Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-31
VIENNA IN GLOOM
HER GLOR|tS FADE
Was the Most PlcaSurable City
on Earth III Bright Days
Before The War.

In nv. dispatches Winch conn nov and
,hcn fron, ,he capital ai the la'clV cX-
plcdea Austrian EplpIc. 'hfr, y 'vtdencc
az a deervr appr hcnsIon han seems 10 tc
felt IN anv othtr oi The enemy countries
II i not merely - winter IN short rattons
though N.cnna viii hc this winter, as she
has heen during much - the war. con
s,derahly worse oii than Berlin pr Buda-
rest II i not only the Illumination of
defeat tho disaster ot loss at political
,o,y.r What >,,ems 20 hc Vcghrnr down
The Nicnnrse spi7 Is the prospect that
through the Messing II cnplr, and The
material ana SplrltuI sIitcrngS incident
a. defeat. NirnnN itstli i gaiig to ~ult'T
- much that Alt ~ ponlp o. V"stCfd@N
vill ,oon &c one with Nincv"h and INrr
Their "crc soud twelve million sn-
called Germans IN he DUEL NoparrhN m
1910. Two mlllion bf these Wsrc M Hun
garv. many ni The lothrrs Wee moi .cl
iuan 81 all. ,nme oil the rcSlolr VIII hc ~
Guided m the Ckcck ku~lpvak Republic and
.thrr new is fotntct StstcS. German Ans
rl9, whether J. Itcomcs IN independent
state or ,o,ns = Cdriran ccnic,cratlnu IS
not lk. " t. h., lliui. u,uci. more than rght
million people, and quarter ~ it'~, 1--we
m Nienna i T. NIB t.vorahlc economic
position THAI kAs radc Vienna {, " Ut
two millions, nor dId II each the SIZE and
the character al a great metropolis as the
capital OF thr Are hd"chv of Austria Its
cpincpcr was du, chiefly to the tact that
n we,S the capital loi he llapshurgS, Ger
man or Austrian tmperDr- StnCC tIInC tn-
memorial. calling themselves thc ucccs-
sorS q. Charlcmn gre and lucustii>. just
as the tremcadouk material prosperity ot
Berlin Ia recent Ndar~ las been lqIcclv due
T. The pohticnl acgr,ndIEcmcnt ~ the
kingdon " pIu-Iia.
Whatever may Ihsppcn 10 the prlsSlsn
state. German AIS,r,l /, alrcadv reduced
u a size and q lack 81 prosperity which
nuke II unable - support such capital as
llcnna. Inc Har-bur"s arc not likely 20
com, back. and WITHOUT the llaps hurCS.
Vienna wilt IT, dull piarr for II, prriur-
csQ,ir drlitN ood ol frudal nobility y hich
gathered qropad thclr throne
Moreover, Vienna IS likely ~ lose some
OF IT. most valuable economic elements W
the near luturc. Ar N,G ,au ~ca-r
brood, au .nt'grflal ft arI', OBSERVER
Rr,tc 4 wear or - agu 3! tho immense
sflcc. on Nicnna 81 the { ..rc immigration
IN the last tWo or three dc, ,i,s, and ~ the
lnruN Ol JeWIsb refuge, irou Calch N
1914 and 1915 Tho 1rchs N Nienu4
numbered -cy,ral har.r.d thousand,
and they wcr" ycpnou,i, ri,y s, iar superior
Ia the rasN Gning NI,nnr-r that Mr. Won
~rhlerhran! Thought that the capital ~
German Austria VaS long before the tail Oi
tke Imnirr we'll ou n" way ~ hcinC
~laV cltS Now u4uN ~ these ztcn- ar,
likciv - 20 h4ek to frtclr. letNHc The
allen calltal - ID q. 81 owIrr ."T tfc
vigorous metropolis 81 i voting ami actiy,
state. If cuntIt;bns III Jalicia become
easier many .. thd Jews vii - back thcrr
Without these tpu tctiNr E. racnt~ thr
commercial PROSPECTS, i N.nn" Nlii t.
stlll mon gloanls
kll 81 which j. nv. T. FL regretted
When Mr.. Glad-tune nqar4 Nh,u in
thelr whole history TN. Al~tr-u- h*l
done any Coi 81 ..Si forgot i III
amenities ~ ;her ,apu:l ,rty moon
pct,nt rs t'r ins:rtn rev fc,. a
polit,,'s aud administration vide a~ + thc
pult bctacen ;hcr moral thcurca mi
those ei saN Jonathan Idv arcs th,l $3.50
rarely been CNCCltCd ia tie art 81 .na AInr
l.e pleasant.
il, uarld uol1i =, rloomor SPOT
WITHOUT I.eunt N'rnua roi.~ Vienna
,aiYvs. Nl.nI4a loc@et, NiclnA A.Itn,,.
Aleura ltdlc--;t ua,ac only a few ., tic
m4nv Gepa.. mc1' = clcl.nre ID rhirh
the city ,hr j Ian '.rg- ta- dan' -fo-
thmc 10 Justify III, oNfe'cnrt &. th' r.Ic'i
iou- and tNrsune,l cur!r. vhlsh Iu,le
Tho ely pn>sihle. It's question: hos ..g.h
of Nlcnna " II te iti, ), zen The liofh,re j.
onlS Il National mas 4ns and >chontIuIu
La perhaps batl Transformed MO +
hospital or N art GALLERY but The whole
world has an interest II saving much 81
old Vienna - possible.
Y we had 81 real soci,tr 8. nati,uS. +.
n.aht Le worth Il Uhtle - .lb. l.AS, The
Austrian capital and keep j, eoInr ior is
ctfet, in keeping up I'll" -iandArds q. the
politely plcas':rable. ] n World stock of
charming cities not ~a tar." thar We
eau afford To Let oi,e Oi tn most charming
pass mt dccay.-Ac~ \ urk Times.