UNREST IN AUSTRIA.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 163, 8 July 1918, Page 2

UNREST IN AUSTRIA.

MOBS DEMAND nfißE.\Dv EXCESSES IN VIENNA. : .LONDIOX, June. 25. Latest reports froni various sources leave no doubt of the extent and the critical nature of the rpopular discontent in Austria which the defeat- of it-he offensive against. Italy is aggravating. A crowd of 50,000 took part in a :pro- , cession in Vienna yesterday evening, demanding bread and peace. 1 Ivy pil--1 aired and demolished shops, and the police charged them with drawn Many were wounded. The .principal munition factories are idle. Ukra.ine agreed on April 9 to supply {•ho Central 'Powers with 1,000,000 tons of cereals before July 1. 'Otilv 50.000 ton 1 ? have been received, of which, the bulk lias gone to Germany. Austria's troubles appear to be multiplying. It .reported at Amsterdam that a Vienna message states that the Poles are vigorously continuing their 1 opposition to the Government.. "Ma-minor Dr Seidler for the failure of the food supply, ami accusing him of working acraimst the Polish interests. The partv tinanimously caried a resolution demanding the Tonvo-ca-tion of the Reichrath. The Hague correspondent of the Times- -states that the diturhlfiWe? in Vienna arrpear to be more serious. Tramcars are he'd up fwi'd win-dow-smashing is general. The Chief of Police issued a proclamation stating that excesses would he punished witli the utmost seventy. Many workers hove struck, demanding: 'that the Government invite its enemies to negotiate peace. 1 Strikes are reported to ha-vg. . occur--1 i-.-d in all munition., factories at Buda | Pesih. and the stoppage of posta.l ~anrd! services are probable. .The coal strike threatens to deprive industries of fuelA .strike at the. State railwav works resulted! in a collision, between the eeradarmes and employees, in which four . wevo killed and 19 iirinrcd. It is seated in Amsterdam that, mes L saces from German sources do not miniimise the .turbulent condition of

Anuria arid Hungary. c Thp Lokal Anzeicer ac" r u?os the 'impotent Austrian Ministers?" of b*mg afraid nf a re.Tv,\-\ssive polirv. but -Karl 'is de'eolv pledsred. An Amsterdaln message state® that, the distress and dnswders ■in AustnaHnngarv do not vet show signs of diminution. Additional .strikes are reported from various districts, and the entire industries' of Bnd-a. Pesth are idle. Tramways have stopped, and electricity has been cut off. Count.' von Hevtline. German Chancellor. and Baron IBurian.. Austrian Foreign Miin'-t.er. are attempting to placate the Pole*. "Baron. Burian. telegraphing to the Polish Premier, hoped that tlie negotiations of the three rjovernmentp wonkl produce a ba-sis on which the Polish people would decade the future of the country. consonant with their own aspirations.