New-York tribune., 1918-06-22

event, the newspaper de:lares. r,;,.,.
communication would be cut OF .,I
revolution would break out
Frost Retards Potato Crou
A dispatch to the Paris aTer,.l
from Geneva says the Austrian =
ernment has decided to put y,,,
and other large cities on half n. 81
ent bread ration in order to smey;.,..
Inc conditions in Galicia and Bobsms
These conditions are SO had II
Temps" quotes the Vienna "rr;;eus ~.
fresse" as saying, that railroad :
other strikes can only be ayeys.s &
such measure. The Vienna ~
paper ADDS that the cities. .saas
badly off, are still in better conS;,s s
than the country, where there il -
ually no bread. . no
A commercial traveller who he.
rived st Geneva direct from W. w.
Today. informed The Associated p,s,.
that there are 100000 men ON s,.;s. AZ
in the Austrian capital and tbst IA a.
are smaller strikes in progress wv. !.
| Laibach, Agram and Gratz. ali w. $
tion of which has been stopped hv ~ 4,
censor. - vi
The traveller said that anti.ce,u,.
feeling was growing, especiallv Il
Hungary, where it was assuminv
revolutionary aspect. The troyeIl.]
said he was convinced that ever
might be expected which would chs..1
the fate of the war in favor 81 N
Entente Allies.
The "Frankfurter Zeitung's" co,,,l
spondent at Munich telegraphs ts,||
Bavaria is unable 10 supply Aust,l
with potatoes, Frost has retarded IA
new crop and the old stocks must n
used sparingly.
In many provinces of Hungary thes]
is only one-third or one-quarter IA
food necessary to maintain the poeil
lation in health, former Premier Tilul
declared in a speech TO the Hunssy,sI
parliament yesterday, according d II
Budapest telegram. forwarded by i'll
Exchange Telegraph correspondent Il
Amsterdam.
Hungary in Dire Need
Germany must be convinced, aiaI
the former Premier, that Hungyz
population was just as badly situ5}s
as regards food supplies as che tt
zens of Vienna. 1t would tax Hy;,
gary's efforts to the utmost 10 isI|
out until the new harvest, he asxss.
Further information, confrmim nj
ports OF intense resentment and eIRl
ment IN Austria over the reducsios q
the bread ration, is quoted from Az,
srlan newspapers oy the corresponds,
of "The Times at The Hague.
Among the subsidiary causes Of iA
anger is the fact that notification 8
the reduction was not made until nos
Monday, although it had been enforce
from early that morning, when low
and excited protests were raised.
Vienna newspapers are quoting 6'i
cislist party manifesto which declare
that the workers and small ofhcehelS
ers In Austria are at their wits tF..
to maintain an existence because n
the food situation in the monarthy1
says Central News dispatch irusl
Amsterdam to-day.
In many Austrian towns, the NAL
festo declares, these classes are threii
ened with absolute famine, while st|
liar conditions prevail in Prague, N
Bohemian capital, and in towns
Galicia. The situation is declared .
be terrible at these points, wher ih
population has not seen bread or pessH
! toes for weeks.
Food conditions in Germany are k.
coming worse and there is great az
content there owing to reduction .
the bread ration. according to an Y
terview with Hollander by the ssi'
respondent of 1.-THE Times" st N
Hague. The Hollander had Just =
turned from working in. the kfape
plant at Essen. which he left becsu's
he could not stand the food condlnos'1
Tho German people, he added, fssn,
to grumble openly lest they be ss'
! to the front.
Austrian exchange cn AmsseFAs'
which has been declining fracne
ally daily on the Amsterdam Bopns
/ dropped another full point Thursaf'
| All Austrian bonds are lower.
Packet Storm King Crou6