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meeting they proceeded, headed
by the deputy, Signor Colajanni, to
the prefecture to express their in
digEation.

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digEation.
An Anti-African demonstration
was also INDUCED in at Palermo.
The police interfered and sixteen
arrests were made.
The students today held meet
ing at the university at which
Signor Crispi, the premiey, was
burned in effigy amid cries OF
"Down with Crispi." AS the doors
had been closed the police were I'M
able to interfere.
NEW YORK, March ga special
| to the Herald from st. Petersburg
says: The defeat of the Italians
at Adowa has created a profound
sensation here, where sentiment Is
strongly in favor Of Abyssinia.
NEW YORK, March ga spe-
cial to the Herald from Cairo,
Egypt, says: The operations Of
the Italians in Abyssinia are being
watched with special interest here
by the government.
1t is said the government antici-
pates the speedy fall of Kassal, in
which case the Mahdi power will
be revived throughout the Soudsn.
ROME, Italy, March 5.-Excite-
ment throughout Italy caused by
the defeat of General Baratieri at
Adowa Sunday last by Abyssin-
ians shows little sign Of abate-
ment, and the disturbance caused
by the news of the great disaster
and consequent display of indigna-
tion against the government has
been greatly increased by the cal
ling out of the army reserves.
A great majority of these re-
serves are married men whose
families will thus be deprived of
their chief or only support for an
indefinite period. At Milan and
other places serious rioting &C.
Cured when the reserves were pre-
pairing to obey orders, andin many
cities they have been prevented
from leaving by force.
| Women and children lead the
agitation. Railroad cars have been
demolished, rails torn up, tele-
graph wires cut, police beaten and
stoned into helplessness, and sol
diers attacked, and though bayo-
nets were used, men and women,
frenzied with wrath, have thrown
themselves on the naked steel OF
the troops. Large Numbers Of ar
rests have been made, troops are
everywhere, either confined to their
barracks or occupying the streets,
and night has been turned into day
by torch light professions, indigna.
ton meetings, riotous demonstra-
tions in public squares, aud in front
Of the many government buildings.
This is a summary of what has
occurred in a greater or lesser de-
gree at Milan, Florence, Turin,
Como, Terracina, Belluna, Lodi,
Verona, Bergamo, Naples, Brescia,
Venice, Hassara, Palermo, Cremo-
ma, Catania, and almost any other
town mentionable.
The agitation has spread to the
country districts and from all sides
come accounts of rioting, indig-
nant protestations and denuncia-
tions and loud cries for vengeance
upon those who have been respon-
sible for the terrible reverse to the
italian armies.
| A report that General Baratieri
had committed suicide proves In
correct; but it would seem that 1t
would have been the best thing he
could do under the circumstances,
for IL later reports which are
reaching Rome from Masowah
are substantiated, he will have
great difficulty in escaping a capt.
tai sentence upon his trial by court
martial. 1t is said, among other
things, that he deserted the troops
while the latter were fighting gal
lantly against overwhelming mum.
bers, and that he fled to spot 100
kilometers from the scene OF bat
tie without knowing or apparently
caring what became OF Generals
Debormana and Arimondi, whose
columns have never since been
heard from. So far as can be
ascertained here, the column of
troops commanded by General
Albert, also appears to have been
crushed, and that officer is still
missing.
ROME, March 5.-The war office
today admits that sat least" 15O
italian officers were killed, but the
officials still refuse to admit that
over 5000 men were killed. They
say, however, "they believe $500
italian troops and 5000 natives,
| troops in the Italian service, were
engaged III, 800 in alp and that
"nearly ALL" artillery, ammuni-
ton and supplies, fell into the