Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-19

LONDON, September -1s-Advieet
received from Vienna IN Rome describe
violent scenes which occurred last
Thursday outside the Austrian minis
try Of war. All the windows in this
building were broken. Die Zeit, vi
emma newspaper, declared that the
holy synod at Petrograd has proclaim
ed q religious war against Germany
and Austria. .
Austrians Await News.
VIENNA, September 10, via Paris.-In
the complete absence Of satisfactory
details regarding the progress of the
campaign in Galicia and along the Ser
Wan frontier, the Austrian public is
awaiting with dumb patience for some
definite news as to what Is really hap
pening.
Ever since it became known that
Russia was making great Roadway in
Galicta, the comment in Vienna news
papers has been guarded. the editorials
dealing chiefly with the German cam
paign in western Europe. The pres
ence of 10000 Polish refugees from
Galicia, however, added to the constant
arrival of trainloads of wounded, tends
to offset this reticence.
Unfavorable News.
THE police recently issued a decree
warning persons against spreading
unfavorable war news under threats
Of the severest penalties. Spies are
found everywhere, in cafes and on the
streets. trying to overhear private con-
versations and then Fastening to the
police and denouncing suspected per-
sons. Hundreds of arrests already
have been made. and many persons
have been placed under more or less
strict police surveillance.
"Si1 Slav deputies in the peichsrath
already have been imprisoned: These
include DR.. Kramarz. the Czech leader.
Commerce and industry are paralyz-
ed throughout the dual monarchy. The
stoppage Of exports has threatened the
ruin of some of the largest industries.
notably the refining of sugar, millions
of pounds Of which are sent annually
points. Refners are endeavoring to
find some means of getting their
products to England by direct route.
Plans War Credit Bank.
I'm order to relieve the-hnancial stress
the government has decided to organize
war credit bank with a capital of
$l,200.000, besides a number Of loan in
situations for advancing money without
interest SO that the various industrial
enterprises may be carried through the
war.
Numerous suggestions for the boycott
ting of goods coming from hostile coun-
tries, notably England, have met with
scanty support in the most influential
commercial circlea. The Prague Cham
Der of Commerce fatty refused to in
dorse such proposal, saying 1t would
be useless at the present moment. be-
sides being very dangerous to Austrian
commercial interests later.
Whole Country Lifeless.
"Outside of Vienna and Budapest the
whole country is lifeless. It is appar-
emily denuded OF active men and pre-
sents a strange and oppressive quiet
The great factories are closed. The
streets of the small towns are deserted
save for few children here and there.
There are scarcely any workers in the
field. The few who may be seen are
chiefly women. and occasionally old
heaviest tasks. even to the loading of
sThe trains on most Of the. lines are
running on restricted schedules and
there. are few passengers. Solitary SOL
diers guard the railway stations,
bridges and tunnels, but bodies of
troops, even in small numbers, are seen
Red Gross stations have been. sat up at
the principal depots and stretchers are
ready to receive the wounded.
The well meant hospitality OF the