The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-26
THREAT OF RISING
 TO FREE AUSTRIA; STRIKE STILL BIG

London, Jan. 25.--Dispatches re~ ceived here from the Continent indi- cate that the strike in Austria con- tinues formidable and that the forces of unrest which have been loosed are precipitating a political situation of | increasingly grfave possibilities. The democratic movement in the empire has received a great impetus, which has been emphasized by the Bohe- milan demand for self-determination pressed in the Vienna parliament. 1 Reports received in Copenhagen from Vienna, as forwarded by the Exchange Telegraph correspondent, indicate that 100000 men there are still on strike, and that the strike also continues in Budapest. A Vienna dis patch to the Vossische Zeitung of Berlin says that while work was re- sumed in part on Monday the strike continues in a number of large fac tories.
 i Reporting the sitting of the Aus trian parliament on Wednesday, the ] Vossische Zeitung draws picture of Premier von Seydler in a state of l helpIessness, surrounded by excited Czechs and other heckers, in a scene of turmoil After the premier had re- piled to na interpolation respecting the resolution adopted by the Prague Deputies demanding the right of self determination, the Czechs shouted:
 'Lies! Away with von Seydler! You are another General Hoffman!" (re- ferring to the chief German military representative at the Brest-Litovsk peace conference.)
 Victor Adler, the Socialist leader, said that what the workers had now attained in the way of concessions was only the beginning. He demanded that Forcing Minister CZernfn carry through his announced program, add ing:
 ''We did not desire war, but there are some in this hall who did. We must now get out of it what is possl- ble The monarchy must be entirely reconstructed It must become dem- bcratic federal State of nationalities flor which the people are enthusiastic and ready to fight
 A dispatch from Vienna, received ir Basel, Switzerland, says that in an ad- dress to the delegations of Parliament Count Czernin said that he considered President Wilson's last propositions re- garding peace as showing a pereepti. bIe approach to the Austro-Hungaria point of view There were, he said several points to which Austria-Hun- tgary could joyful1y subscribe, but that the following principle first must be laid down: That where these proposi- tions concerned Austria -Hungary's al lies, as in the case of Germany in re- gard to Belgium or Turkey, Austria Hungary was faithful to her alliances and would fight to the end for the de- fence of her allies. The extremists are not eontented with the settlement reached as re- suit of the governments concessions tc the socialists. They are circulating leaflets among the workingmen vio- 1ently attacking the official party lead CTS.
 A Reuter- dispatch from Zurich re- ports that the Vienna newspapers ot Monday indicated that the leaders ex- perienced considerable difficulty ir persuading strikers to return to work Speakers at a huge meeting complain. ed that the Austrian socialists had , been left in the lurch by their German
 comrades.
 The zeit says that the coal famine
 in Vienna is causing intense misery
 Women wait f0r hours outside the coa
 depots and have to return home in de- Aspair, without fuel. Bitter weather