The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-10-13

ton now. by this Is meant, 10 Sne d FoSf
cal national unit? There are those who
believe that survival is impossible. Many
Americans have expressed this opinion.
How far they have gone into the ques-
ton. do not know. These hopeless OBJ
servations. as printed. have not been &C
companied by analyses. An investigation
OF these does not Justify the sentence OF
death which has been pronounced.
Many believe that. the welfare OF the
Austrians would be promoted If she were
annexed to Germany, but that is quite
aside from this discussion. She has al
most twice as many inhabitants as swift
erland. In fact. her territory exceeds
that of Holland and Belgium combined.
She has no credit, Her financial affairs
are a nightmare She Is not properly
organized for the collection Of taxes De-
. flcIts are met with daily output OF the
printing presses, which grind out millions
and millions OF kronen.
The fundamental thing that is lacking
is an established and recognized authori-
ty The members of government month
ago had no hope Of a continued tenure
beyond. the hour. They all realized that
anything was likely to happen. The gov
eminent OF Austria owns the railroads ana
. nothing is In worse shape than the facih
ties OF transportation
At the outbreak of the war. the army
was recruited in part from the employees
OF the railroads The vacancies were
filled at first with men not physically
able TO go to war, and later women were
employed. When peace was declared ana
the firemen, engineers, swttchmen. con-
ductors. etc, resumed their old positions
the substitutes were not discharged. For
~ ner cent of the force could at that
time have cen let out without any I'M
pairment Of efficiency. The necessary
step was not taken because it meant an
increase in the number Of unemployed
and the government was afraid OF an IN
favorable political reaction.
A high official stated that a regulA'lon
had been promulgated recently providing
that certain classes of employees that had
been taken on subsequent to 1914 would
no longer be needed. but 1.-The chances
are" he continued they will not quit
and there IS not sufficient vitality IN our
governmental agencies to make them do
so"
Priest -akes Blu Part
In Reg ring Order
This circumstance is an index to the
uuSy lying conditions. The government
a. i BORING as best it can. Chanceltor
- vel, who Is a priest Of the Cathonc
church, is an able, enthusiastic, hopefrS
COURAGEOUS figure and Is doing seemingly
as we'll as anyone else could in the cir
cumstances
The church or rather its membership
by the sheer force OF events became
part of the active political life OF the ma
ton OF the three parties, the strongest
are the Social-Democrats and the C hIlS-
tlan-Soclalists Many Of the Social
Democratic leaders, in their extreme
views. forget the religious tenets or
their fathers and made open pronounce
ment against both the church ana rem
gion The opposition to this naturaly
conferred in the church. The women gave
their support to the Christian Socialists
and as 1t turned out they were tAe o@l-
ance OF power. ,.-,-
One-third Of the population Of Austria
is In Vienna which is located IN the
northeast corner Of the country. Inc
municipal and provincial governments OF
Vienna are in the hands of the SOCIAL
Democrats. They have imposed many III
wise measures. AS an instance the pro-
hIbition against any increase IN rents'
has imDerIled property rights. The IN
come from apartment houses IS not
enough to pay for broken window glass
An American we knew is living In
handsome ten-room apartment fronting
one of the Vienna parks. On Riverside
drive II would bring $4,000 or more
wear In rentals The occupant pays IN
American money two dollars year
Vienna Alone In
"FooPs Paradise"
fear that too many of the students Of
the Austrian question have approached II
from the local viewpoint OF NASllli1 oAO4AC'
Certainly we saw none Of them either IN
the AGRICULTURAL districts, the Industrial
center OF Linz, or in the numbering re-
Rions Many Americans are visiting
Salzburg but the opera Is the attraction
there.
We motored a day and a half and saw
hut few automobiles. In Vienna, the
hours Of labor have been shortened, wages
hive advanced with the decline of the
kronen and industry has continued on
the down grade. Our first meal in Aus
tria was at Bregenz. 1t is located in the
Tyrol region on the extreme western
frontier. The food supply was short, but
fortunately fishermen had brought IN
from the lake that day good sized eaten.
The cost Of the meal for four persons was
two hundred thousand kronen. Before
the war that would have been approx
mateIy $4,000. The krone was then
fifty, thousand to the dollar. 1t is now
approximately one hundred thousand.
There was no evidence of under nour-
ished children in the agricultural re-
gionR, nor in the mountains. The crop
WELD was fairly good; the fertility OF the
soil has suffered some because of the
high cost Of chemical or bone fertil1zer'
Men, women and children were laborins
in the fields. Wheat had been, cut and
threshing was going on.
Every grain counts, not only in Aus
trfa. but in other countries as well
1'his was shown by the fact that children
were picking up heads of wheat that had
fallen off the stalk during the harvest
we saw this in Bavaria. Austria and
Czechoslovakia.
We entered Vienna at night time. The
place was poorly lighted and cherries
There is a shortage of coal. and, unlike
Switzerland. Austria has done practically
nothing with her water power resources
the chief. reason being that the Hapspur&s
and the junker class owned the coal
mines under the old order. The people
OF Vienna were the most hopeful we saw
anywhere. As travellers know, 1t was a
beautiful city. In many respects it still
is The Viennese love the place. Their
numbers have been augmented by the
thousands of Germans who had been liv-
ing in old Servia and in other succession
states They are devoted to music.
Hungry Vienna 10
Heartensd' BY Music.