FOOD RIOTS IN VIENNA.
A SEEIOUS OUTBEEAK. (By Cabl»—Preas Association—Copyright.) (A-uatr*li»n and N.Z. Cable Association.) VIENNA, December 2. Forty thousand workers took part in the outbreak, which was dangerously! like aa economic revolution. The wholo of Vienna's West End, containing hotela and the largest stores and restaurants, was sacked and pillaged, and heavy damage was do 110 to buildings in ifltd Eingstrasse, \one of the world's handsomest streets,. The city*was quie£ in the evening. Four hundred arreata were effected.
The pillaging included the Bristol Hotel, where the English and American guests sought refuge tin the room of) Sir William Goode, British Director otf Relief Missions. The plunderers broke open the room, rifled boxes, and stole the whole of Sir William Goodo's clothing. They threw the telephone and a slipper at (him, but both missiles missed. Tho mob also raided two banks, Smashing the windows and furniture. They stopped the tram-oars, and forced tho better-class occupants to hand over their furs and overcoats.
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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17320, 5 December 1921, Page 7
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