Fergus County Democrat., 1916-07-06
AMERICANS IN AUSTRIA TREATED
NOW WITH GREAT CONSIDERATION
Continued from Page One.)

sering cruelty from the war and hav-
ing to exist on none too free-hanied
and local German patronage. The
shrewd owners ngure the matter out
this way: No matter how the war
comes out, it will be decade before
the old peace-time patronage from
England, France and Russia can be
won back. Americans, however, they
estimate will almost certainly flock
to Europe once peace is declared, and
they hope that the resorts in Austria
can be made to coax from Americans
the huge sums that they formerly
drew from other foreigners
The Austro-American steamship
lines constitute third factor in the
friendly relationships. for the theorists
count on an unprecedented influx OF
travellers to Europe from the United
States, an influx that very conceiv-
ably NAV tax to the uttermost limit
all eXstinga transportation facilities,
and reckon that if Austria Hungary
emerges from the war with the good
will Of Americans there is nothing to
prevent veritable avalanche of busi-
ness for steamer lines to Austria, more
particularly so if Americans develop
partialitv for Austrian resorts.
Austro-Hungarians also do not hes!-
tate to admit that, if this part of the
world is to be put back on normal
basis once more after war huge i'm
portatons of raw materials are going
TO be imperatively necessary for a
time. and, what is more, an extended
credit to cover these importations is
going to be almost essential.
Nearly all the nations at war. but
particularly Germany and Austria-Hun-
fary. have made remarkable advances
in the creation of substitutes for ar
ticles and materials that have given
out. Many of these substitutes will
last far beyond the war, but conserva-
tive men among the central powers
feel positive that by and large every
one will go back to the old things in
use The fact that substitutes have had
to be created is but the way of prov
ing that importation of raw materials
is absolutely necessary and America
is the greatest exporter Of them in
the world.
First and foremost. it is question
that is asked not unfrequently, wheth-
or the monarchy is not going, after
the war if not during it, to need the
emigrants to America more than It
needs their money. Several army
corps Of Austro-Hungarians are IN
the United States, many or most OF
whom have expressed themselves as
willing and glad to come back, but
who are unable to do SO.
The financial burdens after the war
<>r .;,,u tn hn hnoVV
in Austra-Hungary as in all other
countries. and there is also In pros
pect everywhere shortage of men
for the reconstruction of affairs TO
normal state. Whether the emigrants
in America by sending their money to
help relieve financial burdens can do
more for the country Of their birth
than when they could by being here
to work for it is a question that has
not yet been settled.
Though no one can say with as
surance. prevailing opinion is that
certainly for long time after the
war there will be lull in emigration
to America, because OF the antici-
pated need for workers at home. Just
as many employers and labor experts
in Germany feel that wages there are
going to go up or stay up on an at
tractivelv high level, So the feeling
in Austria Hungary that working Con-
ditions here will be such that the in
clination to leave will be smaller than
ever before. In fact, return swing
in the tide of emigration, bringing
back many now in America, is by no
means considered an impossibility.