The Washington herald., 1918-09-29

the capital spread rapidly through the
provinces, and sympathetic demon
strations which my informsnts call
outbreaks" took place within the
next few days In Prague, Graz and
Laibach. Troops were used a few
days later to disperse a mob in VI
emma marching with banners 20 at
tack the German embassy, and cry.
ing, Germany is starving usr'
Workers Make Demands.
These troubles. beginning at the
end of June and lasting into July
and up to the last date when re-
! liable information has been obtain
| ed, soon spread into Hungary. One
hundred thousand munition strikers
| in and near Vienna have formally
demanded that the government
should not only show itself, ready
| for peace. but should actually invite
the enemy governments to enter
into negotiations. The Vienna labor
council has passed a resolution de-
manding the speedy re-establish-
ment OF the full bread ration, and
meanwhile a guarantee of ample
! food substitutes-it is noteworthy
that the people no longer demand
real food. which they know does not
eXist-and shorter hours of work.
The mayor Of the city. after teIe-
graphing frantically- To Ludendorff.
Count Hertling and the Bavsrian
prime minister for supplies. and
getting none, formally refused to
( take cognizance OF the government :
decision to reduce the bread ration,
and ostentatiously washed his hanos
OF the consequences.
Information at hand from Hun
gary is less definite. but reports
have been received in official quar-
ters from Holland and Switzerland
Of general strike in Budapest. The
engine shops OF the state railways
were the cradle Of the trouble, and
agitation for increased wages lead
ing to collisions between workmen
and police, four demonstrators be-
ing killed and nineteen wounded.
There is now reason to think that
all the munition workers are out.
and the postal and telegraph sery-
ices partly paralyzed.
Infested with Bandits.
There is no food crisis in Budapest
TO compare with that in Vienna, and
food conditions through Hungary are
better than in Austria, so the troubles
in the former country are more politi-
cal and revolutionary. The provinces
in Hungary are infested with robber
bands, composed mainly Of deserters
from the army. who have the sup
! port Of the villagers in their attacks
on the property of the land owners
and the middle classes.
My information indicates clearly
! that Germany has become very much
| frightened by the dangers Of revolt
in the territories Of her ally. So Ionc
as it is merely a question OF people
starving, the Prussians turn a deaf
ear, and mutter that they have not
enough to eat themselves. But as
soon as the dreaded word revolution
is heard Germany changes her atti-
tude. When the bread ration was
reduced, LudendorT replied to appeals
that even the food reserves for the
German army were used up; when
the riots began, the Germans sud
denly sent 5000 tons Of corn to Aus
tria, Ito be regarded as loan" and
there is reason to believe more food
has been sent recently.
The Magyar aristocracy in Hun
gary. always Jealous and suspicious
Of the Austrians. has nevertheless
acted promptly to alleviate the situs-
ton in the neighboring country. with
Hungarians as with Germans. the
cries Of the starving have no effect.
/ but the rumble OF revolt unlocks the
doors OF their warehouses
In spite OF Count Tiszs's statement
at first that Hungary could hold out
with difficulty until the harvest and
that In some parts or the country