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RIOTING 1N AUSTRIA
MILITARY CALLED OUT
MACHINE-GUNS ON THE CROWD
TROOPS AND SOCIALISTS
* ' VIENNA, Monday.
The Government to-day is making strenuous efforts to
prevent civil war developing: throughout Austria.
There, has.been, much rioting in, many Important, twns,a'rid
many.people .have been killed or wounded. Martial, law' ha' bieen
declared at Linz, and is likely ti' be extended thioughout the
country at any moment.: * * . . ;:':,i
Thre cufl;lu)' oilpr :dwill coIe .itot
oeralon hll llr t ghoirt Ulperl' Austria
at .7 , enl. l l l. ll ihoLtels will be
oieed and anslemblies:,forliliddel.)
Thoe Gove'Cnmnen't ir i.qCIlanmationt i?s
l ..o-dray, declaries i nthli ,So ialistsi
and allied oganuisali 'us hand n lannllred:
a coUp d'et.l r.ald explains .thai, t tlio
atLick o" thiO Soc'itdlist le: diirial;ters
aalid ti q.:ilotel eirl'!ff, ait .n, 11z vc.
ie? loesesnfe ot; ms 1.lircir they were
confifsneitieg :.: .,w -'.:
I' in 1 l010ted f" our :Lin th at anlfi
Soac ial ints : f'lilled e ri ' a at " '' o -
sitariglt of halnllr greial8s toi ,tl.eill:.
wrirrs.' .(Austilan IlIra'C!sts)' dtnlrniiul
t aid a l"eire'r, glns.,1the troolsI
airrayed ti.:r iroetrel' irlld gtrtr (en 1itir
arch lie guns a'nd .then rhirder a lorave
b ;rusraed, re tir buire tld tg :
,ROOM-TO-ROOM BATTLE
A :,fi(rc0 rootl-to-roenl battle. fol
lored,:ind. tll'e Sonialists retire?lid to.i
blg scIhoppl build'b g n l Prrsning tlro"ps
birougrru!t.p 111!tll'ery trind .slrelled l'h
buildling but ,th6 blartlCaded Social
istsl ,lold..out, u.tl'l late: in tlie after
nooan ivoi n tIley bolt r?.rfuge o il 'tie
left bank of tlr Danubiiet and a very
fitlre'o .ba'ttle il ahlcth aitillery wae
cons?itlbculou cnlittied. ,,
fInrub , mieantitne. Soc allsts fromi
tie snrrrquldrinrld(eolntrysitde -ioured
entab'line air pCl.rl d , l'?i water
?aie?s'' adl miade counterr-attacks on
lIde 1tr.ops.at tire. : .... ....:
Tlie autloritlds ie claln. that o.:der
bad bit I resi'tored-i al.7' p.ni, but .inter
ritellet clishire o.oirtie ed. ,.
Lienztirrolraghouilt the daly wai like ,a
ungi :battlebfie .iwllacli Crh'1oedl ,,illh
tile crnack oif .rifle" anid the ral'e of
!iChitllC"-riri, ' I rait ilt i i? te cash of
bomlnles ti'trigrt tl;r" st e'Cts -re de
sertedibut it is niot krnown llor strong
the 0deir lits re' arrae w'hich are
in hldifig hiii iedrd'nriss ?o it rcreraled
battle to- r or" :. ' " " :
Vieflnia tou'ight is like- it giiris
ol'ed city. I'olc' -iil: ti.rooli?rs wili
fixed::' bayoats ire Iat1ollninag ti!le
otherwise 'dloterl td slii:cis Cli" whlich
Lie trilil rstialld ueal tenaled.
A:istrikoe .iich alipears to liaveu
bennslaspaontlleous, rai 'dly piaralysed
the city: 'rh, police and Hleimwehr
hd?ri commutandrledl nearly a'l -tIhe
tas.iln en Ie hore :calbs ihave leen
pnreenedflinle r:setci vio arrrnibeidrrres
mhlalh?.bierrieto 'ind frofiti th'e \rirk
ingclass. ditrcits r where; h, l eti
wellrand piaolice formncedl Irrirricades.
