Evening star., 1921-12-04

under order. from Berlin: At drst only ieod.
but later all kinds OF stores were Loot looted.
red sign. The next day disciplined columns
would converge on that store. the avenue avenues % OF
tachments would gut the store. throwing the
contents the sidewalk. where other de-
hand according to schedule. These curious
doings seem to be over. but some say they are re-
movement planned for December
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AUSTRIA-The good behavior of tho
Viennese has long seemed to me a bit weird
and indeed unwholesome Some day.
thought there would be memorable out
break There was one on Thursday. The gov
ernment had just announced that food sub
salaries and government doles of all sorts
would soon be discontinued. great popular
demonstration of protest was being held IN
front of the parliament house when of sud
den a riot broke loose. The mob made for
the luxury stores and the great hotels and md
smashed and looted. They treated notel
guests roughly, robbing the women OF furs
and jeweiry. even in some cases tearing ear
rings from ears. Americans were among those
robbed The govefnment Is 1nGneo 10 10 is not
necessary to seek so far 1t was inevitable
that the multiplying miseries OF those nras- an-
sion. That villainous-looking. out-at-the-
heels mob the Viennese populace once
hunger and disease. The proportion of real
criminals was probably neither more nor less
these, one suspects. committed the worst ex-
The allies have promised and promis-
now at last they will set the ter meulen or
some other program in motion. Perhaps It Is
rage Of the meek however once they are
aroused, is apt to be devastating thing.
rNNFERENCE-I for
adequate discussion of the conference. Be-
sides, it isn't necessary. All the big-wigs OF
journalism are discoursing on that theme.
confine myself to a word or two.
The Japanese have not yet relinquished
their claim to a higher capital ship tonnage
total than the Hughes plan allows them Sub
committees are dealing with submarines. re-
vision of tho laws Of warfare. and 1.-The new
agencies" of warfare (poison gas. aerial
bombs. etc). The knotty question of the naval
strengths to be allowed France and Italy has
not yet been formally considered; the dis
cusson thereof promises to be lively.
The COMMITTEES on far eastern and Pacific
affairs is proceeding cautiously with Chinese
problems. The Chinese demands for tariff
autonomy had been referred to subcom-
mittee A commission of jurists is to visit
China to study the administration of justice
there. 1t Will recommend appropriate action
in response to the Chinese demand that
ercse Of extraterritorial jurisdiction in China
The demand for withdrawal of foreign post
Offices from China Is the one Chinese demand
fully conceded to date. The Chinese demand
for withdrawal of foreign troops. railway
guards police and electrical installments from
China, introduced perilous matter, still in de-
bate.
At the instance of Mr.. Hughes and Mr.
Balfour. the Japanese and Chinese delegates
agreed to dual negotiation of the shantung
question. The negotiation is already in train.
Though this negotiation is nominally apart
from the conference the event thereof Is per-
haps of critical Importance to the conference.
Behind the Chinese problems lower murki-
ly those Of Siberia. 1t is presumed that the
Presidents Informal suggestion of yearly in
ternational conferences will be forwarded by
a formal proposal of the same A logical, an
inevitable proposal.