“Urban traffic”, caricature on the collapse of public transport in Vienna, from Der Morgen, issue of 8 January 1917

Starting the war was easy. But ending the war seemed to be an impossibility. The population no longer wished to hear anything about the war after the “Swedish Turnip Winter” of 1916/17. The Imperial Capital and Residence sank into a vortex of apathy and aggression, dirt and social ignominy.