The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-22
PEACE DEMANDS
CAUSE 4 | AUSTRIAN
CABINET TO OUT
Empire Reeking With Public
Discomfort Over Failure
Of Government.

Amsterdam, Jan. 2l.--The Austrian
ministry has resigned, according to a
Vienna dispatch u the Rerlincr Nor
genpost
Count Won Toggenburg. minister OF
the interior. was charged with the task
OF forming a new cabinet.
The brief Vienna dispatch does not
make II absolutely clear which of the
ministries has resigned, the imperial
ministry, Of which Count Czernln Ii Tho
head. holding the portfolio OF minister
OF foreign affairs. or the minor body,
or which DR.. Won Seydler is president.
But the fact that Count Won Toggen-
burg, who held the post of minister OF
the interior In the Won Seydler cabi-
Net, has been asked TO organize new
ministry, would indicate that II is tho
latter.
Generally Opposed.
Recent dispatches from Vienna re-
ported crisis In the Austrian cabi-
net. DR.. yon Seydler being opposed not
only by the Czechs and the south slays,
but also by the socialists. while the
German deputies were also hostile ow-
ing to Won Seydler's weak attitude.
For weeks there has been bitter op-
position to the government on the part
Of the people and during the last few
days this has resulted in nation wide
disturbances.
War Weariness.
The internal strife in Austria, ap-
parently due chiefly to war weariness,
the high cost of living and the dislo-
cation generally of economic life con-
tinues To be absorbing interest. AL
though the exact situation is not given
In the meager details available. the
dispatches are indicative of situation
that will require skilfull handling by
the authorities again to bring the dis
satisfied populace into state OF
tractability.
No newspapers in Vienna were per-
mitted last Saturday. The only pub
lication allowed was a single sheet
bulletin, which told some of the details
of the nation wide strike and the dc :
ye,opments in the peace discussions at
Brest- Litovsk. AS usual. the ha nd OF
the German propagandists was 10 be
seen in this publication for the chief
announcement In 1t was from the Ger
! man social democracy of Austria.
This lay stress on last years declara-
ton of the Austro- Hungarian foreign
minister, Count cZernin. that the cen
trail powers were ready to make an i'm :
mediate peace. without annexations or
indemnities.
Workers Demand Peace.
Evidently this statement failed Ia
placate the strikers In Vienna who
| sent a large delegation tn walt upon
the food minister to inform him of
| conditions among the. working classes
| and 10 impress on him that their de
sire for peace overshadomed and TOOK
precedence Over all other demands
In Hungary also the people are en-
deayoring 10 ascertain what are the
prospects for a cessation Of hostilities
| and return to normal life. SO in
| sistent has been their efforts In this
direction that the Hungarian premier
has been forced to announce In the
lower house OF parliament that ths
government adhered tn the principle
OF peace without annexAtions or In
tdemnities--that even the king shared
| in this view. The premier. however
added that the question OF Alsace- or
raine should not at the present tins
enter into the situation as II was no
calculated TO strengthen the govern.
ment's position.