South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-14

LONDON, Feb. 13.-An American
who has just returned from Autro-
Hungary says it is only necessary for
one to stay there a few days to see
plainly that the inhabitants are thor
oughly sick and tired of the war
men, women, and children, high and
low, rich and poor. This observer
gave an interview on condition that
he remain anonymous.
las the Austrians look back to
those first days in August when, with
an enthusiasm amounting to positive
frenzy, they declared war on little
Servia: bands banging through the
streets, orchestras on the sidewalks
fiddling, men yelling, boys throwing
hats in air-as they look back over
that turbulent scene, they find in the
cold gray dawn of reality much solid
food for thought" he said.
ITO add to the difficulty-one
which Austria never really thought
seriously Of-there is ROumania, who
has not been at all kind of late. Last
summer she served notice on her
western neighbOr that the price of
peace was s16OO00,0O0. Austria pro-
tested wildly, but finally gave S40,-
600, 600 on account. which, however.
did not make much difference, be-
cause it was borrowed from the En-
peror william; but now. that is to
saw during the last 10 days, ROu-
mania has been pressing her claim
for the remaining S12O,00O,0O0 in a
manner most distressing TO Hungary.
In short. Roumania's thinking very
seriously of taking Pennsylvania.
Great quantities Of natural gas sill
YER coal and petrol have lately been
developed there, which may possibly
have something to do with the idea,
= hot If &c u on
mania nevertheless has become very
annoying
Can't Stop War Machine.
But the perpleXing feature of the
whole matter from the standpoint
here, seems to be that the bloody
piece of machinery that they were SO
| easily able to set in motion last Au-
gust will not stop running now-it
keeps wildly running on"
Every Austrian officer have
/ talked to has been loud and out
| spoken in the cause of peace. One
cavalry captain, whom I met on the
| train leaving Vienna, frankly admit
ted he had seen enough He was then
on his way 10 st. Moritz, where his
wife had a villa, and where he ex-
| pected 10 spend the winter. His
| place had been filled by a German
officer as was the case with man
| others.
"As TO the Austrian as a soldier, II
can be said that, leaving out his
! officers. he starts even with the best
European armies. His equipment IS
good. He wears warm gray uniform
similar 10 the German, only without
| the headgear. stout boots, and short
| leggings He carries on his back a
/ frst-rate kit, and his rifle is good.
! The bayOnet, although not as good as
! the British. is in my opinion far bet
/ ter than the French The Russian
| bayonet, on the other hand. is much
/ too long and thin. The Austrian sol
/ der will obey orders, but his officers
| for the most part know little con-
| corning the art OF war.
/ The Hungarian peasants. on the
other hand, especially those from the
east. are no more fitted TO be soldiers
| than are school children. He has not
! the VagueSt notion concerning the
| simplest use Of the rifle and falls a
/ silly victim TO the most obvious tricks
1 OF the enemy.
Time after time they have allow
/ ed hostile troops 10 ride close in on
! their outlying attachments. some
times dressed as Austrian soldiers,
: carrying friendly flags, and on occa-
sions even disguised as women. An