The New York Times/1918/11/11/Austria Sends Back 250,000 Italians
AUSTRIA SENDS BACK 250,000 ITALIANS
Released Prisoners Say They Found Little Violence, Except in Hunger Strikes.
ITALIAN ARMY HEADQUARTERS IN NORTHERN ITALY, Nov. 10, (Associated Press.)—More than a quarter of a million Italian prisoners of war held in Austria have been returned to Italy. Sick and wounded men will be returned later by way of Switzerland.
The repatriated soldiers say that violent conditions are not prevalent in Austria, except disorders due to hunger strikes. They declare that the civilians desire heartily to see the return of their own men home. The soldiers in Austria are indifferent or else express happiness that the war is over.
Italian officers returning from Austria express the opinion that for the present there will be no disturbances in Austria like those in Russia.