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Show RICII FLOUT POOR REFUGEESII VIENNA Aristocracy Live Gay Lives and Refuse to Help Starving Starv-ing War Victims. By International News Service. LONDON Dec 24 The Evening News has received from a correspondent ln Vienna whom It describes as a neutral correspondent, the following amazing description of conditions In the Austrian capital The ble railway station at Vienna presents an astonishing sight. Wounded soldiers and refugees are everywhere Outside the station It is the same In the large central streets ln the parks before the churches and on the broad footways of the s de streets thero are un Interrupted processions of tired famis ed looking refugees Most of these refugees are from Gallcla, but thousands of them are from other provinces. A subscription which wss started for the refugees was unsuccessful-Vienna unsuccessful-Vienna has been invaded by an enor rnous number of women children and old men penniless without c othes nd wl h no means of subsistence The go ernment has sent from 60 000 to 70 000 of the fugi tlves to the towns of the west but there the phenomenon repeats tself on a smaller sea e There has been an enormous Increase In the prices of foodstuffs M lk flour potatoes and meat are now sold at dou ble the usual tariff Eggs bring from 8 to 10 cents each .... Most of the ho els are fll ed wit the faml lea of the Gallclan aristocracy These are II Ing a very gay f ri o o s and cx pensl e 1 fe I ha e never seen a more insoent or a ess appropr ate display of wealth The rich Gallcians s ow no in cl nat on to he p the poorer refugees Outside the sstons there are crowds of persons awaiting the arrival of sol d ere hoping to get news from tl ose at thVearly all the decently dressed Vlen nese people wear mourn ng with Ted rross armlets The number of womded InTfenna aslon hlng All the schoo s pubic b Id ngs assenbly rooms and most of the theaters and rrov g picture paces ha e been tuned into hospte is. The war loan seems to have been an absolute failure Nobody wants the Shares The few mlU ons which were subscribed were taken; large y bj gov ernment emp oyees who were forced to d In allpo is brc-ik ng out i the poorer quarters also cho e a. During one wee more than 600 lives were taken by this terr b e disease , - At night the town Is darker than Lon don Coal Is a luxury It s an absolute imposslb ty to get any f om the West phi an m nes Gas has near y doub d n p cc There are no amusen ents |