The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-26
BEDLAM REIGNED AGAIN
ANOTHER RIOTOUs SESSION OF THE
AUSTRIAN REICHSRATH.
President AbrahamOvics Forced to
Declare the Body Adjourned on
Account of the TumuIt.


been erected since the disgraceful fighting
OF yesterday in and about the tribune and
throughout the house The entrance of the
president of the chamber, DR.. Abrahamo-
vics, was the signal for. loud and ironical
salutations, which were followed by vehe-
| ment Leftist shouts of ''Shame!" Dr. Abra-
hamovics made an attempt to speak, but DR..
Wolff, the German Nationalist leader, in
terrupted him by shouting: Some one else
must take the chair. not this swindler!'
| Herr Schoenerer, the leader of the section
of the German opposition, then yelled at
the top of his voice: II demand the right to
speak, which 1 am entitled to-" Thereupon
DR.. Wolff retorted: There is no such thing
as right in this house. 1t is trodden under
foot by his Mameukes." AS the uproar
which followed showed every sign of in
creasing, DR.. Abrahamovics adjourned the
house until O'Clock in the afternoon, amid
a storm of "hurrahsr' and "bravosv'
The sitting was resumed at $3.50 o'clock.
Immediately the Leftsts commenced a tre-
mendous din, in the middle of which the
German Centrist, Count Falkenhyn, con-
ceived, as a happy idea, a proposal to cow
| obstructionists by threatening thsirpockets.
He moved that, for the future, disorderly
members might be suspended for three
days by the president or for thirty days by
| the house, during which time their allow
| ance should be stopped, while members re-
fusing to leave the chamber when requested
| might be forcibly expelled. The speech was
| interrupted with continuous uproar, Herr
| Wolff shouting. Lets pitch the black
| guards outv The president vainly called for
| order Finally Herr Wolff stationed himself
| directly in front of the presidential tribune
| and began a shrill whistle. A number of
| deputies tried to force open the doors at
the front of the platform, while a party OF
Czechs endeavored TO prevent themE
When the tumult was at its height Herr
Abrahamovics declared that he regarded
the motion of Count Falkenhyn as q neces-
sary measure of self-defense and called for
the voting The whole Right at once arose
and the president declared the motion car
ried. A number of deputies then began
clambering upon the presidents platform,
whereupon he seized his bell and left the
house. After a short interval he returned
and began to address the chamber, but his
voice was drowned in a torrent of Lettlsts
yells and shouts of Get out! ana
'Shame!" Finally the sitting was suspended
for an hour at the close of which President
Abrahamovics returned and announced
that. in accordance with wishes expressed
in many quarters, he had decided to close
the sitting. to open again tomorrow
The scenes which are regarded as par
liamentary coup detat, were witnessed by
the British ambassador, Sir Horace RUM
Twain) with other noted foreigners. The
motion of Count Falkelhyn, former minister
of agriculture, was carried by means OF an
evidently preconcerted signal between Pres
| ident Abrahamovics and the Rightists, for
no word of the presidents speech was aud
ible. This novel proceeding was greeted
with bowls and jeerS by the obstruction
lists. For long time Count Badeni, the
premier, stood calm and unmoved, but
when the disorders reached a climax both
he and the president sought safety from
violence N fight
Five Vienna newspapers, Including the
Neue Preie Presse, and the Socialist organ,
Arbiter Zeitung, in addition to several
provincial journals, have been confiscated
for articles on Wednesdays proceedings.
Count Badeni had an interview with EN-
peror Francis Joseph last night. To-days
sitting was delayed while the carpenters
built fences around the presidents chair.
| While this was going on the assembled
members INDUCED in animated discussions
| and jest about the presidential cage" The
| leaders of the opposition met this evening
| to decide on what steps should be taken
| in view of the violation of the constitution,
| but no decision was arrived at.
The unparalleled violence in the Reichs-
| rath is almost the only subject of convcrsa-
| ton throughout Austria. The German Pro-
| gressst party has published a note, express
| ing regret at the outbreak and disclaIming
any responsibility for it.
Papers That Support Britnin's Claims.
LONDON, Nov. Pa letter received here
from Georgetown, British Guiana, an
| nounces that Great Britain's legal experts
| have unearthed in the colonial archives
there a series of volumes containing a mem
oranda giving running history of the
Dutch settlement of Guiana from the middle
to near the close OF the seventeenth CEN
fury, fully confirming the British boundary
claims The memoranda. it is added, were
VII or dictated ate oy the commando Of
on the River Essequibo. They contain fire.
quent references to trading expeditions to
the Dutch depots of the upper Cuyuni, to
the Meruca and to all the northwest coun-
try which the Venezuelans assert the Dutch
never possessed. 1t is claimed that the
discoveries clear the question and Will great
ly facilitate the work of arbitrators
How Esterhazy Was Implicated.
BERLIN, Nov. 25.--The Frankfort Zeit-
ung says that the family of former Captain
Alfred Dreyfus, now in exile and imprison-
ment on the Isle of Du Diable, off the coast
of French Guiana, on the charge of having
sold French secret military data to a for
eign government, engaged Sir George Lewis.
the well-known London lawyer to discover
if possible the author of the memorandum,
on which Dreyfus was convicted. Sir George
Lewis is said to have got on the track of
the Comte De EsterhaZy through the agen-
cy of an American lady who, through por-
ter at the German embassy at Paris,
learned that the German officials talked of
the MANY of the conviction of Dreyfus
and Of the necessity of informing Emperor
William.
Preparing to Defend Canton.
LONDON. Nov. ga dispatch to the
Times from HongKong says it is reported
there from Canton that the viceroy Of the
province of QuangTong, with the Chinese
admiral and general is preparing defenses
and river forts on the Canton river as the
result of kilograms received from the
north"
YOKOHAMA, Nov. 25.-The Kia-Chau az
fair is seriously occupying the attention of
the Japanese government and the repre-
sentatives of Japan abroad have been in
structed to ascertain the attitude of the
powers.
Revolt of Albanians.
VIENNA, Nov. 25.-A dispatch received
here from Belgrade, Servia, announces that
five thousand Albanans belonging to the
districts of Ipek and Diakova are in full
revolt against Turkey. A fight occurred be-
tween the Ottoman troops dispatched to
Uskub from Salonica and Monastir and the
Albanans. The engagement took place near
Diakova, and both sides lost heavily.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Nov. 25.-In conse-
quence of the revolt of the Albanians of the
district of Ipek and Diakova northeast of