Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-07-07

New York.-An interesting picture
of conditions in Austria Is given In the
following article written for the Ne"
York Herald by w. John Lenglel'
French journalist attached TO the
Jananese military mission in vienna
After having been year in Austria
I have come to the conclusion that tne
country specializes in the art Oh pes
R,nC and insulting. These TWO ldu't'
combined have been brought 10 such
a height that the people have los'
every sense of dignity and their "hoie
character.
This is specially clear to the TOT
eigner who stays good deal III Vlenlia'
The foreigner who merely passeS
through brings nothing back Dut
remembrance of more or less gay eve
nings and of fantastic figures OF worth
less currency; but he who has 70 ilVe
there and take part in the axaryday
life of Vienna, especially If he take
the trouble to look deeply INTO 'he
heart of things, is certainly conVlhceu
that side by side with a certain misery
in the lower middle classes and prlVa-
lions among the upper classes, theie
exists among the new rich scilieO-
ers'-an Indifference to all the inter-
ests of Austria which is hardly belleV-
able.
The "schieber" may be the middle
man of business transactions, or even
the business man quite simply. Inc
"schieber" Is also the bucket shop
keeper." who speculates illegally IN
exchange, who leads the freihandei
(free commerce), and it is he VINO
piles up bundles of bank notes
single one of which he will not spehu
unless It bring him the equivalent III
pleasures or goods. The interest OF MS
country? He laughs at 1t as at
splendid joke-the starving children
can be looked after by foreigners. lie
can eat white bread and he does SO
without scruple. He can drink cham
payne at 5000 crowns bottle. lie
provides his wife with magnificent furs
and precious jewels. He knows no
duty but that OF spending the money
which he has gained by exploiting MS
countrymen in pleasures and luXurles.
He is the immoral being who has
sprung from the Austrian soil since
misery spread over the land.
The VaIute All important.
When the little bourgeois or shop
keeper smells the foreigner, he imme-
diately sizes up his 'Valute." You are
treated in accordance with the value
of your national currency and the shop
man tries to convince you that II ne
charges you three times as much as
Austrians are charged he is sun
rendering you a great service: was
macht das dem In hire Valute!
(What does it matter compared 10
the value of your moneyO This be-
comes as familiar az the greeting you
get when you go into shop. II you
are good natured you will simply
accept this as part of the business,
Worse things exist, for the Austrian
hos brought the art of begging to such
), MITCH that he has made the whole
world DeIeNe IN MN, anu the "ii'iS
world-England and the United States
at the head-allows itself to be fooled
Committees have been formed-Aus-
tria has been helped on every side
her children have been sent to every
country to be nourished and cared for :
and when they come back from these
countries, dressed in new clothes ana
improved morally and physically their
parents say: After all, 1t Is not much
you see, the clothes are not
chic: the stuff is not of the best quality,
and the food, well, they do not trouble
much about food over there"
However, when one of their chill
dren comes back, they do their best to
send another over to the same condl'
lions that means another
less to bother about
The man who lives In Vienna ana
reads advertisements in the English
papers about starving Vienna cannot