Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-27
SBURGS FALL
HEN ALLY DOES
l6volt Will Sweep Nation
When Kaiser Is Unable
to Aid
&CTIONS BIDE TINE
Wy Of Allied Nations to
Spread Seed of
IN Revolt
[ETIONS BIDE TIME
Itecial Cable to Evening Public Ledger

sCcsprfoht. 1918, bv Ne,o York Times Co.
Amsterdam, June 81.
Quo Vadis. Austria? That is the
#question with which. directly or indi.
rectly. the whole Austrian press Is
now gravely concerned In the affairs
!, ~ no country is prophecy so danger.
I, ous as in those of Austria. but it is
idle to pretend that chronic political
chaos. semi-starvation and military
= fIefeat have not serious potentialities
IN themselves. They make ever more
apparent that slow combustion of de-
structive factors which is present in
4 the body polite and social of the dual
monarchy.
As to what will happen now that
the Seydler administration has met
its Inevitable fate no Austrian paper
pretends to know. and expressions OF
\ opinion on the whole are notable for
their pessimism on the ground that 1t
Is difficult to see how any government
on anything like the old pattern can
carry on in the face of the angry
4 Polish party and the still angrier
Social Democrats.
Favor New Elections
So a considerable section Of opinion
y favors the dissolution of Parliament
and new elections as the only way
( out of the confusion. Were such
: course chosen the situation would Ger.
ttAinly develop in a highly interesting
y fashion.
There appears 70 be in England a
disposition to regard the seriousness
Of the Austrian situation as eXag-
q
purpose of misleading the Entente.
That belief is not supported by the
facts. The German press has. on the
contrary. for some time past endeav-
ored to invest the position in the dual
monarchy with rosy colors and has
very largely neglected the serious side
OF matters.
Germany Wells Facts
~ For instance. up to couple Of days
ago all the most important German
Z Newspapers were pointing out that the
trouble with the Polish party was likely
Z 10 be settled by an agreement with the
German political element in the country
OF that there never has been the ghost
of D chance. The very reverse has hap
pened Not only does the Polish party
stick to its attitude of stern opposition
to the ruling factors, but it has strik-
the German idea of government by ap-
pcinting Deputy Heril to be its presi-
6ent. That is worthy of note. for Heril
- 4 strong advocate of joint action with
the Cxechs and southern Slavs. He was
l4<0n3 guest of honor at the recent Czech
y Inaal theatre festival in Prague He
) kfll have nothing to do with a COM
oremise with the German party in
< Austria, and his appointment must be
4 fegarded as an important emphasis of
4 he demands of Austria's oppressed ma
tionalities.
Horse Meat at 81 a Pound
IA regards the food question in
& Austria, the German press certainly did
not make the situation nearly as black
n II is. 1t is noteworthy that at first
the German and Hungarian authorities
refused to help, but that twenty-four
a hours later they were busy rushing sup
plies to Austria. The German press, as
Z / matter of fact, made light of the whole
4 situation in this respect, and said Vienna
was still eating cake while Germany
. could hardly get bread. 1t declared
s,t,eat to be plentiful and blamed bad or
n sanitation for the trouble which super,
vened. In reality the Austrian breac
: ration is something less than three
4; ounces per head per day, less than hall
HE German ration.
~ Market reports and official figures
: fHmblished in Vienna, show that the mea
ration of four-fifths of a pound cal
q Snly be obtained by portion of th'
s9jDobulation, and generally by those VIII,
4 tare to stand all night in the queue TO
II. Meat supplies in the market onl!
= amount to one-thrd of those availabi
4 i few months ago. Last week NOR
than 800 horses were slaughtered il
zfYtenna for food. For that the poo
6eople had to pay 81 a pound. Frui
and vegetable supplies are hopelessl,
Inadequate. The German press ha