying
the mower Of forgetfulness. There -
too !ittlc sleep on this earth now.
Long arc the days. endless the nights.