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Show DESPERATE STATE OF AFFAIRSJI AUSTRIA Slavonic Soldiers Desert Army, Women Precipi tate Bread Riot (Bpeelal Cable by Arrangement vl b LondoD Daily Tele apb aod IctrrLarioaal Newa Btrrlcm ) ZURICH, Aug 30 (delayed) Fugitive f om Austria are g vlng graph! desrip Hons of the peril of the whole oun n Reports of mutinies In many of the regi ments of Slavonic soldiers a e fu y cod fl med The Slavonic populat on n manv parts of the country is said to be wildly agitated arid on the verge of open re bel Ion It la known in Vienna, the refu ees sta e that large bod es of Austrian t oops ngaged in the cam pa gn aga net Ser a deserted to the enemy and were disarmed and d sbanded on Servian so 1 afte g vlng pledges of good conduct-Many conduct-Many of them are now engaged n reap ng1 the Servian harvest and do ng other neglected work-in work-in all the Austrian manufacturing towns unemployment Is deeared to be rea ns such dimensions tha the con d tion f the greater part of the popula tlon despe ate The women of Bnu ma ch ng in procession to the mun pal headquarters demanded work or bread and being den ed bo h broke shop win dows and perpetrated man deeds o violence The pol ce both mounted and ; foot, were called out to d sparse the no ers among whom there was not ons ! man The fury of the women is sa d o ha e been extraordinary Thej resisted he police with abso ute feroc y Man women and pol cemen were nju ed be fore order was final y es o ed, mi a riots led by women ha e taken place at Prague and Pilsen A profound gl om has settled o er v enna. Owing to the strict ensorshlp of all kinds of news, the people are ent re ly Ignorant of the facta of he eltulatio but rumors wh ch are In circulat on cause then to think matters are wore than really is the case. Fear of the Kuaslan invasion has gripped the entire population to such a degree, the refugees assert, that the go eminent w II hardly be able It Is though to ho d the peop e in check when the Russian force advances further into the country The troops are being withdrawn from Bosnia and the southern and western provinces of Austria and convevpd wit a all possible baste to face the Russians in Galicla But the sp nt of the troops Is poor Those who fought on the Ser vian front er are discouraged by their defeats and the others have no enthus asm. The whole Austrian army Is de old of martial ardor The Russians as tbev advance sowly In Galicia, are ssuing proclamations printed in Polish and Ruthenlan. calling upon the peoples of these two Slavon c races to rally to the Rues an fias the flag of Slavonic unity One of these proclamations states that the czar comes to the Slavs of Austria as their liberator from the tyranny of the Hapsburgs Tn circumstances less tragic such a cla m would be humorous but today it rings true |
