The Topeka state journal., 1898-05-10
EXPLODED TOO SOON.
The italian Revolution Went
Off Half Cooked.

Rome, May 10-The Italian cabinet
has decided to recommend to King
Humbert that parliament be prorogued.
The police aer reported to have seiz-
ed correspondence showing that the re-
cent serious riots in different parts of
Italy were the result of a plan of rev.
olution, but it appears that the move
ment broke out prematurely.
Martial law has been proclaimed in
the province of Naples
London. May 1O-A Milan correspon-
dent of the Daily News says:
Calm reigns again. This being so, it
can do no harm to say plainly, though
it is by no means certain the words will
reach you, that for the last two days
this city has been in the throes of a
revolution with all its horrors and its
sadness.
Certain quarters today present
scene of complete devastation In 9TH
ers the qultenesS of terrorism reignS,
and this is the more striking when con-
trasted in the mind of the spectator
with the scenes of yesterday and Sat-
urday when above the shrieks of the
dying rose the walls of widows and or
phans, the hOarse words of command
and the tramp of. soldiers, followed by
the terrible boom of cannon. When the
fury first broke out many people who
would have nothing to do with the
movement, were caught, as it were, in
a trap. Here is an instance: When
the soldiers were advancing to the
charge against the first barricade in the
Via Torino, lady, young, richly dress
ed and stiff with terror, was struck by
a bullet in the breast. She fell against
the wall, only having time to exclaim:
'MOther!" before dying. In the same
way old people, unable to resist the
rush, were shot or trampled under foot.
At another point, fine carriage was
stopped by the mob and its occupant,
lady, forcibly removed and left to find
her way home best she could. The
carriage was used to carry the wound
ed to the hospital At the central sta
tiOn the engine drivers and guards re-
fused to leave their families to the
mercy of the mob. However, after
delay of 40 minutes the troops obliged
them to go on with the trains. The
fighting was in real earnest and the
soldiers were received as people receive
a foreign invader. Pools of blood were
seen in the streets and often, also, the
scattered brains of the killed.
The Red Cross service organized it's
| members, wearing the international
badge, and succored the wounded and
! dying. Many children had exceeding
ly narrow escapes, the firing coming
just as the schools had been closed at
| noon.
Parents rushed about in an agony of
mind. Any mother or father can un-
derStand their feeling while passing
| through a mob with bullets whizzing
| their ears. Women, instead of restrain
| ing the men, egged them on to greater
| efforts and even allowed their children
| to participate. Some even pushed
| themselves under the nose of the SOL
| diers, crying: "Cowards! Assassins!''
| I'VE work all day to maintain you in
| idleness," and raising similar protests.
| When the mob invaded the central rail-
road station, the express for Turin was
| just on the point of leaving. The riot
| ers, when they saw it, cried: Look
Look, they are going to Turin for the
fetes of the jubilee of the constitution; !;
| they are going to enjoy themselves.
| Shame! Shamei Come back! Come
| back" and so on. Meanwhile the train
| advanced, but very slowly, and hun
| dreds of people threw themselves on
| the track in front of the engine, scream
! ing: Come on, but over our bOdies!" ="
A very noticeable point throughout
| the two days fighting has been that the
! working element, although with ade-
| quate means, offensive or defensive,
| has shown extraordinary tactical
| knowledge, a proof among others that
| organization existed and more prepa-
| rations had been made, perhaps not for
| an explosion now, but at the first op-
| portUnity. Thirteen barricades were
| built by the mob at the Corso Garibaldi,
| where this main street is intersected by
| others, forming a small square.