Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-01-30
SLAV PEOPLES
ONE AMBITION
NOW is PEACE
Early Return of Stable Eco
nOmic Condition Aim,
Says Britisher.
HUNGARY WANTS RULER

LONDON. Jan. S0.-Peace and tran
guilty rather than political questions
are uppermost in the minds Of the
people in the territory that was once the
Austro- Hungarian empire, in the opin-
ion of Sir William Goode, K. B. E.,
director of British food relief In Eu-
rope The chief yearning Of the peo-
pie, Sir William asserts, is for return
to stable, peace-time economic condl-
lions that will relieve the precarious in
dustrial situation that now obtains. Inc
problem, Sir william believes, is an ex-
ceedingly grave one.
A review of conditions he discovered
during a recent visit to the former
domain of the Hapsburgs and his opin-
ions regarding the situation there was
given by Sir William as follows:
VIENNA IN CURIOUS
POSITION NOW.
THE position of Vienna is a very
curious one today. Once one Of the
capitals of Europe, it still has a pop
ulation of two and half million peo-
pie, but what can the tiny Austrian
state, with only six and a half million
Inhabitants in all, do to support so great
a city? From the economic point Of
view I fail to see how Vienna can re-
main as it was in the days Of Austro-
Hungarian empire. There will probably
not be a convulsive process Of depopu-
lation, but the Viennese will go away
from their birthplace in numbers in the
course of time, and likewise many Aus
TRANS of the country districts. Some,
for instance, will go to South America.
The emigration will be gradual and auto
matte. With regard to the existing Aus
trian government, it's position is a very
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to be long-liYed which can not supply
the people with the basic necessities Of
life. I should not like to be the mem
Der OF a government to go to the con-
stituents without being able to offer thea
coal and with very little food in the
land.
'I did not notice strong feeling foT
union with Germany among the Austri-
ans. 1t must, however, be remembered
that President Reisch and Chancellor
Renner have both publicly discussed the
advantages Of a political union with Ger.
BACKS TO WALL
IN ALL COUNTRIES.
"In all the countries visited the
people have their backs to the wall,
and are more concerned with the de-
sire for peace and tranquility than with
political questions, although in Hungary
there is a definite wish for monarchy.
In Czecho-Slovakia they are settlins
down, but there is a shortage there of
coal and raw material. In RoumanSa
they have a food surplus for export,
yet no means Of transport. It Is the
same in Jugo-Slavia.
"The people of Belgrade feel very Bit
terly the doings of d'Annunzio at Fiume
and along the Dalmatian coast, but they
exhibited much restraint / thought Ev-
crywhere the people need raw materials
to work up. Credits abroad are required
for them to obtain raw materials. Eng
land will be able to do more If the
United States comes in The Jugo-SIavs
are so immersed in their own economic
difficulties and desperate situation tina.
they have little time to think Of anything
else. Peace and credit are the things
they need. Bolshevism is on the decline
all through southern Europe, despite the
privations the people have had to face.
The HungarianS learned the lesson that
bolshevism does not supply food. l.
there were no food and no coal of
course, there might be an outbreak OF
complete anarchy.
HUNGARIANS OPENLY
FAVOR MONARCHY.
m. Huszar, the new head Of the gov
eminent Of Hungary, openly favors the
return VI the mOnaTCQlCal system. he is
approved by the allies, who oppose a
Hapsburg restoration in Hungary, al
though new dynasty might pass mus
ter They are much better off for food
in Budapest than in Vienna. Lack of
coal and wood and the utter demorali-
cation of the transport system form Sc
rious difficulties, nevertheless. The Rou-
manian occupation contributed very large
" to the present shortcomings in the
Transport facilities of Hungary.
There is no likelihood of any great
restoration movement in what was once
the empire of the Hapsburgs The
Czecho-Slovaks and the Jugo-Slavs hate
the Austrians and the Austrians hate
them. What has meant the making Of
pne has meant the unmaking of the other.
certainly during the last two months all
these countries have begun to realize
their own interests by inaugurating
fTeer economic intercourse among them
selves. This was most urgently needed
The fundamental policy in central Eu-
rope must be the insistence on the inter
change Of the basic necessities of Life
between all the states"
Mrs P9nkh1Trcf Cans