'.?h.fenjargedr.itillithe .Suclalst itsluvho
fought flercely. Ilt;.s freely reported
thatbloirteene weurekkllled::- lhe noise
oft (i,. fliring cuarli:l distitnit'y for
eiles, through thir- Iotherwisnoao'.se
less airteets iii whi'rh 1I h tlr i ' i'.ffec
passing enudrelllII. Iouies. is miade 11i
of ambulace.a~t. All liele were ciosed
at S pali.
, . . : . .. .. ?
Strategic polits ini ti silrcetls i'nd
•iillldegs hlal,, hre bo 'nfo~ o ifld-i .ith
Ie il?lP IParsi that Ile gv e ei sieis
wloking onf tho)lold pIii f t1.liafIt)' Isn.inot
s?a;fe to ' tt aell .. t 1ihq. c a.i ll? liit
S'ienn unitIl they blaqn n de eatedr
n o?o1ihe, Governe:n th elfi? r,
lis tdittem nitled to lrou ein t he oiniz
t li'ic ,news 6f a? i W i, ' i ons ed ;, lit
V'i enia r Sociallsti t?'str. oirat:e Go
linient.leoplercd 'by (declaring narta
naiv seoe isigOi the to-s n hall whidci
fa ',flf ilen rears hlias beoon tle ; hi'ad:
riers r the Vienn S??oclalist
itfunicllal 'a dfiinistsraIlt ; on,'
PLEPFORTSOF PEACEt
,;Flrlnd blii''okoe ond .id thed iPc" and
He Idw.lir 6m l?alt; sedein d ,conit
iWiiti'i 'Y6'o )lIN ii tl e ? ',d ' dies
tIri'ts and also surroUwded the mlodel
iiluniiilnal orl0el's' flats in which
ih So'ilfllslk ?" II codled tL?monse"ves.
Frarit.tc efforts were miade for
bean ho't thie sitiatoo hIad goneo be
3ond e.ondlllatlon'. .The Govnment
ieis sezed ther Socialist head, iuarters
tliioibotllt Anstrih, and:?. arrested
mianvylepders. It ls proh ably only a
matte, of ithoulis before.lthe psirty wl:l
b. offtfl'lly dinolied . .
ri', t itcd hthi Gooe;mertfi'd ;s suer
inreds thia orderi-l-ta lheefn- rdstored
w'thi practcall nI ' rnesistaiee exeelti
nt, inaand Vienna; reports how .that
ilf:e trouble has ."spread throut?hoult
Auni.rla. Elgenburg, Splallsts :storm.
ed thle p'olle:e .ailaltfar tei's a-d troops
vel'lo ru-I hedl to tlue i escue.
A.t Dirukl, . to010s tferneil their
iadhlilie-giuns on the delnonst atoirs
ond killeil sectaT.l . Gt.ln- Sobial.
' 'l" alre riported-, ltoive stormed
the noli e statiorini whlci they move
hliIritaded telinselves tes ainst be
sineing= trool)s.
Ilrhe strike hlas plunged the lawn
into dhiknmess"
I t I' ported that'"26 w'i e6
killeCd and 200 wounded he:e;
At liinsbi iLk the tll???itai? tlihde
linton. chlnarge(.oh. the Soc!al:t'ss and
osmrp'e ,their headqlstartrs.
.The .irern?nmert ihas a'rest-d the
deputsmaoer Vf 'ientin aid ale still
•rcarhlhinc fotr -,Mayr Seti:.- .Otlhers
rrestie'l inc:ide the iiMayPors of Kats.
so'fd Gre, and th'e tridsiedt of
Vienna, 'Oddy.d
T'he Cdhlnel io-siiglit doic ll - to':d
prih 1V'' nna ofV.~ll proiSr6isniial ii~lltht
[nd ' 1 .l priaob'b:y apPolfnt Hertr
,Shmitz, 'cx min.:ster for Education, a
ronsg o'erica. Cantholic; , as: tate
I ComanIsst -er?.. " ", , .,
.'lie ,i?5 tibn' of Soirtat at Linz
inow apleiars to be desperate. Tlhe
trool?s haiive recapltured the g"iswori?s
wthtich wseesTo sed eariii r in the d'y.
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