The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-04-04
TOLL DEATH
STUNS GERMANS
Arrival Of Wounded Followed
by Demonstrations
Against War.
FOOD SCARCE IN AUSTRIA
Disease Rampant in Bohemia
Military Promises and
Claims DiSrcgarded.
FOOD SCARCE IN AUSTRIA

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/ Tns HAGUE. April I tdelayed A
neutral who left Vienna a week ago
and spent four days in Germany before
coming TO Holland brings the first thor.
oughly reliable account Of the popular
/ demonstrations provoked by the grow
irg conviction ~ the failure Of the great
offensive In France and the increasing
knowledge OF the colossal losses sus-
talnej b. the Germans.
. This informant. whose statements are
authoritative, SAYS that during his stay
In Frankfort. during q short part OF one
! day. 800 wounded. ell stretcher cases.
reached the railroad station and were
conveyed TO temporary hospital.
| knowledge OF their arrival could not be
concealed long from the population and
after an hour or SO a crowd of 1000
or 5000 persons gathered outside OF the
hospital and commenced u demonstration
3 IN favor of peace.
! amounted to demand that ar Of
/ fens;ve that occasloned such losses
should not be continued for one mans
ambition" and that II this sort OF thing
was 10 he continued the war should be
stopped Immediately.
Members OF the Rel Cross addressed
I the crowd telling the men that II they
would disperse quietly their demands
would be attended to. but II they con-
.:nued their noise and their shouting
! they would only injure their own
wounded fellow countrymen. This m
! formant adds that despite outward ap-
pearances. Germans in their own home
circles, are really gravely dissatisfied.
On paper. the military success appears
strisInS bu, the people are beginning
TO be skep; ical about results.
xcepticism ObN ious.
II is noteworthy that in the Austrian
Sunday newspapers. as quoted by the
news agencies this scept!cism is read
abb. between the lines. The miNtatE
critic OF the RschSpost said YESTERDAY
thai in political circles in Vienna and
Berlin 1t is held that the political oo-
tect!ve OF the offensive Is attained
whether the military objective be
achieved or not. the military objective
british armies The counter onensire
has begun and the moment OF decision
has arrived
similarly the military critic az the
Setr Freie Prssse writes; 'for
coupl. o! days past the Germans haNe
suspended Their advance because there
is every appearance that the Entente
armies are preparing their counter
offensive II will now be proved whether
In Slr q
the French and British armies The
French army in these operations num-
bers probably twentv-niue fresh div
e,ons. The critical point Of the battle
approaches
These are remarkable admissions in
view OF the bombastic claims or the
Germans This informant called a'ten-
ton 10 an important factor In the AUS
tr.au situation. namely, III" extremely
critical food problems. which also are
confirmed Ivy the latest Austrian papers
received here on his journey TO liol-
land he had considerable difficulty with
the German authorities. who repeatedly
demanded from him an undertaking not
to mention economic conditions IN Ans-
tria and Germany.
Bread supply Low.
In Vienna the only food really eat
able !s bread. which is good. but re-
duced to an insufficient quantity. Mea'
can be said TO he uon-eNistant Tor me
ma iority. For tn. few who cnn obtain
small norton It costs its weight in
so,d tn. coffee is no longer drink
able. For children n special food dis
tribu,ion system has been introduced.
their ratlons being obtained ualE al
the children's food bureau.
AIS o'clocl; in the evening the streets
OF Vienna are virtually empty. Public
, lighting has been almost discontinued
and the regul IONS Tor being abroad
after curfew are practically equal to
those under martial law. Street railway
, cars no longer run at regular Intervals
, bu, on a time table. like a railroad train
service The informant was the only
person in Vienna who had good foot
wear, he said. Women wear skirts and
underskrts made from mems worn out
coats or trousers, whatever they can
obtain.
The German papers, while reoortins
the Emperor Karl's tour OF Bohemia du
not add the statements In the Vienna
newspapers which give accounts Of the
appalling scouree and famine which
we're the cause Of the royal visit. The
Vienna papers admit that owing ~
, actual starvation the death rate is enor-
nous diseases are rampant (doubtless
some forms of hunger tNDhusl. ana are
beyond control Medical experts from
Vienna are being sent thi,her,
Fifty thousand children from the dis
, tricts most afflicted are to ne removed
with the utmost speed to sele ected ,oun-
, try districts in lower Austria. where
, local conditions give a better chance OF
saving their lives
, The Vienna papers on Thursday pub
!, lished n telegram from the Hurga riar
Te'egraph,c Correspondence Bureau thai
. IAN appeal has been made successfully
= 10 the patriotic feelings OF the Hun
, garisn population and large supplies o
, provisions have been obtained for Tho
relief OF Bohemia and other parts o'
/, Austria, especially Vienna" The agency
says II Is empowered to state that thu
2 story IL not true. II adds; discus
, sions now n-oceeding between the Aus
! trian and hungarian Governments con
cern exclusively the provisioning OF th'
army"