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Show BOLSHEVinptl IMMINENT IN BERLIN Former Cleveland, Ohio, Man Among Leaders of Red Guard. - By Edward Mm Thierry " N. E. A8tff Correspondent. , VIENNA. Auatrm. via lfwit';-'land' and I 'arks, lire. 151 am the -fmt American o'-rre pondent. fo arriva -in Vienna with offjcial pasaporta, I find .three mlUloo t people in- Aua-ftrla Aua-ftrla on the elg of a Krtahevik yv break, whk-h mnv start at s"y nunuts.-I nunuts.-I thonittl quiet prevail for I Mr nivni. ut I Two machins guiu ami . rfT'. found hlddt-n' In one f.'rtury. are ut aa ludtcatlon of the preparatton tng mads for such, an outbreak. 1 . I visited .a barracks- of th.Je4 guards whsre thrVe were too men.' armed and organised by Krwin KmH. an ex-Laondoner, and Alfred Walksy. trenrly 4t viand ; "The Red guards.? amid Walker, "propose to setae the estates of the .archdukes Nfor the public benefit."' " AUSTRIAN JOURNALISTS. V I was besieged with eations -ty Vieniut Journalists as soon as I alight-e. alight-e. at the station. 1 am very much in the limelight -in the Vienna new.--, pers today. . ."Will tha allies occupy" Vienna? uVo the alius propose to rV"nntate th smperor, or will they compel" AtisV trla to Unite with the German icopler . These were the questions most frequently fre-quently asked' me. .'Austria would- welcome the Ameri- , cans. 'for the people believe their com- , ing would Insure ftrod' supplies. Ths Viennese say that the Ciecho-Slovaks Ciecho-Slovaks have refused food aud coul to Vienna-. , The. city has a three weeks supply of food, and ou( enough coal -to. last two week a, tender the present rations. C'pers.tmn of suhways has leen halted. Tramcars may be stopped and ' the supply of electricity is threatened, j Hidden stores of food, are supplying ths wealthy, and knowledgeof thia fact la stirring revolt In the lower class, whose misery Is 'unspeakable. . 1 visited ten charity kitchens, each of whilst is feed in 0OS persons dally. The ration la a half-pint of airfccuing soup, containing cabbage, potatoes and flour like sawdust..' , HORSCMCAT SUNDAY DAINTY. I On Sunday, ths ration e given tha addition of a morsel of horse meat, In recognition of the day. ' . The .family coal ration Is fifteen j pounds weelsly, atul 100 kilos 4220 jKiundai coat tu crtwns, or $ti. The-' j cigarette ration is thirty-twu weekly, i and they cost 10 rents splece. A shnv-tng shnv-tng stick ctuits 92 4t. Hutter la tld for It pounds, snd pet to be had at the price. It is forbidden to fry eggs or potatoes In grwse. 1 met Colonel 8ummeruys of the British er-my. who'bruusht food for j f,tie released British prisoners here. I "fomlng through from Italy," he I std. ."1 met a tattallon of Croatian-. I They were perfdeaed. They did .not It now whether they were holding the line or whether they were prisoners. I have met a Rritieh. girl who has seen no soap tn, three months. - A hotel proprietor aaked me when It would be -possible to advertise for American toyrlsts. . I looked at my lunch check and told him it would be quite some time. lie tusd charged cos 17.40: and Si extra, foe cof- t |