The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-20
saIandra, indicated, Returns.
to Premiership and Cabinet
Is Expected to Take De-
cisive Step Today.
FRONTIER GUARDS CLASH
100000 People Participate in
Demonstration of Approval
of Belligerent Policy-Ha-
tired for Austria Grows.

Rome. May II. (via Paris. May 49,
Developments of the utmost impor-
lance are expected tomorrow (Monday)
in the affairs of Italy. Premier Sa-
landra has called the first formal meet
ing of his cabinet to be held since the
passing of the ministerial crisis which
resulted in his remaining in power
with a virtual vindication Of his for
eign policy. 1t is considered highly
probable a definite decision for peace
or war may be reported.
The tension has been intensified by
reported clashes between Austrian and
Italian frontier guards. The temper of
the Italian people has been more high
ly inflamed by dispatches telling of
a "woman's revolution" at Trieste.
Forty-seven women are said to have
been killed and 800 wounded there by
gendarmes when they charged a crowd
which was threatening the governors
palace.
Official confirmation of the report
that the Salandra cabinet would re-
main in power was greeted by one of
the most remarkable demonstrations of
approval ever witnessed in Rome. A
roWd estimated at 100000 gathered in
the Popolo square at the foot of Pin
clan hill, the slope and summit of
which were thronged with representa-
tives of the most aristocratic families
In the capital.
faIfed TOR AUSTRIA
Society women wearing the ~tricoior
of Italy waved flags and handkerchiefs
as they joined in the cheers for Sa-
landra and Foreign Minister Sonnonino
while bands played patriotic airs. To
the Garibaldian veterans in the crush
1t seemed that the string days of the
war of independence had returned.
with flags. Besides the obelisk in
the square was an immense caricature.
of Emperor Francis Joseph, of Austria,
at which all kinds of missiles were.
hurled. French, British, Belgian and.
Russian flags were borne aloft with
the Italian colors.
There was a great patriotic e!non-
stration before the home of Ricciotti
Garibaldi. The veteran red shirt
leader responded to insistent demands
for a speech by declaring, To-day the
Italian people are writing the last page
of their national liberation. to which
our red shirts contributed"
A young priest who declared all po-
litical parties had been merged into a.
united Italy, was hailed as a new Ugo
Bassi, the priest who followed Carl
baldi and was shot down by the Aus
TRANS. An endless procession of en-
thusiastic Romans marched from one
end of the city to the other inc back
again under a shower Of flowers
thrown from the houses along the way.
Ihere were extraordinary demon
STATIONS at the home of Premier Sal
andra, the war office, the royal palace
and at the consulate, where ii was
thought the grim visage Of Sonnino, the
foreign minister, who has been impla-
cable in his demands upon Austria, was
seen behind a window
Rome's great demonstration rejoicing
at the solution of the ministerial crisis
by the retention in office of the so
called "war cabinet" was echoed on a.
smaller scale in hundreds of cities and
towns throughout the kingdom. Every
where was evident on the part of the
people a desire for war with Austria.
BERLIN SAYS ENTRANCE
OF ITALY is NOW SURE
London, May IA dispatch re-
ceived here from Amsterdam says the
North German Gazette. commenting on
the fac that Signor Salandra has re-
tanned the office Of premier of Italy,
writes as follows:
This bowling before the popular
fashion is Of the greatest significance.
We must be prepared for a fateful and
perhaps premature decision. To be
ready is every thing. We are ready.
We AVE not had to fear a united Italy,
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