Arizona republican., 1898-09-20
AGAINST ITALIANS.
Austrian WorkingmcR Taking inc
 Empress Assassination pretexf.

! Rome, Sept. 19.-The sentiment of
 horror created by the news of the rur- der Of the Empress Elizabeth has been entirely relegated into the background by the dispatches which are constant ly arriving here describing the mob- biug and even lynching to which It. alians are being subjected in various parts of Austria and Hungary. There is a very large Italian population in Austria. composed not only of natives
 Of the Italian speaking provinces Of
 Austria, but likewise Of laborers and artisans, who have crossed the frontier partly with view or escaping military service in Italy, and partly also because they can more readily find work as well as better wages in Austria than
 in the dCminions Of King Humbert. They constitute, therefore, a very seri- GUS competition Of the Austrian prole-
 tariat in the labor market of Austria, and are correspondingly hated there. The assassination of the empress by
 an Italian has furnished the higher
 priced Austrian workingman with an opportunity of getting even with his lchief Italian rival, and, on the pretext
 of patriotic desire to avenge the death of Elizabeth, the Austrian labor
 ing classes are rising everywhere against the Italian population in the dual empire.
 According to the dispatches which have been received here, some half a hundred Italian lives have already been sacrificed, thousands of Italians have had their property destroyed, while tens Of thousanas are ficcking across T ,O fro fie.r l>,c mt Iii fleeing for their lives On all sides Austrian employers Of labor arc dis
 missing their Italian labor, one manu- fae.urer having turned adrift no less than 1 1,200 men, many Of whom had been in his employ for ysars.
 All this naturally creates profound irritation here, all the more as it is alleged that the Austrian authorities the safety or the protection of the It. ai;e2s. So strong, indeed, is the feel Ing which has been aroused thereby, not only among people, but actually among the governing classes, the poli- ticianS even in court circles, that there is every reason to believe that the al- liarce between Austria and Italy is in the most grave danger.
 N'ilS luuDSIl Haul GI HiSl dlluOuuC- cd his intention Of proceeding to Vii en2a, to take par. in the funeral, but he has already realized that, with the state of public feeling here, his journey to Vienna would be impracticable; in fact, it might cost him his throne.
 Italians have always hated Austri- ans mere bitterly than any other for eign nation. mainly because the north eTn provinces of Italy were for many years subject to Austrian domination, and the thousands cf Italian patriots suffered lifelong imprisonment and death in Austrian prisons. Indeed, in this country the name of Austria is synonymous with the cruclest form Of tyranny.
 So fierce is the hatred for Austria that there is scarcely a politician or statesman of any prominence who does 10, form part Of the Italian Irredento. ar organization the scie aim of which is to restore to Italy the Italian speak ing provinces of Austria. The aninoS- ity between the two nations has never heen so acute as now, and any idea of their armies ever cooperating with one another as allies or meeting other wise than as foes, must be forever. 3 3h2ndcned