The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-01-22
DUAL MONARCHY
FACING CRISIS

| London, Jan. 22.--The strike movS-
ment which assumed suc., menacinu
dimensions in Austria Sunday, WAS
virtually ended Monday morning, when
strikers either resumed work or held
meetings at which decision WAS
Preached to 60 back to their tasks 70
| day, according to news agency dis-
patches from Switzerland. Before
this, however, the strike and food dcsn-
onstration had spread throughout the
whole empire, including GalicIa, and
had everywhere assumed a political
character with the demand for peace
taking precedence over everything
else.
On Sunday evening, according to
wireless press dispatch from Bcrne,
disorderly scenes took place when
hunger marchers were organized ana
number of shops looted In Vienna.
one crowd attempted to cut its way
toward the imperial palace but was
driven back by the guard. In other
parts OF the city. the advices state, the
ponce were unable to handle the n1obs
which ran riot
confers With Emperor
Count tzernin, the Austro. I4,na
garian foreign minister who had re-
tuineo from the peace parley ri
iorest -Litoysk, had conference with
Emperor Charles on Monday. foIiow-
ing which two high officials of the for
eign oifice We're sent to Berlin. The
government now has the support or
me me more moderate socialists In It's ef-~
fort to quiet the population h,,f thn
radical wing, according to the M,,nicb,
yNeueste Nachrichten, Is rnalxfnr
further demands, such an the RELEASE
pI DrFriedrich Adler, who lis serytrrt
q long praaanA tnrnlss TOR 4si1JInrS x~rs,n7
karl Staerghk. Austrian premier I ~ 4
October. 1916.
London, Jan. 22--Aus.r;.. ,...
sary's cry for peace. accon,p anJed ~
parentiy by condition of ;noipisnf
revolt, is featured by the nornjra
newspapers as fact that is hurryino
the dual monarchy to a crisis. Lono
dispatches from Amsterdam show
that the workers have become d.
perate because of lack Of food and
general war WEAKNESS.
There is an evident connection 81
the strike movement with the neoo-
tiations at Brest- Litovsk, which have
encouraged the socialists to insist
that the war shall not be prolonged
merely for the purpose of territorial
aggression.
Nhlie most newspapers here at
tach the greatest Importance to the
lpheaval and some infer that tha
Austrian government is encouraginr
he movement in genuine endeavor
TO promote peace, the fact that the
has permitted reports to
)e telegraphed from Vienna with un-
"onted freedom, suggests to other
commentators that there may be
ieilperate purpose behind the license
tllowed in Vienna.
Refuse to Fire on Crowds.
The Daily Mail. for instance, sugr
rests that ii may be a case OF sham
ning death to impress the labor par
les of the entente countries with the
dea that Austria is ready to accept
bolshevik peace. Reports from
switzerland mention the arrest of
'eace demonstrators at some places in
AUSTRIA. Clashes between hungry CT
ilians and soldiers are reported,
While in some instances it is said the
oldiers refused to fire on the demon
traitors when ordered to do so. At
iratz. where the trouble is acute, the
oldiers abandoned their loaded ma
hine guns to the rioters.
German newspaper reports that DIR.
on Seydler, the Austrian premier.
as resigned and that DR.. Wekerle,
he Hungarian premier, has deter-
1ined to9retire next month. are not
Imported by any official announces
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