The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-03
MAHTIAL LAW IN PRAGUE.
R,oting Kesumed--C Lodged
Against students.

.c,-r becsmbcr martial law has
been proclaimed here. az wei as III .ne
fndicial districts of karolenemtha'' ~
xow weinberg and Smychow as result
of the recent riots. ,..,.
p,o,,ng was resumed here at O'Clock
this morning, when stores and houses ID
,u,o streets of the old town were pill
LACED. - ,,o
seven battalions OF infantry ana TWO
souadrons of cavalry were calico on. 10
dfsperse the mob. TWO addi'lohai pd'
tallons of infantry from koenigssratz ahu
three battalions of Infantry from inc
reslenstadt have arrived here
Tho Rurgomaster and the municipal
Councillors to-day submitted to the GOV
ernor complaints against the German stu
dente In connection with the recent dis
turbances The Governor replied that
p,tue no well understood recent events
had caused great excitement. he was
cornnelled 10 point out that there was no
justification for the excuses In TINS CITY
and ne further declared that the utmost
rigor would be exercised In order re-es-
;ablish order and TO protect the property
OF Germans.
the Poljtik declares that the present
agitation was started by persons 10 whom
the Fatherland and nationality are mat
ters OF Indifference.
There were excuses to-day at weinberg.
The police were Obliged to use their re-
volvers.
A house ut Alstadterrng was wrecked
and the pillagers were dispersed by
mounted patrol
There were other acts Of pillage AT Us
kow. but the mobs were evidently quickly
dispersed.
The town is tranquil this evening and is
being patTollod by troops.
There have been serious collisions be
tween the police and large mobs to-nieht
i'm the Smychow and Ziskow suburbs OF
the city Two persons were wounded
Tho police made ninety arrests.
The Ambulance Association has issued
report showing that within the last
twenty-four hours four persons have
| been killed. $50 dangerously wounded and
! 800 more or less seriously injured. Twen-
| ty shops have been burned out.
| As a further indication Of the gravity
of the situation troops to the number Of
! 10000 equipped with ammunition and 9TH
or para phernalia. as for campaign, have
| been engaged in suppressing the riots.
IL is not exactly martial law that has
| been proclaimed but rather the institu-
| ton Of summary civil procedure. called
| Standrecht whereby n special tribunal or
| seven judges is empowered 10 impose
| capital and other severe sentences Tor
OffenSeS OTdirdrllN punished mlldlN. lneIc
| is no appeal against a death sentence
by the tribunal which must be put into
| execution within two hours by the MILL
| tary if the hanFman Is not available.
Further troops are being drafted into
! Prague from Vienna and elsewhere and
| tomorrow there will be at least 1000 sol
| ders in the city and its immediate sub
/ urbs.
| pcgdlOck tontinncs.
| VIENNA, Dec 2.-The Parliamentary
| deadlock continues. Baron GaUtch. the
| new Premier has made no progress to-
| ward "A compromise satisfactory 10 the
| rival factions. and 1t begins TO be feared
| that the present Reichsrath will never
| re-assemble.
Riots more or less serious. are report
| ed from Innsbruk. Brunn. Linz and Saaz
In some cases II is alleged that the dis
| turbances have been encouraged by the
| municipal authorities
| Reports, though as yet unconhrmed
| that a mob at Prague attacked the sol
| diers and sanguinary encounter ensued.
| According 10 this rumoI the troops fired
four voieys killing twenty-five rioters
| outright and wounding many more.