The Indianapolis journal., 1896-03-05

stoned
at the point OF the bayonet.
DISPATCHES received here from Venice say
that the most intense excitement prevails
there. and there were a number or riotous
demonstrations during the night. An i'm
mense crowd of people assembled at the
Plaza st. Mark. and there speeches were
made against the government, condemning
the manner in which the ADyssinian cam
paign had been conducted and calling on
the military authorities to try General
Baratieri by court-martial. There was an
ether popular demonstration against the
government at Venice this morning. ana
with the greatest difficulty and after a
number OF arrests had been made.
Advices received here from Padua say
there was a rfofous demonstration there
to-day and that the police had TO interfere
TO restore order. A mob marched through
the streets shooting the goyernmI,ent o. OF.
CrisDi Ministry. At Verona there was a
similar demonstration against the govern
rested for stoning the police and uttering
seditious cries. At Rovigo. and. In fact,
nearly every city Of Importance throughout
barracks to-day and every p-ecaution possl-
BILE taken TO prevent disorder. IL Is believed.
OF Signor CrisDi and the disbatchng OF
strong reinforcements to Africa will satisfy
pubic clamor.
DEMANDS or SOCIALISTS.
Shortly before noon to-day It was an
nounced that General Baratieri had been
recalled TO Rome and that on his arrival
here his conduct OF the present campaign
and defeat at Adowa would be inquired
into. The Socialists declare that the Gen
eral should be shot. an example TO 9TH
ers and that the Minister of War should
share his fate. General Baldissera. who has
assumed command OF the Italian troops in
Africa. is preparing a report on the battle
OF Adowa. which will be Forwarded as
promptly as possible TO the War Depart
ment here. The army reserves Of 1872, num-
bering about $1,000 men, are being called
TO the standard. but II Is feared that there
will be serious rioting when they are mus
tered in. The people are murmuring great
ly at being deprived OF the heads of fami-
lies who must be placed under arms, and
as each hour passes the situation becomes
The newspapers. as a rule. are filled with
abuse of the military authorities and with
condemnation for the manner In which
the Abyssinian campaign has been conduct
ell. All sorts OF charges OF gross incom-
petency are made and nothing short OF the
satisfy the people The War Office is re-
ceiving dispatches from all parts or the
country asking for lists OF the killed and
wounded. but some time must elapSe before
this can be furnished
The news of the death or Generals Aber-
tone and Dabormida has been confirmed,
ard II IL believed that over 500 other Ital-
Ian officers of lesser rank have been slain.
AS mail advices reach this city to-day IL
Is seen that the demonstrations against
the government throughout the provinces
yesterday were unparalleled in their fierce
ness and in the general character OF the
feeling of anger expressed at the conduct
of the Abyssinian campaign and the colon
ial policy of Italy The censor suppressed
nearly all such news. 1t. is known, however.
that the authorities are. greatly alarmed
and that further disturbances have taken
place in number OF the large cities. De-
tails are awaited with considerable anx-
Further details were received tonight
concerning the defeat of Italians at the
the most alarming reports circulated, al
though the exact number OF killed is not
Consisted Of sixteen battalions of white
troops Qtalians), six battalions of native
troops and twelve batteries of artillery.
Since the defeat no news has been received
from General Dabormiia's brigade. which
was composed Of seven white battalions
arS four nd ea5tess o srd s
are also missing, and 1t is believed they
have been anninflated-
ROMANS IN A STATE OF FRENZY.
IT Is almost impossible to describe the
state of excitement in Rome this evening,
and no such scenes have been witnessed
since the occupation OF this city by the
Italian troops. The whole population seems
to be in the streets. and the entire police
force. as well as all the troops of the gar
rIson are on duty. The War Office has been
besieged during the day by crowds of
people, and IS now surrounded by troops.
The offices and residences of all the Min
isters are guarded. and the guards at the
palace have been doubled In the main thor
oughfares shouting crowds assemble every
now and then, calling for the downfall of
the Ministry. only to be dispersed by the
police. Numerous arrests have been made
ana the police escorting the prisoners TO
cas dinerent oe,.,i 6epots have been in several
Late tonight there was serious conflict
between the police and a mob which seemed
bent on making demonstration before tie
palace. The national flag was carried
OF aFaped pei wsth ,,, Grape ape and there were cries
Crlspi! Death to Baratierip'
The government is being urged by some of
the most prominent men in the country to
session. as it is still believed thai the
worst has not been told and that the War
once Is In possession OF facts still more
startling than those which have already
leaked out One rumor tonight has it that
the entire Italian army was practically
WIZ. w'peo s,,o out, an and that only a battalion or
War ONCE. however. II was stated that this
Is an exaggeretion. The truth OF the mat
anxiously awaiting the report of General
Baldicerra. and that, in the meanwhile, they
are suppresslng the facts which reached
This, at any rate. Is the most charitable
copstruction to place on the apparently
czuel silence OF the government But the
excitement will not diminish TO any ap-
preciable extent until official statement
has set vt rest the alarming rumors in cir
culaton. or definitely established the real
facts an the case.
The newspapers report that at the Cab
met NEE ting held this afternoon the Minis
try resolved that IL would resign rather
than face the crisis Premier Crfspi il is
further reported. subsequent to the Cabinet
meeting, informed King Humbert of the
decision arrived at.
MANY DISTURBANCES
Further details are being received this
evening of violent scenes enacted to-day at
different points all over Italy, which the
government has sought In vain to prevent
the publication OF. The alarmist r1I,nors
which were circulated earlier in the day
are confirmed by the later reports, and the
whole of Italy seems to be In the hands of
the aroused populace, indignant at the gov
ernment. which is apparently powerless to
quell the outbreaks OF wrath. Popular
demonstrations OF the most violent char
acter have occurred throughout the italian
peninsula. The most serious of these. as
was Indicated in the earlier dispatches
which 1t was permitted to send from here
occurred at Milan. where thirty thousand
Ing to a popular uprising. rhe police of
that city had their hands full TO bring the
crowds under control and were forced to
charge through the streets with fixed havo-