Show I DISEASE RAMPANT AND FOOD SCARCE IN VIENNA WRITES CORRESPONDENT Petit Journal Journ of Paris Publishes Gloomy Account o of of Conditions eon Con on- on jn in the Austrian Capital Which Is on Verge of Starvation I. I S PARIS Oct 16 The 16 Petit Journal of Paris Parja received received- from a correspondent correspondent correspondent dent a gloomy descriptive account of conditions in Vienna It Is no longer permitted he says says to take a stroll stroll-In stroll in the surroundings of ot the capital where elite society used to hav have their gatherings The picturesque suburbs with their villas and mansions as well as the forests and mountains In their vicinity are closed to o the civilian population Troops are camping there and have the beauty of the landscape by y their trenches Nor is the setting up of ot big guns calculated to enhance the general aspect of ot he the scenery Vienna is nothing but a a. citadel Inthe Inthe in inthe the center of ot an immense fortified camp Life has become almost unbearable able Everything is outrageously dear and what is worse still money nony Is scarce and it is almost impossible to procure any resources A pound of meat costs more than ten francs about 2 and one cannot always i get it for or on two days of ot the week T lIa and Friday tho sale of beef beet veal veat mutton and pork is pr pro pro- h Those two days chicken and eggs egg are the only substantial victuals available bu but as os th the prices es 88 asked ed for these commodities are exorbitant I most people have to be satisfied with vegetables for their meals tion of bread is still subject to limi- limi tation T I receive my dally daily allowance card calling a quantity y of grams as soon as I get down for breakfast in morning The most modest dinner in the restaurant of ot my hotel costs me at least six francs The price of ot an ordinary I small steak Is 50 cents and the other ingredients o of cZ the meager meal entail enta l a a. proportionate outlay Let me say a a. few words about the war bread I receive in exchange for formy formy my coupon The article is black doughy and has all kinds of ot taste ex except except except ex- ex that of ot bread It 11 is as tible as as' as asa a piece of clay and I it fl is there ther therefore fore tore lucky that Its bad taste prevents you from eating much of it All AH sorts of combinations and mixtures s have been tried as substitutes for flour because lecause there have been many long weeks when the latter r staple could not be obtained It has been rumored that thata a tradesman trades trades- tradesman tradesman man at Prague was put In prison be i cause he had sold a composition supposedly supposedly supposedly sup sup- of corn and rye 25 per cent of which however was sawdust I Many of ot the diseases now how raging in Vienna have undoubtedly undoubtedlY- their origin I. I in similar cases of ot food adulteration lOne One can safely say that the Austrian capital Is passing through its severest exp experience of ot modern modem times Not only is the city on the v verge rge of ot actual starvation starvation star star- ration but epidemics are causing havoc among the Inhabitants Cholera Cholera Chol Chol- I era especially is giving the authorities ties Just cause cae for great anxiety |