Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-03-05
CABINET GIVES UP
Premier Crispi Announces Their
Retirement.
EXCITING Scene IN PARLIAMENT
Various Names Considered for
Prime Minister.
ADVICES FROM ABYSSINIA
ADVICEs FROM ABYssINIA

| ADN lCES FHOM Alb SSlNIA
| ROME, March 5.-The ministry announce ed
| its resignation in the chamber of deputies
| today, and Premier Crispi added that it had
| been accepted by the king.
| The excitement throughout Italy, caused
| by the defeat of Gen. Baratieri at
Adowa or Adua, Abyssinia, Sunday last,
by the Abyssinians. with the loss of from
5000 to 10000 men killed and wounded, ac-
cording to generally credited reports, shows
little sign of abatement
| 1t is true, however, that the disturbance
caused by the news of the great disaster
and the consequent display Of indignation
against the government has been greatly
| ire reased by the calling out of the army
reserves of the class Of 1872, which calls
| $1,000 additional men into active service.
The majority of these Ieservists are mar
ried men, whose families will thus be de-
prived of their chief or only support for an
! irdefinite period.
Thus. at Milan and other places, serious
r1oting has occurred when the reservisss
We're preparing to obey orders, and in many
| cases they have been prevented by force
| women and children leading the agitation,
| from leaving their towns. Railroad cars
have been demolished, rails torn up and
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| been beaten and stoned into helplessness
| The soldiery have been attacked, the bay
! OF cts have been freely used, and men and
WcInel, 1renzied with rage, have thrown
| themselves on the naked steel Of the troops.
Largo numbers of arrests have been made,
| the troops everywhere are either confined
| 10 barracks or occupying the streets and
night tas been turned into day by torch
! light professions, Indignation meetings,
! riotous demonstrations in public squares
ard IN front of municipal and government
| buildings.
| This Is summary of what has occurred,
| in a greater Or lesser degree, at Milan,
| Florence, Turin, Como, Terrera, Belura
| Lodi. Verona, Parma, Bergarmo, Naples,
Brescia, Venice, Hassara, Palermo Gre
| mona, Catania, and almost any other town
| mentonable.
The agitation has been spread to the
| country districts, and from all sides come
| accounts of rioting and indignant protest,
| OF bitter denunciation and loud cries for
vengeance upon those who have been re-
| sponsibe for the terrible reverse to the
| Italian arms.
Feeling Against Baratieri.
The report that General Baratieri had
! committed suicide turns out to be incorrect.
| but it would seem as if that would have
| been the best thing he could do under the
circumstances, for If the darker and darker
reports that are reaching Rome from Mas
scwah are substantiated he will have great
d1fIculty in escaping a capital sentence on
his trial by court-martial. 1t is said
among other things that he deserted his
troops while the latter were fighting gal
lantly against overwhelming numbers of
Shoans and that he fled to spot 400 kilo-
meters from the scene of the massacre
for that seems to be the proper term for
the route of Italys troops) without know
ing or apparently caring what became of
Generals Dabormida and Arimondi, whose
columns have never since been heard FROM
| SO far as can be ascertained here The
column 1o6 h1,(
Albertone also appears to have been crush
ed and that officer is still missing.
The war office today admitted that "at
least" $50 italian officers were killed, but
| the officials still refuse to admit that over
| 5000 men were killed. They say, how
ever, that they believe 1900 Italian
troops and 5000 native troops in the Ital-
| ian service were engaged Q7,OOO in alD,
and that nearly alr' the artillery, am
| munition and supplies fell into the hands
of the enemy.
Guarding the Ministry.
The official and private residences of the
cabinet ministers, the royal palace, the
embassies, and all important public build
| iEgs here were guarded by troops thro Ugh
| out the night, and the soldiers are still
on on duty this morning The neighborhood
strong force of infantry and police, and
every precaution has been adopted to uuel
an outbreak should there be such a Gis-
| turbance.
! In addition to the crowds of people be-
| longing to this city, large numbers of per-
sons, including many socialists, reached
Rome from the country yesterday evening
and this morning. Nearly all the deputies
are in town, and Capriani, the socialist
! leader, has boldly declared that proposals
| will be submitted in the chamber of depu-
| ties to impeach Premier Crispi and his min
isters upon the charge of mismanagement
| of the Abyssinian campaign.
Rudfni WOu16 NOr Acoont
| An intimate friend of the Marquis de Ru-
DIM. the opposition leader, is quoted as say
| irg that Rudini will not consent to accept
| office during the present crisis. He is re-
ported to be of the opinion that Signor
| Crispi, whose friends have now rallied
| strongly to his support, should be COM
pelied to Straighten out the difficulties into
| which he has led the country. and that the
| defeat of Gen. Baratieri is not so much a
| misfortune as the greater financial trou-
bles which are likely to follow.
This view of the case is shared by some
| of the more thoughtful newspapers. They
| say that Italy is confronted by a knotty
problem, whether 1t would not be better to
| make peace at any price with the Abys-
sinians than incur the immense expense
| involved In undertaking successful CAM
| paign against Abyssinia. Fears are ex-
pressed that the disaster of Adowa will
| have a very bad effect upon Italian securi-
| ties abroad, and any finance minister would,
| floating another loan.
| The financial aspect Of the situation, con-
| sequently, may be such as to alarm Crispis g
| enemies that they may not press him to the
| wall, even If they are in a position to do
| So
Resignation of the Ministry.
In spite of the strong force of troops
| ard police present about the chamber of
deputies today. it was with difficulty that
| order was maintained. AS it was, the SOL
diers and police were frequently jostled by
the excited populace, and had it not been
| for the great forbearance displayed by the
| authorities many serious disturbances
| would have occur1ed.
The chamber of deputies. was crowded
| and the galleries packed with excited spec
| tators. The crowds about Monte Citorio
| upon which the chamber of deputies
| stands, every now and again raised cries
| of Down with the government death
| to Baratieri!' ETC., and from the galleries
] previous to the entry of the ministers, a
| number of persons were elected by the DO
lice for uttering similar cries.
| Almost Immediately after the appear
| anee of the premier. who was greeted with
| cheering by some of his supporters and by
| cries OF derision from his opponents, he
| announced that the cabinet had resigned
| and that the king hae accepted its resig-
| nation.
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