New Britain herald., 1916-07-08
AUSTRIANS ARE
 IN LOVE WITH Us.
They Realize They Will Need the
 Cash After the Conflict

Vienna, July 6.-Americans who have lived in Austria for the major part of the war have been delighted to notice a distinct change in the feeling of the public of late a rever- sion to the old popularity which Americans always enjoyed here
 The change has been noticeable nowhere more plainly than in the press, which has insisted that good relations and if possible better rela- tions between these countries and the republic are desirab ble for both sides.
 One factor is the emigration uues- tlon, which touches Hungary more acutely than it does Austria It is a factor that involves some $150,OOO- 900 a year. for this is the sum that it is estimated is sent back to Hun gary annually from it's citizens who in normal peace times wander out to America So consistently have these emigrants sent back part of their earnings that the government has come to take it into careful account when budget and taxation matters come up each year.
 Both Establishments Suffer. A second factor concerns the bath and cure resorts of Austria, formerly patronized chiefly by the English, French and Russians, and now suf- fering cruelty from the war and haVlng to exist on none too free handed and local German patronage. The shrewd owners figure the mat ter out this way: No matter how the war comes out, it will be a decade be- 1 fore the old peace-time patronage from England France and Russia 1 can be won back. Americans, how l ever, they estimate will almost cer- tainly flock to Euope once peace is 1 declared, and they hope that the re- l sorts in Austria can be made to coax 1 from Americans the huge sums that l they formerly drew from other for 1 eigners.
 1 The AustrO- steamship l lines constitute a third factor in the
 friendly relationships, for the theor- l lSts count on an unprecedented in l Aux of travellers to Europe from the | United States, an influx that very con- 1 celvably may tax to the utterm ost
 limit all existing transportation facil l ities, and reckon that if Austria | Hungary emerges from the war with i the good will of Americans there is 1 nothing to prevent a veritable avail l anche of business for steamer lines l to Austria, more particularly so if
 
 l Austrian resorts.
 ! Huge ImpOrtatiOnS Necessary. Austro- Hungarians also do not
 hesitate to admit that, if this part of
 the world is to be put back on a nor
 nal basis once more after war, huge
 impOrtations of raw materials are
 going to be imperatively necessary for
 time, and, what is more, an extend
 ed credit to cover these impOrtatiOns
 is going to be almost essential.
 Nearly all the nations at war, but
 particularly Germany and Austria
 Hungary, have made remarkable ad- ! vaAnces in the creation of substitutes | for articles and materials that have
 given out. ny of these substitutes will last far beyond the war, but con- SerVatiVe men among the central pow CTS feel positive that by and large everyone will go back to the old l things in use. The fact that substi- tutes have had to be created is but the way of proving that importation of raw materials is absolutely neces- I sarv-and America is the greatest ex- porter of them in the world. First and foremost, it is a question that is asked not unfrequently wheth-