Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1921-07-21
AUSTRIA SPECIAlII
OF BECCIal
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New York.-An interesting pstsure
Of conditions In Austria Is given in ff=<
following article written for the Nex
York Herald by w. John Lenglet. !
French journalist attached 10 the
japanese military mission In vienna:
After having been a year In Austria
| have come TO the conclusion that the
country specializes In the art Of beg
ging and insulting. These two faults
combined have been brought TO such
a height that the people HaNl 4zssz<
every sense Of dignity and their wioie
character.
This Is specially clear TO the for
eIgner who stays good deal in Vienna.
The foreigner who merely passes
through brings nothing back but
remembrance of more or less gay eve
nings and of fantastic figures OF worth
less currency; but be who has 10 live
there and take part In the everyday
life of Vienna, especially II he take
the trouble TO look deeply into the
heart of things. is certainly convinced
that side by side with n certain misery
In the lower middle classes and priva-
tions among the upper classes, there
exists aWOnG the new rich-"sch'eb-
ers'' AN Indifference TO ail the inter-
esis of AuNrla which is hardly beliey-
able. 81
The "schleber" may be the middle
man of business transactions. or even
the business man quite simply. The
"Schcher' Is also the bucket shop
Keeper" who SpeculateS Illegally In
exchange. vino leads the freihandel
Gree commerCe). and IL Is he who
piles up bundles of hank notes.
single one Of which he will not spend
unless II bring him the equivalent in
pleasures or goods. The interest of his
country? lie laughs NJ II rs at
splendid jnkc-ihe starving children
cnI he looked after nv foreigners. He
can eat white bread and he does SO
without Scruple. T. can drink cham
plgne AT 5000 crowns hottie. lie
provides his wife with magnificent furs
and precious jewels. He knows no
duty but that of spending the money.
which he has gained 10y exploiting his
countrymen in pleasures and luxuT,es.
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 immes,
diately sizes up his "Valute." You are
treated In accordance with the value
man tries to convince you that ifthe
charges you three times as much as
AusirianS are charged he Is stiii
rendering you n great service: WAS
macht das drnn in HIRE :. mufe!
t,yhat does Il mattes,av,s Jared to
the value Of your montss9uS fhis be-
comes as familiar as the greeting you
get when you go into shop. II you
are good naiured you will simply
accept this as part of the business.
Worse things exist. for the Austrian
has brought the art nf re%ring 10 such
a mitch that he has made the whole
world believe in him. and the whole
wnrld-England and the United States
at the head-allowS itself to he fooled!
Committees have been formei-Aus-
tria has been helped on every side
her children have been sent To every
country to be nourishcd and cared for;
and when they come back from these
countries, dressed In new clothes anu
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 condi-
tions that means another
less TO bother about!
| The man who lives in Vienna ana
reads advertisements In the English
napers about starving Vienna cannot
help pitying the naivete Of the peo-
pIe In England and other countries
who send money for the children who
are supposed to he dying In the
streets. These advertisements are
| only SptCuluiiOu Oh bhC SVou A~'e"
Of the public; and the public who
subscribe are robbed twice over; first
Of their confidence; secondly, Of their
money.
Il I do not suggest that the commit
tees who insert these advertisements
are not acting In coed faith, but that
they are themselves victims to the
exploItatiOns of the Austrians and
Il Journalists ~ Austrian pay. who are
determined TO get as nue. sympathy
for Austria and as much money as
possible out of the foreigner.
At one time the Austrian was In
need Of material help. This help was
given him so generously that he ex
poets IL to go on forever.
MuIeted by Drivers.
What do some guilders, francs. dol
lars or pounds matter to the foreign
err "Na, ja, aber nit thren Valu
tenr' (Well. with the value Of thei
money! and as the value o
outside money is better than Austrian
currency, why should not the for
eIgner help Austria? At least that 4
how the Austrian reasons. He neve
asks himself who created this stu
alton in his land.
In all classes you meet the sam
phcnomenon. For instance, IL yo
i take a taxi. when you arrive at you
door the driver asks you smilingi