The Springfield herald., 1897-12-03
AUSTRIAN CRISIS.
PREMIER BADENI RESIG
1t Was Done to Avoid n Revolution at vien-
ma Victory for Herr woIH-Herr
Gautsch VIII Form Cabinet

Vienna, Nov. 29.-Thc Austrian mill
istry yesterday rendered their resig-
nations to Emperor Francis Josef.
who accepted them and entrusted
Baron Gautsch, who holds the portfO-
lilo of public instruction of the retiring
ministry, with the task of forming
new cabinet.
This morning Emperor Francis Jo-
scf addressed an autograph letter to
Count Badeni, decreeing the adjourn
ment of the Reichsrath until further
orders.
During the assembling of the Reich
srath, dense masses of people. for the
most part workingmcn, thronged the
Rings strasse from the university to
the outer gate of Hofburg. A charge
by the mounted police, with drawn
swords, failing to dispense them.
body of hussars cleared the streets al
this point, many persons being wound
cd. The Ambulance Society immcdi-
ntely sent two vans to attend the III
jured.
About the same time at least 10000
people gathered in front of the town
hall and the Provincial Criminal Court
TO demonstrate in favor of Herr Wolff.
who was to be arraigned there on a
charge of public violence committed
the Unterhaus by the police, acting un-
der the orders of President Won Abra-
hamOvich. The police, with drawn
swords. dispersed them, one mans
skull being fractured and two others
being severely injured. A third am
bulance was sent to that point.
simultaneously meetings of working
men We're held in various quarters of
the city; but the police dissolved these
making twelve arrests. The streets
became more quiet during the after
noon, but at sunset thousands reas-
sembled in the Frangeseying and the
Rathhaus parks. where they INDUCED
IN stormy protests against the govern
ment, the passengers in the street cars
ana omnihusses who went by joining
In cries of Down with Badeni!'
suddenly IL change came over the
scene. The report spread like wild
hre that Count Badeni had resigned
lhe demonstrations ceased almost in
stantly when the news was confirmed
by the police authorities and their
suDordinates. who announced to the
people at various points that they
We're instructed to inform them of the
cabinets resignation.
DIR. Luegcr, the burgomaster of Wen
ma, driving through the crowds. an
nounced the resignation from his car
rage, reporting it n little later from
the windows of the town hall, with the
addition that Herr Gautsch had been
appointed to form n cabinet. He ap-
pealed to the people to return quietly
10 their homes. His announcement
was greeted with thunders of applause
ana an extra edition of the Wcincr
Leittlng with an official statement of
the resignation still further reass,lrcd
the people.
Upwards of 5000 people tried to or
game Il demonstration in the early
evening in front of the foreign office
bulldinE. but this was prevented by
closing the approaches to the palace,
After O'Clock the city was auiet.
The judge of the Provincial Criminal
Court discharged Herr Wolff from GUS
tOdy.
IL is asserted that the Emperor a,
hrst declined to accept the resignation
OF the cabinet, but Count Badeni re-
pied: Your majesty, / cannot take
the responsibility. as bloodshed will en-
sue If l remain in office"
ThereupOn the Emperor reluctantly
accepted the designations.
Baron Gautsch De Frankenthurp.
upon whom has been thrown the diff
cut tHsk of constructing n cabinet ca
paple OF conducting public business in
tne presence of the various conflicting
FORCES at work in the Unterhaus, is of
German nationality. He is a moder
ate and conciliatory politician, popu
lar with all parties in Austria, us well
as among the Hungarians. His ap-
pointmcnt is sure to make good i'm
preston.
Emperor Josef returned to Vienna
last night from visiting his daughter
at Wallsee. He was informed that vi
enna was on the brink of n reyolu
ton. The troops remained in readj-
ness all night.