Evening star., 1918-06-20
HOME Of PREMIER
AT VIENNA STONED
Mob Attacks Hofburg Palace
as Cavalry Is Ordered
There; Enters Bakeries.
RIOTS IN GERMAN CITIES

on little more than salads
and certain vegetables.
LONDON. June TO-
Heavily censored private
messages received in Stock
holm indicate that peace
demonstrations were held
recently in Berlin, Ham,
burg and Cologne, and that
several workmen were killed
and many persons arrested,
says a dispatch to the Morn
ing Post from Stockholm.
The police and military dis
persed crowds of demon
|. strants.
LONDON, June 20.-Serious riotine
broke out in Vienna yesterday, says
an Exchange telegraph dispatch from
Amsterdam. The mob broke into a
number Of bakeries, stoned the resi-
dence Of the premier, and also one of
the wings of the Hofburg palace, the
message adds.
Cavalry is being rushed to the capi-
tai to restore order. It is probable, it
is stated, that martial law will be pro-
claimed.
The rioting was in protest against
the reduction of the bread ration.
Protect Bread Allotment.
There have been reports from various
sources recently of trouble in Austria,
notably in the capital, because of the
bread ration reduction forced by the vir-
tual exhaustion Of the Austrian grain
supplies. The bread allotment to each
individual in the city Of Vienna is now
less than one and one-half pounds week
ly, it was stated in a dispatch from
Copenhagen on Tuesday.
Protests against this rationing have
been vehement from various quarters;
the Vienna city council on Tuesday
adopted a resolution of protest and the
labor council in that city emphasized its
similar protests by the passage of a
resolution renewing its demand for a
speedy general peace.
Strikes in Vienna and elsewhere
have been one outgrowth of the situ-
alton, according to reports from Swift
zerland. and fears have been ex-
pressed in Austrian quarters that
what would virtually amount to a
general strike was imminent.
In one recent labor demonstration
in Viehna the police had to be called
upon to disperse the rioters, it was
said.
More Bread, Vienna Cry.
By the Associated Press.
AMSTERDAM. June 19.-The Vienna
city council on Tuesday, according to
a dispatch received here. passed a
resolution protesting against the re-
duction of the bread ration The
Vienna labor council, after comforting
for many hours on the same subject,
passed a resolution renewing it's de-
mands for the "speediest general
peace, Notwithstanding the great OBJ
stacles at present in the way Of peace
endeavors."
The labor council resolution said it
was apparent that no improvement in
the food conditions in Austria was
possible while the war continued.
The resolution of the city council
demanded that the bread ration be
of ha
ment. and that in the meantime
other foodstuffs be used to replace
the reduction in the amount of bread.
Audience With Premier.
Matters in Austria are rapidly ap-
preaching the breaking point. The
Vienna Arbeiter Zeitung, which was
received here tonight, says that rep
owned mines. printing works, mint,
telegraph and posts secured an audi
ence with the premier, DIR. Won Seyd-
ler. and the financial minister. DR..
Won WINNER, on Friday.
Deputy Gloecke1, acting as spokes-
man for the men, said that tho low
ering of the workers efficiency was
not to Ill will. but en-
tirely to under-feeding, and that the
state employees needed an increase in
wages OF 5O per cent in order to live
at all.
DIR. Won WINNER replied that the
utmost limit of expense had already
been reached and that the state could
not possibly bear a heavier burden.
All he could promise was further dis
cussion' next fall.
The Arbeiter Zeitung, in a heavily
article, speaks of dire dis
.ress outside of Vienna and in places
where war industries have been es-
.ablished. In many communes, it says,
he people have had no potatoes for
'our months and that no fats or -four
lave been distributed. Children are
going to school hungry. In one place
near Vienna bread supplies sufficient
'or two days are supposed to last for
| whole week. The newspaper com.
plains of the paucity Of supplies from
Ukraine. The rest of the article was
Paper Pleads for Peace.
Editorial1y, the Arbeiter Zeitune
POINTS out that the Austrian note cir
,ulation is 22,500, 100000 crowns, as
with 2,500,000. 600 before the !
var. 1t makes a strong plea for |
,eace and condemns the action of the |
Ierman semi official organ, the Nord- |
Leutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, in cut
ing off peace discussi ons with a |
flank negative. The newspaper Ia
nents that there is no parliament In I
ession while the country is in the !
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