New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-29
Disease Playing Havoc.

together with the wounded arrive
long professions Of invalds suffering
from cholera and dysentery, ell from
the Gaician frontier The cholera Is
OF benign form. but the dysCntery Is
fatal. Medical figures from Vienna IL
dicate one hundred dead daily from
this malicious epidemic.
This evil i8 spreading with disastrous
rapidity. Wounded who returned homo
are injecting the south Of Austria. Sew
erel cases have been discovered in viii
lagos Of Symrs, midway between
Vienna and Trieste.
In view of this dangerous contsgion
tho authorities have decided TO build
wooden barracks around the city for
ten thousand patients, to serve as mill
tary isolation hospitals.
Arrival at Vienna OF thousands Of
refugees from Gelicla. mostly Jews,
atill further cCmp,icates the life Of the
city. Nultitudes Of long bearded. short.
red haired men, wearing boots and
black clerical closks, and typical Cali
clans, accompanied by their wives and
children and goods and chsttels, are
densely massed together in the yards
Of public institutions. The authorities
Of Vienna have decided not to admit
any more Gslician fugitives.
There was ferment among the
masses, who resorted TO demonstra-
tione, but were quickly suppressed.
on one occasion, when the War Office
had not published bulletins announc-
ing victories for five days in success
sion, a large crowd OF old men and
women assembled on the Stubenring in
front Of the War Ministers palace and
clcmored for news. The police
adopted severe measures.
No Patriotic Enthusiasm.
Complete indifference on the part Of
citizens is developing There is no
display Of patriotic passion, sympathy
or enthusiasm. Bureaucratic Austria
is now revealing itself in all It's omi-
nous emptiness.
Badges Of mourning, waving white
flags with red crosses on them, which
indicate every dav new houses peoplcd
with wounded--all these things have
Irough. home to Vienna the immediate
tragedy OF the war, but the cafes and
theatres still open are daily thronged
with CAV and indifferent men and
women, who live for the present and
think not Of the morrow. Il is a
strange Indifference which reveals the
extent to which the spirit OF the peo-
rle is alienated from the fate of theii
own country. All enthusiasm has
died.
During the first days Of the war
there were delirious demonstrations i'm
Vienna streets by crowds with flags
and torches. An official report now
Gays:
III has been established that nearly
all demonstrations which took place
during the first days OF the war we're
organized and paid for By the authori-
ties 1T the price of 1000 crowns each.
ION the Emperor birthday q col
umn OF soldiers emerged from their
barracks, rigid and silent. bearing
torches. Behind them were officers with
full dress swords. This was an ordered
jubilee. Few persons applauded IN the
streets, aud no throng Of merry citizens
accompanied the parade, as in days
gone by.
Treason Causes Defeats.
In Austria there is no fusion OF
public spirit. On the other hand, a
movement aiming At the restoration OF
former Italian territory governed b.
Austria is growing. IL has been es-
tablished that many OF the serious fail
ures Of the Austrian army in the east
and south have been caused by some
mysterious treason through which the
Russians and Servians have ascertained
every day all the plans Of the Aus
trians. Plans against the Servians
were known in every detail by the other
side.
This explains the extraordinary slow
ness and difficulty OF the Austrian
operations. Every advance IL m
mcdiately counteracted. and each sid
den move is confronted with a superior
force assembled with lightning speed
\ subtle and Supplying net OF espio'