Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-11-26 | Page 7 | Sympathy for Austria

to h hj j I J Sympathy for Austria I F FV EW V citizens of America will be inclined to entertain a feeling r. r of pf pity for the once proud and important nation of Austria as ask k J resented by the dual monarchy of Hungary Austria-Hungary because of the l ie fact ft that that country was Germanys Germany's chief cohort in the world ophe X Austria or the Vienna government merely was the tool of lany nany and perhaps a willing tool toot Its destinies were so linked 1 those of Germany that it would have been impossible for fort t 1 du dual l monarchy to act otherwise even had it desired to do so i fj Austria however has reaped the whirlwind to a greater extent t 1 tr than than than Germany the instigator of the plot to rob the world of f kl I. I erty or of either of the other two members of the central fT p frs rs ermany and each of the other two nations have have been been forced Jt up p parts of their possessions but they still remain important r. r t of territory and population r 1 As s to Austria however it has been dismembered t to such an anI I IV l nJ that now it is but a shadow of its former greatness both iS s fl territory and population It has in fact been so weakened even CVen ev n little Serbia with which Hungary Austria-Hungary picked the stated d quarrel that hat brought about the world war now can t tf 1 it with impunity it can n be no doubt that the skeleton of the tue former dual 0 1 is burdened with debts that would have haye been a full weight i il It original ginal strength and virtually is bankrupt is is- shown by the comparison of crowns ling ilig of the bank of Austria in t 1914 9 t 4 against a dept debt de t at pres- pres f ic e enormous enormous sum of crowns The finan- finan l of the country is indicated by the prevailing rate rateb I. I y b b ge ge of tO 7 to of a cent as against a par of 2026 cent cents it ps Austria received her just deserts deser s but if this be true tru e other miscreants off with sentences got very light tight