El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-05

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20 the last date when reliable iDfo-
nation has been obtained. soon sprea
MO Hungary One hundred thousan
-4unltlon strikers in and near Vienn
/ tormally demanded that the e-overn
ment should not only show ftseI
ready for peace. but actually invit
1he enemy governments TO enter int
negotiations, and this has been done
Inc Vienna labor council has passe
/ a resolution demanding the speed
establishment Of the full bread "a
! --on. and meanwhile q guarantee q
ample food Substitutes is note.
worthy that the people no longer de.
| IIland real food, which they know does
] not eXist-and shorter hours of work
The mayor Of the city, after teIe.
| graphing frantically TO Ludendorff
count Hertling and the Bavariar
I prime minister for supplies, and get
! ting none formally refused 10 take
coEnizance Of the governments de-
cision 10 reduce the bread ration and
washed his hands Of the consequences
Information at hand from Hungary
is less definite, but reports have been
received in official quarters from Hol-
land ana Switzerland Of a general
strike in Budapest The engine shops
OF the state railways were the cradle
OF the trouble. and agitation for in
creased wages leading to collisions be-
tween workmen and police, four
demonstrators being killed and I9
wounded There is now reason 10
think that all munition workers are
out, and the postal telegraph services
partly paralyzed.
The provinces in Hungary nre
infested with robber bands, COM
posed mainly OF deserters from
the army who have the support
Of the villagers in their attacks
on property Of the landowners and
the middle classes.
Ny information indicates clearly
that Germany has become very much
frightened by the dangers Of revolt
in the territories Of her ally. So long
as il is merely a question Of people
starving the Prussians turn a deaf
ear, and mutter that they have not
enough to eat themselves But as
soon as the dreaded word revolution
IS heard Germany changes her atti-
tude. When the bread ration was
reduced, Ludendorff replied 10 appeals
that even the food reserves for the
German army were used up; when the
riots began, the Germans suddenly
sent 5000 tons Of corn to Austria, TO
be regarded as a loan," and there is
reason TO believe more food has been
sent recently.
Fear the Revolt.
The Magyar arist0cracy in Hungary,
always jealous and suspicious Of the
Austrians, has nevertheless acted
promptly to alleviate the situation in
the neighboring country. With Hun
garians as with Germans. the cries
II the starving have no effect, but
he rumble Of revolt unlocks the
iOOrs Of their warehouses
IN ur7ra M count fgwnH- eHa%nr7
It first that Hungary could hold out
With difficulty until the harvest. and /
hat in some parts Of the country only I
,ne-third or one-fourth OF the grain I
itOcks necessary TO maintain other /
hungarian towns declared their readi- /
less, when troubles began in Austria, /
o reduce their own corn quota to feed 4
he people in Vienna and other Aus
rian cities Wagon loads Of peas, I
leans and potatoes. unspecified guam
tiles Of meat and fruit, and $4,000 I
lares left Budapest for Vienna as soon
IS serious riots were reported in the
capital
Austria Hates Germany.
The Austrian hatred Of Germany
as been famed into new flame by the
cod crisis. It is claimed that the re-
uction OF the bread ration is due to
he failure OF the German government
D keep its promise to supply Austria
nth flour until the new harvest. This
holly denied by the Germans. who
az the assertion rests on a false in
Of their agreement All
he Germans undertook to do, they
az, was to provide for Austrian need
rom their slave territories Of the
kraine and Rumania- A supply from
erman sources was never cOntem-
lated. As things have turned out,
cry little corn has been gathered
-om the conquered territories, but
ermany cannot be held responsible
u this.
ans and their vassals over the divis-
N Of the spoils filched from their
aves in the Ukraine has been made
.ore bitter by the attempt OF the
erIin government to force Austria
hungary to agree 70 a renewal and
Of the alliance This
i'll reduce emperor Charles to an {
ven more hopeless dependence on
erlin than at present
Glad Germany Is Beaten.
The joy Of the Austrians. and the
ungarians as well, at the German
sfeats on the west front, is one OF
le most curious phenomena OF the
ar, but is thoroughly authenticated ,
y information received here from
any sources EFen IN the AS"SPa
ers, the professions Of sorrow ana !
-mpathy with the Hun in his misfor- ,
mes are so worded as to make the :
ustrians chuckle and infuriate the j
erman. In the streets and clubs, IN ]
strained rejoicing takes place at :
merican, French and British sue
ssses.
Apparently most people in the dual
onarchy are so desperate for peace
lat they care not who wins the war j
whether their crazy quilt Of an en- I
re survives; they loathe and detest
.e Germans: nevertheless they hoped
.e Germans would break through IN !
.e west and win and so end the war
lis summer; but. now that the tide is 7
owing the other way they not only Z
.ioice IN the humiliation Of their
.uEhty allies. but hope that the en- j
nte VIII crush the Berlin military 2
.rtv and Immediately after the vic J
~ sent food to the starving peoples ,
Austria and Hungary. as well as to (
.rVia, Rumania and the Ukraine :
upright, 1913, by the Mcclure News
.per Syndicate.