Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-15
|IIISTRIAN HATE
ALLY DEEPENS
divergence of Views Be-
| tween Vienna and Ber-
lin Is Open
PEACE YEARNING GROWS
n, WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS

BY WILLIAM ii'i' S''h''S
,ca,,,jobi. 1918. by the United PrcsSJ
gERNE Switzerland, Feb Is.
cordisIly hating Germany. but ire
.,i,vably tied up with her, war-weary
as,yla would almost give her soul for
peace
An American official, Just out Of AUS
,,,a. declares he is convinced after talk
,ry with Austrian officials that Austria
4. xilllng to give Italy all Italy de-
.,ds save the seaport of Trieste. IL il
iii bring peace. The masses would
.,,s M Trieste. or anything else. If IL
would end the war.
From numerous and most reliable
sources understand the divergence OF
v,sws between Berlin and Vienna Is
vlrtually official and open.
learned from the friend OF an Aus
tran official. recently in Zurich. that
Austria, above everything, desire to re-
AIN some degree of rcspectabiity in the
syss OF the world. in order to enter into
tr,sndly relations with other countries
Immediately after the war.
Austria. he said, would welcome an
oooortunity TO disown any part in the
raglan atrocities. the execution or
Faith Cavcll or the torpedoing Of the
Iustana, to show that Austria is the
victim OF Prussia, not the accomplicc
talked with George Archibald, of
cslifornia, and Jack Sumter. Of New
york. both famous Jockeys. here await
n The United States. They are just out
Of Austria.
The two Americans say they were
better treated in Austria than were
Germans. whom the Austrians despise.
Archibald. whose first race was at
Iatonia, said Austria is hard hit, the
rtople dying like fies on account OF
Inc moor food. The rich he said, are
setting almost anything they want, but
fhe masses are suffering terribly. Hun
rary Is resisting all efforts OF Germany
and Austria TO extract food products
from her.
At Budapest an orchestra in res
Itaurant played "rhe star Spangled Ban.
uer" without anybody objccting, Archi.
bald said.
At another cafe "A Hungarian waiter
forced a German officer in uniform to
wait while Archibald completely fin.
ished his dinner. The German stormed
The head waiter said:
you're not in Germany now" Whcr
arother waiter approached with IA steir
Of beer the head waiter Missed ant
slgnaled for him to take the beer back
forcing the German to wait longer.
Desertcrs nll Budapest unmolested
The soldiers are badly equipped.
Houses, railways, ears and everything
are run down through lack OF materials
| The bread in Switzerland is backel
than the French war bread, but Archi
balds three-year-old boy exclaimed
Cake" when he tasted 1t. after a die
Of Austrian bread.
The Prussian army party Is belittIin.
Americans TO the utmost, in Austria a
sell as in Germany
American newspapers printing l.,
Follette's Lusitania speech arc handle,
about until they are black and worl
ont.
Aplcture of n fcathcred Indian. nrnh
ably medicine Snowman, surronnde,
by gaping boys, is published in an iII,s
trated papers. entitled "Rocruitipg |,
America"
The widest stories of American repi
ments mutinylng are published broad
cast. The stories say the American sol
diers are refusing to fight for Euglan
and France.
Both Archibald and Sumter--the lat
ter's folks are from Detroit-constant
nearing the talk of the richest sportjn
circles, say nothing will be left undon
10 egg the masses on to further Sacri