Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-21
AUSTRIANS READY
TO RISE IN REVOLT
B0LSHEVlKI is SPREADING
hrcakup Predicted Wear Ak po,t,
p"ncd not NNrrtcd, BN Iirmu,al
of Mlltar, Menace.
'lN lnllN T.. NALDERSrOND
'oWughl 1918 nv the Mcclure Nrws
paprr Syrditats)


,u' approaching collapse OF Austria
'.N' .rru printed ro often an
|"'i'u h'N" written few OF then
INN@'H mat the public may well b
| ulrd u' thH ruitorntiun uf thia par
Il'uiIl nN ut wolf The belief uu
u"Nht'dUN exists at prtsen IN IN,
u'st informed circles here. however
'hAi tho dual monarchy N on IN,
! point or dis diving into social rev
! uI"ll"rN) chaos liko Russia. an,
! V''i Ih's nr.1k-up was only post
I"h'i. not aNrrtcd, by the removH
/ W inc 1911 Z campaigns OF the Rus
sian ana Italian military prcp,ur,
/ tiun the cmporurs frontiers
u Is to America aud President
W !9vn that the llapsburg autocrats
ana their satellites are looking Ia
protect Them from ruin by hrnging
pressure on the allies to conclude
i'"'r hci"rr they are swept into the
unAlh'n with the Homanoffe. The
puhuril maucuVrCs OF Austria
Mh''h are expected to increase as
'hc end approaches. may he better
uhdrnoond IN the light ot few facts
Nh'ut the present internal condi-
uu's They have been obtained
from hlgH authority whose sources
are unuueSttonablc, This man de.
clu~ut,
The food problem has ncutc In
Austria FOR the last two Years.
ih"ngh II has varied greatly accord
ing 10 districts Las, summer there
was real faminlne H. lstria. Hosnia
an u" German districts of Buhe.
hh hut comparatively plenty
among the Czech and Magyar peas
ahlIN. For many months past there
nave been an night queues for the
h"r,st necessities Of life, and the
medical profession has been loud in
ltH complaints Of the fntal injury
caused tu the health and morals OF
women and children
NAlt butter eggs and other
sta apleS Qhare often been unobtaln-s
a ahl". The milk Of Vienna has
dropped from $50 600 Ia $4,000
quarts per day, llorseflesh has be.
como a regular article of consump-
uon Tor the middle classes The out
hut or beer Ia only 8 per cent OF
lho pre-wnr period, Fodder Is hard
/" procure, ana there has been "A
dangerous reduction OF livestock I'm
consequence. Vienna has been Nv.
ing from hand TO mouth for almost
TWO years, ana this applies to other
~ ban ditsrlcts. Numerous diseases
que t. bad food OF starvation are
increasingly prevalent The rise OF
mortality In only less alarming than
lhe fhlling birth rate. The reduced
s"paclty tor work caused by under
Irvdlng is opanly admitted Tuhrr-
In the rear.
Equally serious is tho clothing !
'tisis Hy the end OF September the !
'tocks OF clothing for the general |
pubic were running short and the |
Introduction OF clothes cards came |
90 late TO regulate the i'm possible |
)riccs. Thread IN unobtainabIe, and
most hllorB refuse To undertake. re- |
pairs except for customers who bring |
heir own thread. That tho situation |
has become too desperate for any
.ttempt al concealment In best shown |
~ the appeal Issued 10 the press
" high medical officer on the
eneral staff announcing that the
Irmy authorities can no lonrer sup
ly sufficient nnderclnthlng for tho
roops In the field. and would there-
ore welcome secondhand gifts from
auiotic individuals
Intimately connected with the 4
GOD problem Is the problem ~ dis.
AS IN Germany and Rus-
IA, the railways OF Austria Hungary
re going TO rack and ruin as a ro-
llt OF the stress OF wPr The per-
lament way Is deteriorating. rolling A
-ock can be neither repaired nor
eplaced, labor has grown steadily 4,
'arcer.
The army chlefH rs II now pub /.
cally admitted, took away far TOO
lany men from the mines. and only ,
'piaCed them when II was already
20 lato To made good the arrears ,
\ October the HGnglriRn premier
ad TO admit In the house that the ,
npott of coad from Austria and Gers
ANY 10 Hungary was 'subjoct 10 ,
most lnsuperlble dtftculti
asy y-going Dfticialdom proved utter. ,
unequal 10 the strain. budapest |
una itself without street lighting, 1
ld In mid -bccombcr tho whole gas
lpply OF the city suddenly gave ,
A. Graz the second German city I
Austria, tho on the main line 10 :
'o south found Itself plunged in
'rkness for lack ~ fuel Diolcul. :
'r OF fuel and lighting have become
'ronic In the various towns. and y
I'VE been rendered moro acute by
ienomenal fails of snow y
For many weeks past the Hunga-
IN press has only had paocr re-
rye Of two or three daNe--a fact
lich rs doubtless less disturbing 10
. government than its many other i
lublcs Even before Christmas the y
Hpokcn Afbeitor Zcitung was writ. h
; ~ difficulties under which the = Y
'olo economic systcm ~ threaten 4
; 70 collapse, and vas freely com. Y
ring The intolrrabIe Confusion and h.
series NJ tie transport crisis with "
= situation which preciptated the
'oution IN Russia "
Meanwhile the financial atuA h
n is absolutely desperate. The y
d reserve has sunk - $50. .OOO. 900 h
avy loans from German banks v
ne render 30 possible 10 make any h
eign purchases az all All kinds "
rumors are nfloat as 10 the amount h
paper moBey in circulation There "
been persistent over speculation l.
the boufscs OF Vienna and Budt- "a
4" -
discussing the recent general "
hes md the rsyolutlanDrv move h
nj. the same authority said
For months past both Austria aud e
nrafy have been 100 state Of
onic political crisis each govern -
nt living from hand to mouth. %,
huut an assumed position in par -,
uent. ana faced by an array Of -,
rny and hppelessly intertwined -,
hlems Tho desperate economic .'.,
alton. and the practical certainty ,,,
{ the true facts havo been dts Ia,
led and kept back by bureauc- ~
y which was never very efficient 80.
he best ~ times. combined with ~.
.ucai Ft1gnati0u and disorraniza- ~,
20 produce uu atmosphere sur 80.
rgrd with electricity a.
The explosion came as Tho result M,