Show EMPEROR I CHARLES CHARlESI CHARLESi I t I AIDS IN FOOD AND NU FUEL SHORTAGE New Regime Continues Official Oft Of Of- Cleanup Mills I I Again Running IC Cj 1 rn to in to Tiro Th The Telegram mL I VIENNA Feb 20 O Via London Feb 22 Tho 2 Tito The Intensely cold weather has 1 passed and a thaw has set sel In which has solved the fuel difficulty of or I Vienna and incidentally greatly facilitated fa ta- the importation of or foodstuffs I The Tho flour mills which were shut shutdown down i owing to frozen rivers are again in operation and full bread rations arcI are arc J I once more In force I Emperor Charles harle lice has been a n tireless tireless tire- tire i less worker In the tho campaign to reI re- re l 1 I hove o economic conditions and the imperial im irn- I pedal teams are aro still hauling coal forthe for tho the I I Sight of ot the blooded stock heretofore hereto hereto- fore only harnessed to slate stale coaches I hauling heavy coal trucks is one o of the curious wartime incidents In tho the Austrian capital The emperor recently recent recent- I i l ly banished wheat bread from Crom th the officers officers' of- of otI I i mess mesa at army headquarters antI and I I I i I i had both bolh wheat bread and flour ro roo moved from rom a n special train Which was wag taking his brother Archduke fan lan Ian to Constantinople In Issuing this latter order the tho emperor remarked that if the common soldiers the peo- peo plo and himself were contented with black broad bread tho the party part on en the tho train should bo ho also CARS STILL RUN Another result of ot the tile monarchs monarch's in in- tr has been that Vienna VInna streetcars street streetcars cars are arc still running day and night Dr Ur tho rho burgomaster 1 decided that no cars should be beI I Continued on page 3 3 I I I I EMPEROR AIDS IN FOOD CRISIS Continued from page 2 run ron between 9 in the morning and 5 in the afternoon After Arter a talk with the emperor over the telephone however how- how ever over the head of or the municipality changed his mind In order to avoid sidestepping by the city council the emperor himself fixed the tile number of or cars which were to run Some official circles in Vienna and elsewhere throughout the empire have not yet recovered from the shock I caused by the energetic methods of ot Emperor Francis Josephs Joseph's young suc suc- cessor Red tape has been cut right and left and official heads continue to fall in the general cleanup which is still going on It Is IB a sad time for tor certain army officers who have havo been enjoying staff sinecures In one instance instance instance in in- stance the emperor sent a batch of ot seventy to the tho front and replaced I them by y Invalided officers SOME RESIGN While the tho official classes were at first inclined to offer passive resistance resistance resist resist- ance to the emperor they have now resigned themselves to the Inevitable Those who feel the tho pace of ot the new regime too fast are arc resigning while the tho rest are arc attempting to live up to the monarchs monarch's demands for hard work efficiency and punctuality The energy and force of at character displayed by the young emperor are attributed b by those who know him to the fact that he was reared in what was far from tram the tho lap of luxury comparatively comparatively com com- speaking His branch of or orthe the imperial family was notoriously poor and before ho became heir apparent apparent ap ap- parent he lie was often actual actually hard up |