The sun., 1918-01-21
General Suspension Of Bust.
ness in Vienna and in
MunitiOn Centres.
DISORDER In BOHEMIA
Germany Said to Be Near
Calamity Through
Food Shortage.
MANY DYING IN SAXONY
IIindenburg, Replying to Edi-
tors, Says; eve Will Be in
Paris by April l."
MANY DYING IN sAxONY


LONDON, Jan. 2o.-From Swiss sources
comes startling picture Of Austrian
conditions Street trafic II reported sus.
pended: strikes are spreading through.
out the monarchy. One report says that
more than 100000 men have stopped
work in Vienna and Neustadt and all
the war factories there are closed.
Rioting Is increasing and feeling 10
growing very bitter against the Ger
mans for forcing tho Austrians to con-
tiHue the war. Many Of the shops In
Vienna are closed on account Of the
strike. Prague and pilsen are heavily
stricken. At Prague 10000 Idle work.
men are conducting demonstrations Of
. revolutionary character. demanding
.ood and peace.
The whole OF lower Austria Is In fer
meat. The Daimler works. locomotive
chops. factories and munitions plants
are closed: the airplane works at I.ich.
.snvorth are Idle. Practically all In.
Gustry In the Vienna region Is paralysed.
The people for many months have been
underfed and are becoming uncontrolln-
be
In the rioting In Vienna, Gratis and
salsburg. which developed into serious
disorder. shops were looted and the po-
lice and in some cases the troops were
called out 20 restore order. Many were
Injured. The Vienna garrison. Il 10 satd.
refused to oppose the strikers. Public
meetings are ,prohibi.sd,r y Ant ere hslA In
defiance Of the regulat!ona The Aus.
t-ian Premier has summoned the lead
ers Of the Socialist party to confer ao
the situation. t-t ,. IL.
Militarist Victory . Factor.
The victory Of the extreme military
faction In Germany over Foreign Mir
lister Won Kuhlmann and the moderatcs
IN regard 70 the peace negotiations with
Russia has added to the discomfort In
Austria The prospect Of playing Ger
nany's game for two or three years
Torc Of war finds little or no support
among the people. Austria wants peace
and food TO the exclusion OF everything
clse. Profound dissatisfaction has been
caused BY the announcement that Aus
lrian troops are being sent to the west
front 10 help the Germans In the forth
coming great drive.
Not only are the masses Of the people
~ar weary. hut apparently the states
wen also are dspleased by the German
programme. Count Cxernin. the Aus
trian Foreign Minister. in an interview
While at Rrest-Litovsk. which appears In
the Vienna korrespondens, quoted In
aesnatch from Amsterdan. says:
The conferences. which are now In
full swing are certain to ne lengthy and
dificult. but can guarantee, that II
peace does not result II will not be on
account Of our intentions regarding con-
quests will not repud:ate what have
already said Of Austria's programme Of
leace without annexationA From Rus
s!a We want neither indemnities nor an
nexations: We desire only that friendly
and neishboriy relations shall be estab-
llssed on safe principles. which will be
lasting because they are based on mu.
'ual confidence
slap At German Programme.
This statement Ia regarded ~ . direct
slap at the German prosramms Of huge
Annexations. Coming from the leading
statesman In Austria. It gives peculiar
signifcance to the fact that the Austrian
authorities are permitting news to be
pr!nted Of the widespread disorders and
Iaciist demonstrations. The strikes
throughout Austria are described a.
purely peace demands and daily are be-
coming more dangerous.
Vienna mob attacked the once OF
ne newspaper Retchspost. the organ OF
the military element which for many
years demanded war to destroy Serbia
and helped to prec!pitate the present
struggle Everywhere there 10 . tone Of
intense hostility against Germany, the
German Junkers and the prO-0erman
Designs. The feeling n growing that
Vermany intends TO use Austria ~ .
ca'spaw to gain large territories and
economic advantages and then prac-
Haa'iy TO snbjugate Austria to the Ger
man designs
Provincial Austria is displaying . de-
termination to refuse to follow the
!eadcrship Of the Berlin extremiats who
are bent on continuing. tho war; The
AUSTRIAN people are showing deep dis
appointment over the failure OF the Itai-
an INVASION to force an early conclusion
The war AZ was expected.
F'en Germany Is confessing that the
Italian adventure has proved q failure
because the Allies hurried to the rescue
700 promptly. leaving Austria with
lonser lines. more dificuit transport and
me danger Of great disaster In the
snrIng
Germssy's Position Sesssus.
GermAny's position II equally serioul
fesardins food. although disorder b less
pronounced there. A remarkable story
mat comes from high authority relates
mat delegation OF thirty German -.
Mors called upon Field Marshal Won
h'ndenburg and told him that Germany
would he foodless before May. TAs
rel, nield Marshal replied. by April w
snail be In Paria"
a neutral authority. afser . detailed
calamity 10 near because the potato
crop OF Germany 10 failure. The crop
~ isi5 was bS,00e.eoo bushels; II tsli "a
'i'"oooo In 1877. Potatoes and bread
cs~ttsAsd On TAtrd Pses.