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Show DUIAD III CRITICAL roH Doubt Expressed as to Whether Vienna Controls Con-trols Empire. -By JSW. T. Mason UnKed Press War Eapert. NEW VORK, Oct. To what extent ex-tent tha 'crumbling Hapsburg empire la prepared to resist on Ita own soil before accepting the demands of the democratic nations for unconditional surrender, will be made known within a few days. The withdrawal of the Austro-Hun-gartan armiea from all occupied territory, terri-tory, which has been ordered by the Vienna government, should permit the dual monarchy to form Ita Una afreah along its own frontier by tne first of next week, if the high army romeaaaid follows the frantic direvtioaai of the civilian rulers. Thereafter, what ia left of A u stroll stro-ll unsary will have definitely abandoned aban-doned all thought of conquest, and if It continuea the war, will be fighting fight-ing aolely a Km ins t terms of unconditional uncondi-tional surrender. The ability of the Hapsburg armies j to prolong the struggle even for self i defense I huthly doubtful. The dis- integrating forces row at work with- In the empire have already made aelf preservation . impossible. Although ; Austria-Hungary continuea to be i thought of aa one country. It la very doubtful whether at thia moment the authorities at Vienna are the de facto government of the Hapsburg empire, or. Indeed, whether a Hapsburg empire em-pire now exists in anything but name. These matters will dmhim c fearer fr. p of the dual monarchy ara behind th r own boundary, after m triioiiifuf Poland, Serbia and Italv. If a si rots defensive fight can still hef made under the Hapsburg banner, the mmr in aeuthern Kumpe wt!l have to be carried well into the enemy's territory. |