Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-09
Food VisibIy More Plentiful
Thanks to Allies Race AMI
moSitieS Fading and Radi-
CaIiSm at Low Ebb,
GERMAN POPULATION
STILL VERY BITTER
Gernan-B Bohemian lrredentism
in Northern Europe May Yet
Endanger Peace of World,
Is Fear Expressed,
Copyright, 1919. by the Press Pub
fishing Co.
(The New York WorldD
(Special cable Despatch.)


Prague May S.-The general situa-
ton here grows daily, one might say
hourly, better. Food is becoming Wis
IDLY more plentiful, and the people
are CORRESPONDENCE more contented.
Bohe ma, at any rate constitutes a
very tight little island of conserva-
tism in the middle of a sea Of red
radicalism.
In contrast to Germany and Aus
tria this country must be considered
fortunate. Our food supplies-moV-
ing in double stream from Hamburg
up the Elbe, and from Trieste up
through Jugo- -Slavia--have entirely
changed the aspect of things. In the
hotels and restaurants one gets prac-
tlcally everything. but at very high
price, ii is true.
You can scarcely eat under s. in
any public eating house. For this
you will get soup, meat, vegetables, a
plain desert and some bread. Butter
is not to be had except at breakfast.
Sugar, although there is plenty of 1t,
the governor will not allow to be used,
1t is hoped to use the countrys vast
sugar stores as a means of paying for
imports of raw materials, The gov
ernment seems willing to take the risk
of competing with tfte sugar crops Of
the tropics.
Housekeepcrs Complain.
Housekeepers appear still TO be dis
contented They complain that things
are hard to get and terribly expens-
i've. But all admit that the situation
is better by far than it was mere
glance at the faces in the streets
shows that. Also the sound of sing
ing is again heard and much more
laughter. In addition race anlmosi-
ties are fading back to the normal
l should say that Prague at tile
present time Is the most contented
town from the North Sea down to the
Adriatic. Had a similarly liberal poll
Icy been pursued in Germany and
Austria Hungary by the entente Of
sending food there would have been
now ripping mid Europe wide open.
The arrival here a short while ago
of the relief commission, whose chief
task II will be to engage in work to
bring the undernourished and sick
children back again to health and
happiness, will go far toward sup
plementing the work already done.
Yesterday and today were. the great
Easter holidays and the whole town
was very gay with the red, yellow
green and blue of the peasants cos
tunes. Young men and women COM
ng in from the country to celebrate
Easter present an appearance of
splendor unimaginable. Also all the
citizens still wear their Austrian uni
forms because clothes are too expens-
i've. and the students have bits of
green and flowers in their caps.
Meanwhile as the situation gets
more secure the government becomes
more conservative. The famous lands
appropriation law just passed amounts
to little more than a project. 1t pro-
v!des for the appropriation of all es-
tates of over one hundred and fifty
hectares. Certain exceptions, how
ever. are made. Estates including
woodland may run up to two hundred
and fifty hectares. The socialist
party will not be satisfied with this
proposal Besides, the law provides
for no ways and means by which its
provisions are to be carried out. There
will certainly be year of investiga-
tion before anything practical In the
way of appropriation can be done In
fact 1t Is quite plain that no radical
measures of any sort will be taken
until the communal elections for Of
ficers of the various local communi-
ties take place. This will prove the
strength of the various parties.
The general opinion here is that the
socialist parties will gain a majority
of the votes. In that case new cleo
ions for national parliament would
have to follow soon. However, am
not of the opinion of the local politi-
cal sharks With the mounting tide
OF popular contentment, unless human
psychology in this part of the globe
differs from that in America. the pres.
ent ruling partles-the bourgeois.
democrats and agrarians--should be
returned in the majority.
A very interesting side light on the
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