St. Paul daily globe., 1891-05-07
ROME FEELS PANICKY.
Anarchists and Socialists Dis.
satisfied With the Condi-
tion Of Affairs.
Italy May Be Shaken Up by q
Revolution at Any Mo-
ment.
Subjects Of Austria-Hungary
Complain Of Harsh Treat
ment in Virginia.
A Revolutionary Movement Is
in Progress in Costa
Rica.

LONDON, May Ga letter received
here from Rome discloses a number of
new facts in regard to the riots which
took place there on May day, and as to
the general feeling of the people upon
the same occasion. According to this
letter the public officials at Rome, as
well as the people, have been IN state
OF actual panic for a week or two. This
state OF affairs, it appears, is due to sew
eral causes, the most prominent of
which are the fall of the ministry
headed by Minister Crispi, the coming
OF the Rudini ministry into power. the
strong public demand for an equaiZa-
ton of express with receipts without
fresh taxation; the diplomatic troubles
existing with the United States;
and finally the explosion at Pozza Han
telo, which caused so much damage
and alarm in Rome and its vicinity. All
these incidents have tended to bring
about the feeling of panic which, as al
ready stated, exists among the public
officials and the inhabitants generally at
Rom9. In spite of all the denials and
official statements made to the effect
that the explosion at POZZO Hantelo was
not the work of socialists or anarchists,
the Romans are convinced that the eX-
ploSlon was the work of anarchists, and
1T will require considerable and most
clear evidence to the contrary to con-
vince the people that they are mistaken.
80 deeply is this conviction rooted in
the public breast that the people live in
daily expectation of hearing that there
has been
An Explosion.
in another powder magazine, or that
some public building had been blown
up. AS this letter was written before
the fire yesterday, which destroyed the
barracks, stables and stOrehouse of the
Carabineria, and which created so
much alarm at the Vatican that the
force OF Swiss guards was kept under
arms all night, the feeling now existing
in Rome can be easily imagined, and
especially as the fire is currently at
trlDuted TO the socialists or anarchists.
The feeling of panic referred to in the
letter from Rome is thus apparently
justified or, at least, it has received
sufhclent amount of confirmation
to enable the pessimists at least
to say: II told YOU 500
Continuing, the letter says that the
crisis which undoubtedly exists has
caused collapse of speculative enter
prises, which state of affairs has, in
turn, thrown thousands of workingmen
out of employment; and in their state
of enforced idlenesS they naturally be-
came dissatisfied with their employers,
with the government and with the whole
system under which they live. In this
frame OF mind the workingmen become
ready for the agitators. who are cOntinu-
ally digging away at the foundations of
popular content. On May day this letter
says: The natural eXcitability of the
workingmen was worked up to fever
heat, and
The Widest Rumors
were circulated by those who had everv-
thing to gain and nothing to lose by
popular disturbance. These rumOrs
gradually grew in Importance until it
was actually believed that it was true
that revolution was impending. These
rumorS were continually magnified, and
nowhere was the panic greater than at
the Vatican and among the various re-
lglous circles and communities of the
city. In this connection it was stated
that these religious bodies had hurried
ly stocked their headquarters with five
days provisions, and that the inmates
had been stIicly confined within doors.
In word, the religious communities
WOiC % dldI mtu dI tIie SOcldilSU Udlnt IN
the air that they had prepared to stand
siege in the event of wholesale up
rising upon the part of the masses. But
this feeling of panic was not confined
to the religious bodies. The richer FAM
lilies of this city were also so seriously
alarmed that they adopted the same
tactics as the religious institutions and
also stored provisions in their houses
and made other preparations to face
serious riot and perhaps an attack upon
their residences.