Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-07-08
Austria Specializes in Art
of Begging and Insulting

they should come to the help of Aus
tria. The Austrlans think that only
fair. They do not expect otherwise
with the allies especially those OF
the entente, It Is quite another mat
Ter. The entente had dared TO refuse
inc credits requested? What pity
It's prisoners were not allowed ia
s'arVe during the war; The entente
does not want us to Join Germany
Wen, we shall do so without It's per.
mission. The time will come when we
VIII ally with Germany to fight the
entente.
mat Is the reasoning Of the Ger
man'Austrian, who the pre-war Ger.
man declared was just good enough
TO black the boots of the German
army.
have experienced moments during
which the Austrian absence of char
acter has been made clearly obvious.
returned in the company of my
wife and one of her friends one eve.
ming from Baden, little mountain
Gus place, where one goes for week
ends. As my companions were Eng
lish we talked English. The tramcar,
capable of carrying about forty pas
sengers, presently filled up. Once on
the way man standing up, typical
German, started propaganda against
foreigners, and pointing to us desig.
mated us as English or Americans
He mixed himself up In our CONVEX.
sation. He insulted us extensively in
German.
The whole compartment, consisting
of all sorts and conditions of tray.
elers, supported this man. Vulgar
coarseness succeeded to the insults
and jokes. Everything and all were
passed In review, the allied govern.
ments and their chiefs, even Pres.
dent Wilson was not forgotten. In
fact, he was spoken Of most of all
because these people took me for an
American. Then they went on to
more personal matters-ourselves, our
clothes, everything was analysed and
ridiculed. The most revolving things
were said by the best-dressed men,
and women Joined In with degraded
delight. The tram conductor laughed.
pretended not to understand. The
only thing to do with these brutes.
even heard somebody make sug.
gestion to throw us out of the tram
ut the next stopping place.
The starving children of Austria ex.
LIST mostly in the imagination of those
who earn an easy living by begging.
AS matter of fact, one does not see
more sickly-lOoking children in Vienna
than in any other large town. II
help were given to the children of the
poor, of the unemployed, of the de-
soldiers without means of |
In England, America and |
France such charity would be put to
a far better use.
Waste Of Coal and Light.
In order to save coal, France and
England ordered the dancing saloons
and theaterS to be closed earlier In the
evening. Austria did nothing of the
kind. Everything was illuminated a
"a glorno till midnight. 1t did not
natter if her subjects paid s kronen
/ kilogram for coal and her factories
we're obliged to stop work for lack Of
,oal.
While in most lands one does ones
,est to produce, the slightest incident
lere creates strike. People take
he most futile preteXt to have an ex-
"a day Of rest-and all the same they
AVE the courage to complain!
Nobody deprives himself Of pleas
ire. One Is prepared to do without
nythlng except enjoyment. 1t is not
rue that the people who go out In
he evenings are all foreigners. List
n TO the languages spoken in the
ancing saloons and cafes. Viennese-
ierman and pure German predoml.
ate. Look at the lines outside the
heaters where German plays are be-
ng produced, Austrlans certainly
orm the majority Of the frequenters.
.ook also at the rows Of taxis around
he football field on Sundays, when
wo local clubs meet. l have seen
lore than 500 of them. 1t is not the
Dreigner who pays 1000 kronen or
lore to drive to the place where the
anne goes on.