Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-12
feed AUSTRIA
IS PLEA TO ALLIES
Chancellor Renner in Paris Ap'
peaIs to Supreme Council
for Quick Aid
HAVE FLOUR FOR SIX DAYS

Paris, Dec, 12.--Austria must have
help from the Allies 10 save her from
famine and bankruptcy. Chancellor
Karl Renner. of the Austrian republic,
told the Associated Press in eK-
planning his presence in Paris, where
council the facts of the situation.
When | left Vienna we had only
5000 tons of -four for $3.50 900 people,
a supply for six days only" said Doctor
Renner Children are dying Of hunger
and cold in Vienna. and SO per cent OF
those between nine months and three
years of age are suffering with ricketts,.
The loss Of weight by nursing mothers
is serious, resulting in the diminution
of the nursing capacity.
For these reasons il is Of utmost
Importance that supplies go forward at
once. even while we are in Paris
awaiting the result of the negotiations
for credits, because weeks must pass be
fore supplies ordered even now can
reach Austria
by help. I mean such assistance as
will facilitate our task of keeping our
nation alive and at the same time OF
fulfilling our obligations to the allied
powers.
Crown Down 10 One .Thirtieth
we are now paying thirty prices
for everything we buy. That is to say,
the crown has deprecated TO one thir-
tleth of its normal value. At tho same
time, VIC have exhausted our resources
in securities and we have nothing left
hut the resources. which. according to
Article 1917 of the treaty Of St. Gcrmsln
are mortgaged to the Allies for pay
ment of reparations.
Il 8m going to ask the supreme Coun b
eli to release from that mortgage n suf
1cient amount of our national wealth
to form the basis of security for loaus
that are needed absolutely to insure the
feeding of our people What We need
first is long term credit abroad OF
500, 900 900 with which 10 procure
food until the end of October, 1920
In the second place, we need further
credit so we may pay our debts eventu
ally.
"Humsnitarsnism and moral prin
ciples, apart from the interest of the
Allies, demand that a people indebted
TO them he safe from catastrophe. Their
future assured and their fortune saved
from dilapidaticn The crown, now
WOTt0 one ~InlrIlPln OF lLb VAlup, VII
not remain at this point and il woulC
be rank injustice to expect Austria tC
pay its debts on this basis, although per
mitting others to make immense profits
out of the fluctuations of exchange,
Must Have Help or Perish
Our existence and working capacity
must be assured by co operation from
those to whom we are obligated, at leas
for several months in advance, If We
are to save the situation. We have sole
all our foreign securities, have pledged
everything available and have triet
every way to keep afoat since las
August, with the result that there ha
been an enormous impoverishment o
our resources and most alarming de
probation of our currency"
Doctor Repner emphasized that th
Austrian home supply would take car
of only one third of the needs of tn
nation and that the countries on whicl
Austria naturally depended. Hungar
and Czecho Slovakia, had been unabl
| to come to the aid of the Austrians be
cause of transportation difficulties an,
other obstacles.
"There is no district in Austria to
day." he said. that has more than
| few days of provisions. -four and bread
and our requirements represent an ex
penditure of $1,000, 900 monthly fo
grain. 81 900, 900 for meat, SO 900 ,00
for fats, and $500, 900 for condense
milk."S