New Britain herald., 1917-05-24
E|AC'E ] } I RUMOR LIES 5 FROM N DUTCH ] J

u Reported Taking Step on
 dHCe From Vatican
 ksr(ARa. May 24. via London
 aaan Catholic newspaper Tijd
 kAat tt understands on good au-
 "a th&t in accordance with the
 Of Pope Benedict the Austrian
 - initiating . new peace effort.
 0EsAkay 24.-Information has
 Dcefved in authoritative quar-
 1u48eattng that Austria is
 iAg to Induce Eermany to
 that the head of the revived
 ocan o1 Poland shall be an Aus
 rince. Developments are be-
 tatched with great interest, ak 6eking either that Germany foals nScessity of making concessions to
 lily In order to counteract ten-
 toMsFd making. . separate
 which have recently developed
 dual monarchy. or that Cor
 military grip on Austria is
 etone than Is usually supposed
 believe4 that any concession on Epotnt Of the Po1ish kingship
 Ste sxtremely distasteftl to Ber- an4 lf 1t should be made 1t would 1rreted as clearly showing that uonY roeli4es that she mast hu-
 Au0tF9A to keep her In line.
 ee Wl0h Rnss1a and Orops.
 xosA. May 34.--Hopes of S SaGhv Russia ana saof this years
 61ang better than th1oe of last during recent. WeelEs been
 61 1a0eQeU in Whktever optimism
 in ria-Ezuugary. concern 1. goatoome Of tht European war,
 1n4 to stan correspondent of s ooa4eod. Press, who has just
 1soms Vienna.
 saa thought that if Austria
 & Au4 understanding with Rus
 would incline the Entente gov-
 sAo to enter negotiations for
 af that In the abssnco of such lna&ion on their part the troops 1o Central powers on the east
 would bo released for operations fnat tho italians and the Allies on front. This failing. . crop oo1 =, or better than. last sea- Ra appeared to most classes the sDah01 for seeing anything bright E1 lutur~. The government shared Ny1oW. and this led to several sapls 6y it to give the Russians
 vt6shd that peace with the eSa sTpQIvoSS could be obtained |I.1 SHons considered favorable St11x And Vienna. <
 conca1nAd in the matter of s1 cnltaegyn4io In Austria-Hungary 4lapH only the very. best of ds6 cos,3A Sive tho country a a n aoodS ovon as last yeAs.A The MT bsferoF the war san ex- TT of 1eoastnfts. and the area ct Sle lAnd0 doeg not enter into the tton If sWar crops. For lana nor |l1vafed iutensiyely food production TT kesmonarchy has become largely isS TIT of fertilixing. This is ss- S4ally true of Hungary. Farms de- 1knr-,upon, intensive cultivation In 1naf>n slhort in crop returns for the reason that the s ,sssary labok has not bean available. !chourh the potash fertilisers of asinauy arD available to Austria lnrary. every demand made by 5siand fer4alixation is not met by Tor tho reason that these sup 7 hut |, part of the clements needed s1ooesf . vigorous plant life. In the 1k fhese clements have been pro- 54 hy 1Eahle manure for intensive TIT ana phosphorous fertilixers r1od from abroad. The latter iiSS1Iof be secured at present and s1samta hnn become scarce owing to ..ssia1reat reduction in live stock due Tho var.
 |1Inrntne in Austria-f4ungary. as m .1aa1 for the last two years 1.1a 1inaaeh more out of the coil than vvaa lpdanable to return to 1t. the re- ,l4 beine that two crops have been 'sreA on what may bs considered as .1nr the reserve store of the eie- lomts needed to produce . crop. With Io duration of the war the possibil- - of keeping the soil in good con- lGaen have decreased constantly 50 " today most farmland in Central lnrope may be considered as being n fhe verge of exhaustion. The best z ueather this year could not pro- sace . rood crop, according to many lsAeuners with whom the matter G e d3cussGd- ar. Tho ehcFtage in farm labor also 13aes aeainst . good crop this year fSst of tho farming, is done by the 'oraen, tho older children. men un. [ 1or niilitasy service. and prisoner. 2 war. THe quality of their lebol n been rather better than was ex ested, but 1t falls short by far o rfa4s the men in the trenches couft .. Not alone Is the ploughing ant indifferently dons. but thu lands axsileble are in many case InGble to cultivate the area allotted o fASna.s Last year. for instance much grain was ruined by being to- ong i'm the fields after ripening, rail polling 1t.
 \ lack of vitriol,, principal ingred nisf fn spraying solution used to ire