Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-09

are coming in from a distance. There is
some evidence that the authorities will
proclaim martial law.
A strong force Of troops is posted in
the neighborhood Of the Italian consul
ate.
Vienna, Nov. 5.-The attack upon the
Italian students at Innsbruck Thursday
occasions great soicitude here. There
is no attempt to disguise in certain Off
cial circles the apprehension that the re-
lations between Austria and Italy, which
have been strained for some time, are
now near the break point. 1t is well
known that the anti-Austrian feeling in
Italy will be greatly increased and the
public feeling which has long been eX-
cited under the propaganda of the Dante
Aigheri society may become infamed to
war pitch.
Triple Alliance Ends.
There can be no doubt that, notwith-
standing the earnest efforts of the Ger
man Emperor and Of Count Won Buelow
to pour oil on the troubled waters, the
triple alliance is practically at an end.
The trouble was revived recently by the
failure to renew the commercial treaty
between the two countries.
The Hungarian government opposed
the renewal because of the competition
of Italian wines and produce, and the
Italian and Austro-Hungarian govern
mentS were forced to go under a modus
Vivendi
There was constant complaint in the
southern provinces of Austria of ill-treat-
ment Of Italians by the German element
and Of like ill-treatment Of Austrians in
Italy, which eliminated in a series Of dis
turbances throughout Italy osme time
ago, during which the eScutcheons Of the
Austrian consulates i'll several large cities
of Italy were disiigured
Cause of Outbreak
An important conference was held be-
tween Signor Tittoni, the Italian foreign
minister, and Count Goluchowski, the
Austrian foreign minister, at Abazzia, in
April. There had been an urgent de
mand by the Italian citizens of South
western Austria for the establishment of
a school at Trent for the purpose of
teaching Italian literature, law and his
tory. This matter was considered with
great care at the Abazzia conference and
the Austrian declined to establish the
school at Trent because of the fact that
it would increase the anti-Austrian spirit
in that section, but he compromised by
establishing an Italian faculty at Inns
bruck. This had the effect Of exciting
the German Austrian students and there
has been constant trouble between the
two groups ever since, eliminating in the
riots which have just taken place.
In July an important Italian nationalist
demonstration took place at Trieste, and
as result the police searched the rooms
belonging to a Turnverein society and
discovered a number of bombs.
Another Chance for Riot.
A memorial demonstration for the vic
tim of the riot at Innsbruck, Prezzey,
the artist, who was killed by bayonet
thrust Friday, will be held November I
in the lecture hall of the Vienna univer-
sity. The German students of the high
school have decided to hold a protest
meeting the same day.
The war ministry announces, after an
exhaustive inquiry, that it is doubtful if
Prezzey was killed by the gendarmes'
bayonets and consequently a post NOR
tenn examination of the remains has been
ordered, with the view of securing expert
evidence regarding the nature of the
wounds
A dispatch from Innsbruck published
here says a railroad official has been
severely wounded by bayonet thrust.