The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-09
ORDER REIGNS In PRAGUE.
Mob Awed bv the Quick Punishment
Of Its RingIeaders.
AUSTRIA, TO HAVE ABSOLUTISM.
Emperor Would Act Alone-Compromis
Bill Will Have to Be Prolonged by I'm.
perial Decree Without the Reichs-
rath's Consent-Riotcrs Sentenced to
Twenty Years Hard Labor in Prison.

VIENNA, Austria (By Cable) The pro
mitigation OF martial law at Prague ha
been followed by satisfactory results. Th
swiftness Of its operation awed the unruly
Some Czechs made an attack on tn
troops, but were quickly dispersed, ant
four OF the ringleaders were captured
They were Immediately handed over to th
special tribunal, tried, sentenced to twent.
years penal servitude and conveyed to tn,
penitentiary within three hours.
The town is consequently quiet. Troops
streets and occupy the public buildings
and the whole scene Is such as one woui(
expect to see after a bombardment. There
are whole streets OF wrecked houses, burn
outbuildings and broken windows, an(
roads are Uttered with rubbish. Men gaze
into many places showing the trail OF tht
plunGerer and Of the incendiary.
Germans who fed in terror from Prague
during the riot and pillage are now re-
turning, aud it Is to be hoped that in few
days order will so far be restored as to per
NIT the repeal OF martial law.
In other parts OF Bohemia serious con
flicts have occurred between the Czechs
and the Germans. At klodno the Czech:
blew up n German notary's house Will
dynamite. At Beraun the rioters looted
German and Jewish houses and had to bs
dispersed by the military. Similar e1cesse:
occurred at Pilsen, 'while at Bodenbach
where the Germans predominate, thI
Czechs were brutally attacked. The Czeci
inhabitants Of Gablouz have appealed 70,
military protection against their German
fellow citizens.
Several German newspapers suggest that
the riots In Bohemia were instigated by the
Czech Deputies in order to intimfdate the
Government. Certainly the tone. of the re-
cent articles In the Narodul Listy, the organ
Of the young Czechs, favors the suspicion
The Czech papers blame the Germans, and
the anti-Semitic journals attribute all the
responsibility to Jewish influence.
There Is really little to choose between
the Germans and the Czechs. Both hav,
been equally guilty. When the Czechs pre-
pondersted the Germans have been at
tackled and plundered. and when the Gen
mans predominated the lives and the prop
erty OF the Czechs have been assailed. Th,
Nationalist sentiment in both peoples is o.
a rabidly violent character, and threaten.
the existence Of the Austrian Empire.
Baron Gautsch's attempts to bring about
q compromise between the majority and
the opposition in the Reichsrath have
proved unsuccessful.
DR.. Kramarsch, the Viee-President OF tn,
-Reichsrath. has informed the representative
OF the Budapester Tageblatt that, unlike
Count Badeni, neither President Abraham
iovics nor he would resign because the mol
was trying to intimidate them. He consid
cred 1t impossible to carry the '.Ausgleich'
bill in the Reichsrath, and the present ar
arrangement between Austria and Hungary
would probably have to be prolonged BY
imperial decree without the assent Of Par
lament. This probably means that th'
.Reichsrath viii be prorogued for Ions
period, and that absolute government viii
be inaugurated.
There are now In Prague twenty-six bat
talions Of infantry and swo regiments O
cavalry.