The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-02
MORE Rl0TING IN PRAGUE.
MANY OF THE MODS WOUNDED AND
n FEW KILLED.

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daS-S,ooo Soldiers Are Called Ont The
1obs at last Met with hall Cartridge.
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rhAGVh' DOC, i.--lho excitement resulting
irom 'he ponticai SITUATION mas leu y vioieht
scenes OF rlotlng In this CITY, ana 10 inc killing
= "ouhains I nu"ocro' persons "no wore
taxing part N the ro'ous ue"ons'ra'ions inc
e'ree.s ses'oiasy were niieu "i'n moos' "hicn
paruue" up anu ao"nt u ho,ouRni"ro' snnash'
~ "ihuon' u ihhie''nk y ue""eo UPON
HOUSES ana SHOPS oecupiea oy Io.mans' tno
aAso inNaoou tno eIHisn anu cates'
" "io.Nea s,,o.si VI .hon. u outreses
"mo 'no,,ee'oo = II Nv party.
poieo meao s.'orHi onof,s queh inc
us ,"".e,. u SUN e.,ous io''s'anoo was or
.Si'N 10 'no' "ei. " 80 ouo,ese.ui. III
""' VI Iho '.s 'o.o.sou 'e'ere
ih'uiie', "h'o eighty " ~ fio'ors "oro
"oun'eu-
ui9oruoIs "e,o rosunhoa 'o-oay' ana tney
soiiou' 'u"n y . ! !esteraay' Al
u y o,osou 'nioushout .ne uay, tneir
psopi'''o'' tearing 'n"' 'ho inoo "ouia ioot
'nen
no' ocsah 10 pi'iage
y. 80" Luz :. y, '..n""s II 'e"s. tnes also
oh'efeu u institute ., chenistry ana Ahae-
ohy anu the German University "here they'
an LUZ "ah.onnoss. 'n'asnoo al ~ 'aiuaoie
I." AA 'oH'"ineo ~ ihstitu-
'um'.
NJ situation nnahF oeceme 30 serious that
w nv vas ih'oAeo " reseore
o'uer' fiNo.nousahu soIaiers were oistriooted
quar'ois Vi 'he ei1y' out tneir
presence i ho' ueter lhe rioterS 70 any great
eHceh'.
evening" eoinSio" occurred between tne
"oope anu ino III INC HiAo" quarter. lhe
soiu'ers "ere oroeteu 10 hre upon the rioters'
"nth 'hey uio uhhesitatihRiy kiliing Two men
u wouh"ihe many others Later anon IN the
o"iehow quarter mauo oonnres OF furniture
ina naa oeen iooteu from German houses and
schoois' "nen inc gehuarmes ttempte 10
oisperse inc rioters a humoer OF the latter drew
reviewers ana threatened 10 shoot them. The
omeer commanding the gendarmes was IN no
moou 70 pariey WIN inc rioters. lie az once
gave ORDERS 10 MS men 10 nre into the mob with
Dali cartridges, ana o Voiley was delivered with
most serious erect
i'is reporteo tnaI tnere mas oeen riotins at
Tnseh' ht.y'I"o hiii,s southwest OF PRAGUE
Inc positioh mere Is ugly. Inc excuses are
a.rect's the resuie OF the ooihgs at vienna.
inc ozechs are on the verge OF losing the ex'
ceptiohai position they gained during the IRE
m'ersn'po count badeni, ana are determined
Win tne ne" CaoiheL
Inc Germans mere have ohered no provoca-
tioh LOT the attacks that nave been made on
then, neyonh thoir natural 9uoilation over
Count naoehis do"htaii. nevertheless. Herr
foolpny' the Czech ourgomaster. made a
speech at a meeting OF the Iown Council on
hionuay directly ihcitihR the CZechs against
.ne Horihahs' in's mas oeeh ioiioweo oy fur-
ther indictments on Inc parton the ozech news
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Among inc eniet centres OF attack nave peen
tne paihceso vi Count oaim anu baron Aerehoai.
riots began, but the mob tore the planks off the
doors and windows and bombarded the ground
floor with large stones. The luxurious furni-
ture was smashed and many valuable objects of
art were destroyed.
The Office of the German newspaper Bohemia
and a large number of German and jewish clubs
and saloons were wrecked and looted. The
constant cry OF the mob was: Down
with the Germans!' Down with the
Jews!". The Germans and Jews were COM
pletely terroriZed. Nobody dared to utter
o word of German on the streets. German sign.
boards were hastily removed or covered with
improvised signs reading This Is n Czechist
business" Ladies' who were compelled to go
upon the streets donned the Slav tricolor in
order to avoid insult or attack.
The riot in the Zikow quarter arose from the
mob attempting to storm a cartridge factory.
There is hardly a building. public or private.
that is known to be owned by Germans that
has a whole window. The damage done by the
rioters by looting and burning amounts to many
thousands of forms.
Shortly before midnight order was restored In
tho city itself and many Of the troops were
withdrawn. In the suburbs. however. the stu.
alton is not 80 safe. and the streets and roads