The Washington herald., 1918-06-22
6 1T Of Unrest Permeates
Austro-Hungarian
Empire.
BITTER
AND OPEN In COMMENT
Weeks Adult Ration Now
Only 33H Ounces
And One Egg"
FOOD CRISIS ALSO PRESSING
In GALlCIA AND ELSEWHERE
Mayor Of Karl's Capital Appeals to
Ludendorf and Bavarians
for Relief.

CONSIDERATION ana widespread dis
order reAgned In the Austrian capital
tonight Her legions bested along the
whole stretch of the Piave river on
the envied Venetian plains OF Italy.
the home front" Of the dual mon
archy Is showing deeper and deeper
assures.
As dispatch follows dispatch from
neutral points, the cracks in the
morale Of the Austro- Hungarian peo-
pies become more discernible.
I'VE must have bread, or, lacking
bread, other foodstuffs," is the in
sistent demand voiced by the munich
pal authorities of numerous cities
and towns and the reply comes back.
I'VE have subsisted on short rations
and no reserves. You must do like
wise"
Sanguinary riots are occurring In
the streets of Vienna, and more
are reported to be impending.
An angry mob has attempted an
attack on the Germay embassy. only
to be repulsed by the armed police
with many injured and others ar
rested.
A dispatch from Amsterdam says
word has reached German sources
that the Vienna disturbances have
been marked by many casualties.
Austrian munition workers. Or
dinarily farmers intent upon the
wrestling of their food from the
earth. have left their lathes and
furnaces idle in the Vienna district,
and have taken the lead in the
Delamor for food. They assumed a
leading place In the big procession
Of hungry scattered by the police.
Let Hungary with her fields
send US foodr- cry the Venniesc,
and Count Tisza, the former Hun
garian premier. tells the Hungarian
Parliament that the situation in
Hungary Is no better than that in
Vienna. He spoke especially so
that listening ears in Berlin may
hear.
The food situation in Vienna, and
large number of the Austrian prov
inces, is SO desperate that the ma
tion's future Is threatened, according
to reports from Austrian newspapers.
The spirit Of unrest Is growing hourly.
The Vienner Mousse Nachrichten
says. 'The number OF strikers Is al
ready very considerable. A general
strike will possibly be announced
soon"
The Wiener Arbeiter Zcitung says.
Austria is on the eve Of a catas-
trophe."
An Adult Ration.
zone cannot condemn the popula-
ton to die, yet what can the people
eat?" asks the Arbeiter Zeitung lead
ing socialist organ. Continuing, it
reports:
This is the ration for a whole week
for an adult person:
"one pound Of potatoes. half Of
which are rotten; five ounces of black
bread and FIVE ounces of some other
flour; one and a half ounces of grease
and one egg: six ounces of sugar; six
ounces of wheat.
For this one might stand in
quekues for whole nights and be
pleased II a bit of marmalade or
substitute for coffee Is added to the
ration. Up to now bread formed the
principal part OF our food and there
they go and reduce the ration so
that half the population cannot
exist"
Pleads With Ludendorff.
At meeting in the Vienna town
council meeting yesterday a stormy
session took place. Mayor Weiss
girchner was formally accused of
having failed in his promises to
Vienna and to Austrian communi-
ties. He was charged with owing
1000 truck loads of -four to Vienna,
having used it for the people of
outlying districts.
In defending his actions, he de-
clared that the food situation was
absolutely untenable for the forth
coming week. He stated that Wen
mas flour reserve only amounted to
sixty truckloads and that he had
warned the general headquarters
staff and the government, asking
them to take q firm attitude with
the German ambassador.
He added that at Parry and Brun,
and Galicia the situation was very
critical. and said he had sent urgent
kilograms to Gen. Ludendorff, the
quartermaster general Of the Ger
man army, to the minister of Bava-
ria, and to Prime Minister weckerle
Of Hungaria. begging them To sand