The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-30
CENSORSHIP TASK
IN VIENNA one OF
The Big WAR JOBS
Force If 400. Under Militar,
Rule. Employed in Nail
Bureau.
SrRRIANS CRUEL.
ACSTRIANS SAY
n, m. WOLF VcN scuvERnRN~D

m OF me WoSi interesting ptaNtS "a
Wanna these days 8 the War Censor
an, once. II occupies two floors in a
hts. ness block on the Tuchlauben. in the
sesr, o. the ciS's ancient pat, and ago
r.-sor. are kept busy d~eclpher!ng the
msss Of correspondence. The cards ard
<s,~rs. mostly postcards. number at
r-r.rni q daily average OF about ss,ooo.
THAI "a, they Pass here both ways. from
N, cnncentrs;ion camps constructed by
ae AussriAns and Hungarians in which
A~ ker; Russian, Serbian and, Of late.
y,AMa prisoners os war and from the
~~seea'ned" civilian enemies. altogether
SsApp0. ard they also como here from
IL Aussro-lungarian war and civilian
p-sron--a In the enemies country, in
a,v6sns tire $4,000 the Russians oap-
rursa whsn they o rrzemysl, alto
~rAsr, On the side OF the enemies, some
s4cnr IKE roo oo. The daily corre-
oupaenoe paes NJ into carloads. The
80 oanso-s the,r managing eupc~
rev AAve plenty 70 DO.
pA you ever hear o; Rarnaul. Of
max q krssnaya-Ryeka. Well. l
nsper d,A either. Blu, these are con-
s,AerAAe towra IN Siberia where thou
sAnas 81 these letters 40 every day.
- neuaca Russia further. IL must be
ss,e ,Aas the Cars Government mas
pce constructed concentration camps. as
rsa Zone hero and IN other belligeren,
uru,crseA cur q variety Of reasons. The
Ruxsians keep their prisoners or war
,>rocxsS them about go. ooo German
Civilians, VITA whom We have nothing
10 80 IN ~! aA;icle. and about $1,000
Aur-cHungsr3an civiiiansb rather
lecsesy n some $50 towns and ser,se-
neues eecune boundaries to their wan
as-sags ana 70 their other rights.
As Far - The yellow see.
sc-ae zoo q these owns are IN the
esx.e-n Districts % European Russia.
ne other lSo in ASiatic Russian s.
e<-7A- T-ans-spcas.a, TurSestan. as far
Ks TIE yellow Sea. and Vadivostok and
even TIE towns adjoining MAnehuria-
TIE cs,ses IN which these prisoners are
--as- numerous are Akmolinsk- khsba-
-oyxs. Ksoa5eaI Kansk IrkutsS. Dau-
"a kAsahnsk. kurzan. MAmangar, Nj
Sal.S-Cs<ariski, Omsk- Samarkand-
rAsAseaA. Toholsk and T1,mseat, an IN
ASA. ana Ninsk kiev. MOSCOW. kasan.
Perm O-d, kursk- Tambov Pensa,
S-s.a9. Simh.rsk- Cfa, Troizk AID
FSS,ernsure in European Russia In
rh> la-rer towns. however, FOR the mos'
aA-s the prisoners are only kept in hos
y1tAls Or barracks until ut 10 undertake
he Acrc<r ycurney TO AsiAtic Russia
lNs,4as mostly from three TO four weeks
Ia the SIseran towns they usually arc
aaAr-e-xs IN numbers of s.oee 20 5000
One thing ] must emphasize here 50
sA- a. the ceneorship bureau n the
Wa And Foreign Offices here know tins
Aus,ro-Hrn<araa prisoners are not mis-
.-&a,ec by n Russian authorities Al
lexg ,a.s seems 10 have been true until
recently. They enjoy q certain amount
q liberty, but must be home by candle
.kst They get no provisions. but a
nc,ey allowance. and II they have ON
cs-s' rank mental services and cooking
nay Ne done for them by soldiers OF
tse.r own nationality. Blu although the
,Ay given them is uniform, according
70 rank. Its purchasing power varies
greatly in e!5eren, parts OF the en-
EZRA Sorae are living in comparative
luxury, Others In penury. They may,
sswever, receive financial help up 10 q
NCsa.n linais friends at home
Never Get Then ~ All.
NAs@ remirtances. II is true. Just like
d ,esters and postcards from home,
nk> q weary time 20 reach them-often
Al weeks and more And in freouen;
cAsss zoo. owing 20 misdirection. red
tara o~eE9.geoce or dishonesty, they
never get them At all. ] forgot to say
that Of course, AL this communication
between Austr.A-Hungary and Russia, az
vel - Serbia and Italy, must go by
rxy Of the International Red Cross in
-<r -AsrA vrzana in ieS0lf consider
: able delay.
OF TIE s.. 900 or 90 letters, packages
and cArds both ways which form the
tA.ly staple those for and from Russia
umee about 10000. a is why !
GYoke more faTy Of them The Serbian
paSnGs are treated precisely the same
a. she Russians; that IA, humaneiy. In
prevso0s aes,era. from personal inquire:
naoo by me On n spot as well as from
statements made 10 mo at the Spanish
NnhAxsy here, after thorough and re-
.eaned WAmtnarons. ] remarked a
much Cnfcrtunate,y the same doee
not seAn TO tie true Of n Serbian treat
.neat o. Austro-Euagarian prisoners o!
v1.. ] have 20 rely. though, IN bring
. .-g shas aocusAron On purely Austro-
\ Hungarian sources. Stll. these come
from varsons quarters and appear well
. authenticated
! The chief causes OF complaint made
ArgeAr 20 be: No sleeping quarters. ths
zen n most cases being obliged 10 pass
TIE nigh. in the open o. in sheds: nc
regular rations; the food given consists
- aAt Indian corn cakes and beans no
psr O. any kin the wages paid by
thetr employers-such as peasants.
builders and shippers on n Danube-
eeinE kept by the Government often
brutal treatment, they being whipped al
fht.r work no medical treatment and
10 clothes, not even blankets for the
1icht. In consequence Of al this the
mortality anon the Auetro-Hungsrian
prisoners on Serbian territory IS said
20 he f-iChtful.
Interesting 10 me was the operation o.
she censor's bureau. Room after room,
one long table after another-an devoted
10 the reading n sorting OF this mass
~ literature, a literature Wrurg from
ne very hearts OF the writers all sys-
~remEucally arranged, and as one big hear
vas disposed OF a new one was piled
~ There are twenty dIrerenr sections
according 10 The idiom empioyed There
are commit IN from abroad the polyglo,
tongues Of this empire-Polish. Czech,
CraaaAn. Hungarian, German and
Othtrx And there 20 out epistles in
tpn more varied languages. For all OF
fA-n tAtrt are readers and tIans.4tors
-'Sr Russian. Serbian, French, English
Italian, Yiddish, Rutheu!ar, Rumanian
ire+k Lertish. E~srhouian, L.von.an, Fin.
ash and Turkmenian-A very Babel OF
TOT Furs
The Whole service of this bureau Is
-nlsr siric, military control. and a GER
"a - 50 - ~ de- Oct .AAV