Show I IANS WAIT WITH ANXIETY m FOR V NEWS NEWS' LONDON LONION Oct Ocl 9 A g.-A A news letter received rocC ro re cC d by the Reuter Telegram com corn company compau pau parry pany from V Venice reads Accor According inc to word wora received hero from Vienna the tho Austrian Austri n public is waiting litins iii in dumb patience for some definite definite clef clef- nite nito news Dews as to what is is really happening happen happen- jug ing in Galicia and alou along tho the Servian frontier Although there thero is an uneasy feeling that affairs arc are not going we well I Ifor for Austria the thc mass of the people still piu pin their faith on Germany and are confident that no matter what happens now tho the Germans will eventually savo save tho the situation Many lany others however disgusted with tho ambi ambiguous and scant scanty reports front from official sources are bc beginning to disregard the newspapers alto altogether Ever Evern since it became known that Russia Husia Rus Hus- sin sia was making such stich startling headway in iii Galicia the Vienna newspaper com comments meats ments have bave been e l mO most t guarded The editorials deal chiefly with the tho Gorman German n thus thins seeking sock seek Campaign n in western Europe ing u to divert crt public attention from the thc Austrian reverses at nt Lemberg and andalon alon along the ian Servian border but tho presence pres pros once ence of Polish rofu c s from rom Galicia added d to tho the con constant tant arrival arri of trainloads s of or wounded Bounded has hM considerably considerably consider consider- ably ul discounted tho the effects of official reticence Commerce and in industry arc are par par- paralyzed 1 throughout the tho t o dual monarchy and tho stoppage of exports threatens to lo ruin THiu some somo of the tho largest industries nota notably ly the thc sugar trade Millions of pounds of sugar suar are arc sent annually annually- from irom Austria to Great Grat Britain Ind India a and aud other points abroad Refiners are arc endeavoring nl to find some ome means of or getting their product to England b by indirect route To 10 evo the tho stress of the tho financial situation the government government govern govern- ment has decided to or organize a n war credit hank bank capital of besides besides be be- sides a number of loan institutions for advancing money without interest in m order to carry carryon on various industrial en cu- Numerous suggestions su havo have been beon Ula mado o for boycotting goods conning coming from hostile hostilo countries notably England and uld France but they the they o ha suet met with scanty support or in tho the most influential commercial common commer cial vial C circle The Tho Prague chamber of commerce refused etl to indorse such a I proposal savin saving that it would be quito at the present moment besides being dangerous for Austrian commercial commer cial i l interests later on Outside Vienna Vicuna I and Budapest the asp aspect d of the whole country is lifeless and apparently dc do of active men an and presents au an appearance of strange and oppressive quietness Great factor factories are arc com com- contY completely shut down furnaces aro aro out ant doors are aTe locked and not oven a watchman watchman watch watch- atchman man is is visible in in the tho The small towns are aro deserted save sa for a few fow ew children chil chil- dren dron hero here and amI there thore and there are arc scarf arcel oly any workers in the tho lie Gelds fields Ids The few who may lay bo be keen ticen arc aro chiefly women Nomen and occasionally occasional old men nicu menThe II The The women are arc now per performing tho most laborious tasks oven even to the loading loading load load- jn ing of freight cars Trains are aro running ou on most moat lines on restricted schedules There are hardly an any passengers and solitary soldiers may mu be a semI seen guarding guar ng stations bridges or tun tunnels neb but bo bodies ics of troops even in small numbers rarely seen All have bao gone to tho front Hell Cross Cress stations have be been n t tN ct up tip in ill the tho principal town and depots provided with vast vat num numbers of stretch I Ir T rs arc aTC rendy ready to tho the woun wounded ed The hr well m meant ant hospitality of tho the publia pub pub- ho lia in m supplying soldiers w with food deli I 1 lal ae ics cs and cigarettes is said s ud to to- toha ha have hacI c chad I Lad hall au an w unfortunate effect on ou the pals pt-as ant soldiers ol who ho are arc not accustomed to such huch fare consumed o I given iven theta them greedily and aud became sink sinkin in t lon consequence eQ I I. I The Tho question fJ of the the- unemployed is isI is I a serious serious proportions j I iu ill iu Vienna and aud Bu Budapest Man Manhim lion him have b been D given gi Ji D work in t the e Construction con Con- on of along the tho i Danube in tho neighborhood of Vienna and aud au hundreds more maro have Q been een sent front from I the towns into tho the country to work inthe in inI I f the he fields The Austrian peasants p peasants a ants are arc aroi i displaying great groat reat in ingenuity in in exploit exploiting ing in the thc state Thc They refuse c to pa pay ett city y II workers any wa wages cs at all and house hous stud and feed them m miserably For Por this they 1 claim from the tho state stale l 1 1 shillings for each cah worker per day dav The Th government hoever how ho I ever l' declined to yield to L' L such c i taut demands In Vienna funds arc arcI boiu being rui raised c to feed the tho unemployed J I I but tho demand is constantly increasing since besides the thc unemployed the tho city cily I is crowded with Lifo Life iu in Vienna pursues much tho ilio same ame course as before the war Cafes I I nur anti and restaurants are filled fille and some some- of the the- th theatres are ar open The Thc Imperial Court ourt opera and aud tho the Court ourt theatre will willbe ill be hl opened shortly four times weekly tho the performers ht having finally agreed to to accept reduced salaries for a 3 period of four months Over half the street railway railway railway rail rail- way employees have been called into tho the ar army n- n nand and in consequence the serice serice service ser ser- vice ice ice has been greatly re reduced Nine Jino hun hundred red men have been cn engaged aged but sonic some timo limo must elapse before they aro are corn competent to run the tho trains A large number of polled police have also rejoined t tho the army arm but the city is perfectly quiet and or orderly erl So far there have been no demonstrations against the tho embassies of the thc allied powers Tho prices of foo food aro are not much above e tho thu normal although an a advance reported on the tho wholesale alo prices of wheat barley barIc and andrye andrye rye will ill affect the tho cost of flour and bread The of petroleum has risen rison considerably and many refineries have closed down dow Boring operations have havo ceased ed but exports of Galician oil to Germany have havo increased because American oil is no lou longer er arriving in its usual quantities |