Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-10-12
Prices So High That Only Wealthy
People Can Get Enough
to Eat.
VIEWS HEARD BY SWISS
Soup Kitchens Opened In Austrian
Capital - Military Situation 10
Judged With Great Pessinnism-
Further Defeats Feared.

ltwiAs facts will give an idea Of the , ,
present economic and military situa- .
ten Of Austria-Hungary :
The volksstimme Of st. Gall, Swift
erland, speaks of the great misery In
Austria Hungary, where the people, 7
the paper says, have not even the
strength to revolt. In Vienna, II the
accounts of travellers are to be be-
lieved, the inhabitants are In the
greatest distress. One is impressed
by the number of persons driven to
suicide by misery. Daily many chill
dren die, says Rene ARGOS In the Chi
cago News.
Food has reached such high prices
that only the wealthy can get enough
10 eat. The poor have scarcely any
thing but potatoes at their disposal.
The first popular kitchens In vien-
ne were opened in various districts on
July II. The prices are as follows:
Three-tenths Of q liter Of soup cost |
10 heller e cents); pint Of vege- |
tables, 20 to Is heller "A to 8 cents)
200 TO 300 grams (about one-half
pound) of farinaceous foods (rice,
polenta, etc.,, 80 TO 35 heller 70 to
cents).
! So far, the viennese have not shown
any great inclination TO avail them
selves Of these kitchens.
The lack OF horses is beginning to
} be felt In the army services. The
2 Munich Neueste Nachrichten an
! nounces that the Austro-Hungarlan
r authorities have requlsitloned all dogs
r in Austria-Hungary that can be used
: as draft dogs.
!. The Russian advance compelled the
$ immediate destruction Of a consider
e able quantity Of provisions which II
r was impossible to remove without,
! however, preventing the Russians from
e selling enormous stocks Of supplies,
e and OF present prisoners, soldieTs.
y women and children are working day
y and night 10 carry of all supplies In
o territories likely TO be invaded short
ly by the troops Of the car.
Il Pessinism In Austria.
y II is said that In spite OF the OFF,
y cial declarations intended TO reassure
l. the alarmed population the military
D. situation is judged even in Austria
'e with great pessimism.
u According 10 telegram published
~ in the Neues Wiener Tageblatt of
n Vienna, the object of the Russian Of
e fenslve is TO find line Of combat
e which will render possible the concen
Oh tration Of large numbers OF troops
ei' against Hungary. In general the op
a erations are intrusted TO the troops Of
40 the Caucasus. who are specially or
et ganlzed and selected from the Cauca
sian front. The columns, commanded
re by subalterns, advance along marrow
no footpaths, taking ADVANTAGE of ever,
er cover and hurl themselves suddenl
'er on the Austro- Hungarian positions.
10 The Vienna press is silent over tn
as defeat suffered by the Austro-Germa
ip- troops In volhynla, but In military Ger
100 tiers a further retreat Of the army con
100 handed by General Won LinsIngen
us. expected.
OF The following comments Of the Neu
ith Frele Presse Of Vienna give I'm idea
the general pessimism:
-, ~The sanguinary events occurrir
En- on our northwest frontier, on the lsol
20 and In Trent, the great battle beir
OF fought on the western front, are eau
0 ing deep impression. Never, pc
haps, has any phase OF the war bee
SO important as the present phase, no
Gus when men are literally fighting 4
In life or death. Even those natiol
fish which have no direct participation
gas the conflict follow II with deep a
one xiety, for they know that the enti
ller future Of Europe is at stake, al
ong with II their own future, As usuI
the the important events Of the war ha
$ political effect In all directions
are And Just when Count AndruSsy
clares that "peacc Is lnseparahle fro
able Austro- Hungarian victory, Hungary
cree filed with hope and will hear pea
hey spoken OF only after her enomy's
the feat" Il Is interesting to hear wi
able Germany thinks Of her ally. FRI
,oin- Berlin we read:
quid Relate Reverse OF Austrians.
with "In the prohlematic expectation
{ Of assistance from the Turks, the Aust
by a Hungarian troops continue to lose I
rltory In Gallcia. Their last retreat
hing the region ~ Jablonlca has enabl
In the Russians TO capture the entire n
med way line Delatyn.worochta, for
ness possession Of which battle has be
5 TO raging for week. Tie Russian
ten tacks which led 20 this success w
mute directed against Nom Magura, 81
lhor- feet high, dominating the passage
! IT. question and the portion OF the "a
way line Tartarow.Worochta. w
ochta Is the last station before
Hungarian frontier"
used The German papers dwell on q
Io' man resistance In volhynla. princip
ri Il ~ In the environs Of kovel. where
arch Russians. they say dispose 81 fori
rhine, dable means, and they compare this