The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-11-07
Allied Troops Will Have to 0c-
cupy Austria Hungary and
Possibly Germany When
HoStiIitieS End.
! WILL PREVENT L0OTING
Reign Of Anarchy and Revolu-
ton Feared Throughout Eu-
rope Unless Allies Take a
Hand In Reconstruction.
eY RAYMOND cLAPPER.
United Press Staff Correspondent

washington, ID. c., Nov. 5.-Allied
troops will have to police Austria Hun
gary and possibly Germany at the end
Of hostilities. in the view of leading
allied diplomats and military attaches
here today.
They pointed to the provision for po-
Icing Armenian Vilayets, in the Turk
ish armistice as Indicating what would
be necessary in the case Of the central
empires.
Seizure OF food, provisions. Oil and
other necessities has begun in various
parts OF Austria, according to unofficial
dispatches here. Every indication Is
that rival factions will grab everything
they can lay their hands on and tina
complete economic chaos will result
especially in Austria Hungary.
Anarehial Reign Feared.
Neutrals and allied countries alike
would suffer from a reign Of anarchy
in either Austria or Germany, dip
lomats say, and the necessity for in
PREVENTION to restore order would bd
even greater han in the case of iso-
lated Russia.
Some allied diplomats have ex-
pressed fears that a reign Of bolshe-
vism In the central empires would be
carried over into allied countries and
that an era OF revolution throughout
Europe would result. For this reason
allied governments can be expected to
take prompt action If a widespread
period Of revolution seems imminent.
End Is In Sight.
Diplomats are optimistic and every
where the feeling is expressed that the
end of the war is at hand. In quarters
where at least another year of fighting
has been looked for, the view has now
changed and the end is seen as very
near. Neutral diplomats see Germany
facing a hopeless fight.
TT is the end" one neutral diplo-
mat in close touch with Germany's sit
uation declared when the news was
received that Austria mad asked for an
armistice. The prospect OF a back door
invasion Of Germany will force Ger
man militarists at last to acknowledge
inevitable defeat.
Swedish diplomats representing Aus
trian interests here are puzzled as to
which of the many factions they will
regard as in authority. Emperor
national council at Vienna. Dispatches
report Austrian troops fighting among
themselves-presumably units OF var
ious races.
Will Check Murderers.
It Is believed that the armistice
terms will include strict disarmament,
provisions so that these hordes of des-
perate soldiers cannon go home to
spread terror and murder. Allied dip
iomats here express great concern over
the danger Of such disorders. Millions
Of innocents would be massacred IL q
wild scramble for food once started
they say.
1t would be a world tragedy which
the allies would be in ono bound to
avert If humanity possible-and with
the release of troops in Turkey and
ra1aa GO nf Italian frOnnS in avent nj
an armistice, available forces will be
at hand to send into Austria.
Diplomats see greater possibilities In
some such army Of relief than in an
outright military invasion, which
would only add to the h~arcships OF the
millions Of friendly Czechs, Jugo-Slavs
and Poles in the dual monarchy.