VIENNESE AND THE WAR
CORPSE-LIKE INDIFFERENCE. '. London,-February2s. ' A neutral writes that Vienna displays an almost corpse-like indifference. Chaotic fires are burning luridly in tha remoter confines of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. . Austrian officers) gala-dressed in immaculate'braided uniforms, sit in cafes in leisured nonchalance, 1 and are unconcerned that under their feet the realm of the Hapsburgs is crumbling. They do not express sympathy with tho thousands of homeless, penniless, and starving Galicians, and do not regret that the provinoe is lost to Austria. The Asiatio note in the Viennese character partly accounts for this fatalistic attitude and the extraordinary complacency" of all classes. That Vienna is faced with an industrial war is reflect-, ed in the opinion of a well-known deputy, who said: "After sis months of war. we live as -usual. Our cafes and theatres are crowded, and food is still plentiful. We are a much stronger people .than was ever realised."— ("Times"- and Sydney "Sun" Services.)
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2396, 27 February 1915, Page 7
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157VIENNESE AND THE WAR Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2396, 27 February 1915, Page 7
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