Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-27
FRANCE A BIG RIOT.
Even the Makers Of Law Losing
Their Heads.
ROW AT A POLITICAL MEETING

Resulting in n Turbulent Adjournment
and - Challenge to Fight - Grenobie
COmplicates Matters by an As
sault ON tho italian Consulate - The
Furniture. Ornaments and Natio nal In
signia aSmashed-sIme. Carnot and Her
Dead Arrive in Paris.
PARIS, June 27-Th9 assassination Of
Carnot may show that the French repub-
lie is based solidly. but if it does it will be
q close shave. The crime was essentially
French. although committed by an Ital-
ian. He was an anarchist. and did the
deed to ''avenge" French anarchist
Naillant-whom Carnot had refused to
save from the guillotine. Anarc hists do
not draw national lines. In their society
all is brotherhood" Yet from many
places in France the news Games of out
rage on law-a.iding and innocent Ital-
ians because they are Italians, and the
land is in ferment of riot.
Lawmakers Lose Their Heads.
This, however, might mean war, but not
necessarily the fall of the republic. But
when the deputies and senators lose their
heads at time like the present, there is
need of very steady hand somewhere. At
n plenary meeting of the Republican
deputies and senators last evening, which
was called 10 decided upon n candidate
for the presidency the members of the two
chambers We're unable to agree and the
meeting eliminated in an uproar. during
which Deputies BerteauX and Sauset came
to blows. The result of the encounter is
that both gentlemen have appointed sec
onds and duel will shortly be fought.
This is a beginning. What will be the end?
An italian Consulate Violated.
What the mob is working for is foreign
war. A most uncalled for outrage on the
Italian consulate is reported from Greno-
BILE. The hatred of Italy has deeper root
than that which springs from Santo the
assassin. Italy is nm ally of Germany.
At Grenoble rioting has been going on
ever since the news of the assassination
and the police have been powerless, and
Italian life and property not worth pur-
chase. At last the mob rushed to the
Italian consulate and broke into the build
ing through the windows.
The Military n Little Tardy.
Several rioters headed by q drunken
carpenter entered the consulate. tore up
the Italian flag, smashed the escutcheon,
broke the furniture, threw the statuettes
upon the floor and kicked them 10 pieces
and springing upon two large oil paintings
representing King Humbert and Queen
Margaret Of Italy they threw them into
the street. A detachment of military en-
gineers was summoned and the soldiers
charged upon the mob. After the rioters
were driven out of the consulate, which
was then occupied by the troops. the pre-
feet made ali apology to the italian con
sui The riotous crowds spread through
out the city, seized upon nli the Italians,
men, women and children and took them
TO the prefecture. believing that they were
to be expelled from the city.
Grcnoble in q State of Siege.
Two leaders of the attack upon the Ital-
ian consulate We're arrested and this
caused u renewal of the disturbance Sew
eral mobs gathered so soon Us the news OF
the arrest of the ringleaders became
known and the project was compelled to
summon the troops. The military au-
thorities sooa occupied all the public
squares and boulevarGs with infantry,
cavalry and artillery, and Grenoble was
to all intents and purposes in state of
siege.