The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-14
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but point 10 their tcxtilce. their
sugar and their coal. Their textile
industries arr comparable 10 those
81 Manchester. their iron Industries
with thonc 90 pT,tHburg Bohcmian
glass and porcclalnH are known
thrmout the world
IAN these struggling Gre ho-SlayH
ask r. credit and q chance 10 work
They want nothing Tor nothing. but
vii ray Tor every pound % food and
raw materials. u America ALI help
them 10 Rct upon their feet now"
Dr Taylor declared the people Of
Austria Hungary rtAitxe that they
are thoroiy beaten Aside from a few
artatoerata On German Austria, no
says. this entire people iH thoroly dis
illusioned about tho Germans.
Bolshcyism. pr Taylor declared. b.
threatening TO make ramd progrosn
in the various units that oncc made
up tho AuHiro- Hungarian empire.
There "a no spirit 81 Bolahc,iam
among tho CErcho- Slays." he tslid.
hut i, ~ coming al them from the
outside BolshrviatH from industrial
ccntera are urging the CDccho work
,ra TO seize the shops and mines, de-
claring everybody has money Ia Rus
via except the rich The Bolshoviai
propaganda among the Czech coal
fields 81 coming from prussiRn Silcnia
Food and work are the only cf-
fective weapons with which 10 fight
Bolahevist propaganda
As 10 tho food situation. Or. Taylor
said There n great shortage OF
potatoes. did not &c potato IN
tho markets Of Prague. budapest or
vienna There "a less than % per
cent Of n normal supply 81 milk
Meat - scarce. The poor live on
coarse bread. cabbage. turnips and
roots commonly used FOR cattle feed
The fat ration Is co grams weekly
There - some tea. but no coffee"
tuberculosis and other diseases due
to undcrnouriHhment are widespread
the Investigator said Tho death rate
among infants and old persons in FAR
above normal Hospitals are IN ter
rible condition. having been stripped
Of equipment by tho Austrian armies
In Austro-Hungary
There So striking difference be-
tween Germans and Austro- HunEar-
ians IN regard to their attitude
toward their former countrymcn who
I've in the United States. pr Taylor
points out. lie was told by Germans
In Switzerland that the Germans will
never forgive their countrymcn in
America who remained loyal 20 the
United Sintca. on the other hand.
he learned. Austro Hungarians look
upon loyalty TO America on the part
OF Americans from Austro- Hungary
as n virtue Americans and English
men were not interncd IN Austro-
Hungary during the war. but had
the same rights as neutrals
Socialists and Germans IN Austria.
according 60 DR. Taylor. are support
ing tho movement for joining Ger
man Austria 10 Bavaria.
The strccts arc filled with the job
less since rehabilitation began I'm tho
Austru- Hungarian countries. En-
listed men. Dr. Taylor noticed. ignore
their own officers but do not fail
to salute American and British Of
ficcrs. only one train a day Is run
from one large city TO another.
Vienna. Prague and budapest are
almost in darkness az night. because
here Is not enough coal above ground
TO permit lighting
"In gptte of such conditions" SAWS
Dr Taylor. there rs only optimism
and determination among tho Czccho-
Slavs. only the czech language Isl
spoken among the intensely national
istic Czechs. German signs have
been removed from the shops. But
their own oppression has not caused
the Czechs to lose their sense OF fair
ness Tho Germans In Prague speak
their own language unmolcsted"