Evening star., 1918-11-19
FORMER EMPEROR
MAY Be STARVING
Charles of Austria Virtual
Prisoner-Nation Urgently
Needs Bread.
DISORDERS lNFREQUENT

By the Associated Press.
VIENNA, via Geneva, Monday, No
vember 1S.-The situation in Vienna,
where the first American correspond
ent, that of the Associated Press, ar
rived last week, appears to be that
there is more talk than disorder, with
urgent need for bread, especially for
the poor of Austria The correspond
ent was accompanied to Vienna by
one French and one British army Of
ficer
Former Emperor Charles, who has
retired for the present to his castle
at Eckartsau, it is asserted by the
socialist Arbeiter Zeitung, is living
on the shortest rations and possibly
may be starving with his wife and
family. The former royal family has
been unable to obtain meat, milk and
bread in the neighboring village. or
even to have it's washing done. They
have been obliged to send away al
most all their fifty servants.
Some Disorders in Prague.
Some disorders have occurred in
Prague, the capital of Bohemia, ac-
cordlng to reports received here, as
the result of an attempt to induct
the former soldiers into a national
guard. There also are reports that
Jews have been assassinated in Boz
henlia.
Wherever the correspondent passed
on his way to Vienna he encountered
no difficulties and he saw no disor-
ders, except along the railway lines.
AT stations here and there the troops
returned from the Italian front re-
sisted when the local police tried to
disarm them. Sometimes there was
disorder when the soldiers refused
to give up plunder stolen from the
army stores, and a few men were
killed. An order was issued today
that soldiers found in possession of
such property would be shot unless
they surrender it before November 20
Forming Republic Easy Task.
The formation of a new republic
here apparently has been an easy task.
1t now is merely a question OF holding
the people together until stable gov
ernment can be established, However,
the freest possible political discussions
are permitted. For instance, on a
train from Gratz to Vienna, a colonel
returning from the Tyrol calmly an
nounced that if given his old regiment
he would be able to secure the return
of the whole empire and that all vi
enaa cared about was bread
IoS IL
Vienna. 1t is declared that two per
sons were killed accidentally during a
great demonstration by socialists and
members of other parties last Tues
day when the republic was formed.
Order Is Maintained.
Order is being maintained by Field
Marshal Adolf Won Boog, who has re-
organized the old police force. A ma
tioual army militia also has been
formed. the soldiers wearing the new
colors of red, white and red. instead
OF the black and yellow of the empire,
In each municipal district there is a
force of red guards who wear the So
caiistci brassards.
1t is declared that when the empire
was overturned in the last days of
October there was no violence in
Vienna Much excitement. however,
stopped army officers on the streets
and requested them to take fhe
coclsades of the empire from their
caps and substitute those Of the new
government.
Franchise for Women.
One Of the most notable political
changes has been granting Of eoua,
franchise to women. In the repub,ic
all the forms of the old empire have
been done away with. No passports
are required to travel. nor must one
have a residence permit
TT. There is no censorship Of the press.
tain permission to send telegrams
abroad, DR.. Otto Bauer, the foreign
secretary and a socialist, gave his
consent on the spot, saying: Under
the old government it would have
taken you two months"
Deputies Council Meets.
The deputies council Of the emn,re
held session yesterday. The Czech
and the German-Austrian deputies all
were absent. Only SCATTERING ot
Poles. Rumanians and Slays as in at
tendance.
An address was delivered bv Or
Gustave Gross, president of the conn.
Gil, who declared that the national
council had been replaced by a nnm.
Der of national councils, which in
some cases were working against one
another.
The session then adjourned with.
out date.
Will Bolshevism Break outp
Will order prevail in the new Ger.
man-Austrian republic, of which
Vienna is at once the wheel and the
hub. or will there be an outbreak al
bolshevism? This question is on eVery
tongue. The air is full of rumors
printed by newspapers or sDread
about by thousands Of soldiers travel.
ing to and fro. On the streets one
hears reports of revolution in France
that laly Is to be made a republic. and
that American and allied troops arr
occupying Austrian cities here an6
there.
All Depends on Food.
LONDON. November 19.-The entire
political situation in Austria Is pro-
visional. according to Z Vienna dis
patch TO the Daily Mail dated Novem-
Der If. The political conditions al
present it Is added, depend largely
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