GRIM PICTURE FROM VIENNA

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 57, 2 December 1918, Page 5

GRIM PICTURE FROM VIENNA

60,000 HUMAN WRECKS. London, November 29. The "Daily Express" correspondent at Vienna sends a grim account concerning sixty thousand human wrecks, with their bones protruding under their skins, haunting the public soup kitchens and getting only a litre of soup daily. This soup is made of rotten cabbages and flour boiled' in washing tubs. Hundreds die daily, and are buried in paper coffins. The whole of Germany and Austria is afraid of Bolshevism, and the people aro buying rifles and machine-guns. ' The officials angrily complain that Hungary refuses to give food to Austria—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. FIGHTING IN AGRAM. (Eec. December 1, 5.5 p.m.) Amsterdam, November 29. Fighting in Agram' between the Republicans and Monarchists continues. A military revolt is in progress at Bobrecziu. The soldiers aro ill-treating the officers and shooting indiscriminately in the streets.—Aus.-N.SS. Cable Assn. AUSTRIA'S WAR CASUALTIES. (Rec. December 1, 5.5 p.m.) Copenhagen, November 29. The Austro-Rungarian casualties-to the end of Mav total four million. Tho killed, wounded and sick total 800,000. The killed include 17,000 officers. Tho casualties in tho la.st Italian offensive aro not included.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.