Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-01-08
VIENNA IS HARDEST
HIT BY FOOD FAMINE
Of ALL Continent

ttr hn. Dec. ~ s'i Willisr! Co"Se
the British director OF relief declares
hat Vienna is the worst Of all the 1am-
line-stricken places that he visited OH
recent tour through central Europe
! Although more than 100000 TONS
of foodstuffs, at a cost of nearly SoOo'-
oov 600 have been delivered in Euro
mean relief since the signing Of the ar.
mistice, by far the greatest snare u
which, he said, had been furnlsneo oS
the United States under the dlrecuon
, Herbert Hoover. conditions are sun
n deplorable as almost TO "beggar de-
oription." A distinguished British al
my officer who had been in Vienna TOT
some time, implored him before ne
eft the Austrian capital: For coos
AXE go home and tell them Wnat II ls
ike" Sir William told his experiences
o the American Luncheon club here
Old Comforts Gone.
"I felt upon leaving Vienna salo
he, "as IL I had spent ten days IN mo
cell OF z condemned murderer who ms
given up all hope Of a reprieve. L
stayed at the best hotel but / saw no
milk anG no eggs the whole time We.
there. - the bitter told hall OF tie
.otel, orce the gayeat rendezvous H.
L. ere. the visitors M I'll ID t"gel er
in tn. & com of one lignt 'V.s"re tn'ie
uJ,, IL be forty They We y "ra I %e
shadows than representatives OF rich
Vter..a's world-famous cp!.l h'Nse IS
ptt. cd 4very afternoor Why? W
n Ell and men go there IN orie~ I" eer
the - ea warn anf. hetf.L'e they
have no work to do.
"In my office I made several expert
ments at working in overcoat and with
blankets for the staff when the ther-
mometer inside was only one degree
above freezing point Finally l deter
mined to get wood enough to light the
one small fire for two days. 1t cost
me 970 crowns, which to the V,ennese
/ s. equivalent to about 80 or 40 pounds.
Rich Bn'1l furniture.
Do YOU wonder that the well to do
eople in Vienna are burning their
furniture to light their stoves! Can
you imagine how the poor live or try
live? 1t is not unusual to see the
affic in one of the main straets which
lnais to the Genet cry k,N M hy
heatses Nine-terths AIRY the b e'e.
| ri dren.
! "In Vienna, in the palace of a for.
mer archduke, saw thousands of chill
dren( being fed with American relief
food under the control of young nav
al officer, who l was proud to recvt
nize as one Of those Americans who die
excellent work in the early days Of thu
commission for relief in Belgium. Oul
own British relief missions, both IL
Austria and In Hungary, and mum
Der of unofficial British workers are
doing everything possibleto stem thu
tide of distress"
In Serbia alone, Sir William declared
there are 100000 fatherless children
most of whom are suffering from hun.
ger and exposure.
Breeds Bolshevism.
| ut seems to me that you cannot tri.
fle with starvation and privation IT
central Europe such as prevails toda,
In Vienna without running the risk O.
a carnival Of bolshevism which woult
probably not be confined to this con
tinent. l do not want to cry wolf ant
] am rather inclined to think that boil
shevism has been used too much as
bogy, but anyone with half an eye mus
realize that if, as a result of apparent!
legitimate grievances, forces of unres
are loosed in the heart Of Europe, tn,
: whole world the United States as wei
as ourselves, will be menaced"
Sir William declared that first an,
b foremost among the causes of the pres
6 ent situation in central Europe is tn
delay in making peace.
: 1T scarcely seems to be realized il
the United Kingdom" he continued