Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-04-28
FOOD SUPPLY Of
VIENNA SHORT;
ALL CARED FOR
BurgomaSter Complains That
Wheat Contracted for in.
Rumania and Hungary Is.
Not Delivered.

Associated Press Corrrspondcnce)
Venice, April S.--There have been
so many contradictory rumors of the
state OF the food supply In Vienna
that 1t is interesting to find In the
latest issue of the Neue Wiener jour
nal a verbatim report of a speech on
this subject by the burgomaster OF
Vienna. Dr. Weiskirchner, lie SAYS in
part;
I'VE shall not starve. but we must
so arrange our consumption of food
that we can last out till the next
harvest. ! can say confidently that the
municipality has done everything that
lies in It's power. Anticipating the
coming state Of affairs, | began buy
ing In supplies of -four as early as
last August. In that month alone /
bought 100000 worth of foodstuffs,
and since then we have expended
$4,000, 600 more in the same way
Contracts Rcpudiated.
81 ann not to blame for the fact
that certain contracts which We
placed have not been fulfilled. The
blame for this rests with certain of
our neutral neighbors. In Rumania
we placed contract for several
thousand wagon loads OF wheat, but
we have not yet received "A single
wagon. The Rumanians took our
money but have 80 Tar kept the
wheat in their own territory.
Let me give you another exam
pie of our difficulties. | purchased in
Rumania goo ear loads of beans, but
the consignment could not be imme-
diately delivered owing to the short
age Of cars on the railroads. Now
Rumanla has paced an, export tax of
$500 In gold ON each car load!
in September last | purchased
wheat in America. The ship was for
tunate To reach Genoa without being
molested. But italy now refuses to
let the wheat pass through to us. and
II has therefore had to be sold IN
Genoa harhor.
Hungary Fails 10 Deliver.
Ever IRON Hungary we have not
yet received the wheat that We pur-
chased They should remember that
we are waging a common war, and
the time Is now come when Hungary
must let us have her surplus sup
plies Of food, even during peace time
We have to depend on Hungary for
wheat and corn. Is the price We pay
so poor? Thank heaven. We are able
to confiscate some large stocks of
maize at So 2 hundredweight, and we
have been living on IT for a long time.
DO you know what price Hungary
demands for maize now? over 50 a
hundredweight
"It is question which touches
most deeply the people Of Vienna.
Hungary must let us have her sur
plus, and that at no higher price
than our sister state can decently de-
mand. If it be true that Hungary Is
going TO send us her surplus, | think
we shall be safe. But we must make
sacrifices ourselves by using inferior
-four and by limiting our food to the
minimum ration which will see us
through to the next harvest
After complaining of the system of
bread-tickets which the government
has been compelled TO adopt, the
burgomaster continued
People Continue Orderly.
Were il not that | have the people
of Vienna at my back we should wit
ness debacle terrible to imagine /
am giving you the plain facts so that
you can enlighten others There are
thousands of people who never read
the newspapers or glance at the
proclamation. You must explain to
them how things stand, in order to
prevent any public unrest at the out
set You must not lose your bread
tickets, for you viii not get new
ones.
II pray every day to God that the
system of wheat distribution in war
will work out so that | may obtain
the requisite flour. Had | not pre-
pared carefully in advance, and had
the secret flour reserves at the mu-
not been distributed at the
critical moment, Vienna would have
found itself in a very unpleasant situ-
alton. Now, 1t stands to reason that
our reserves will. in due course be ex-
but | have acquainted the
prime minister with our universal
opinion that he is responsible for see
ing that we obtain fresh supplies in
time. | am of the opinion that we
shall obtain them all right