Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-23
RIOTERS IN TRIESTE
CHEER FOR ITALIANS;
FEAR OPEN REVOLT
Pro-Italian Mob, Including
M any Women, Stones
Austrian Troops and
Threatens to Loot Mill
tary Stores.
ROME, April %.

ROME, April %.
Rioting OF a revolutionary character Is
proceeding at Trieste. Serious disturb
ances are also reported in Bohemia, but
no details of the trouble there have been
received owing to the strict censorship.
At Trieste the citizens assembled in
the streets shouting Long live Italy
and daring the police to arrest them.
They stoned the troops, who were or
dered not to fire, since the majority Of
the rioters were women. It is feared
that II the authorities attempt to put
down the riots by violent measures It
will lead to a revolution.
The situation is very alarming es
pecially owing to the systematic looting
and destruction OF military stores. The
danger of famine is also increasing
Baron Macchio the Austrian Ambas-
sador, conferred with Baron Sonntno,
the Foreign Minister, for an hour yes
terday afternoon. Any special sgnil-
canoe of the conference is dsavowed by
the Foreign Office but the pro- Germans
declare that it proves that the negotia-
tions between Italy and Austria have not
been broken off.
There is a report in diplomatic sources
that the failure of the negotiations is
inevitable and that they are not likely
to be prolonged beyond May 10, two
days before the opening of Parliament
A report reaching here from Petrograd
says that Italy had sent note to Aus
tria which virtually amounted to an ulti-
matum. The note is said to embody the
minimum terms upon which Italy will
consent to conclude an agreement with
Austria. It is impossible to confirm this
report here
A storm of criticism has been aroused
by an interview with Senator Riccardo
Carafa Dandria an intimate friend Of
Prince Won Buelow, the German AM
bassador, printed in the Messaggero.
Prince Won Buelow intrusted to Senator
Carafa Dandria message to the Pre-
mier warning him that Germany would
defend Austria in case of Italian inter-
vention Premier Salandra was quoted
as having said in reply that "impelled
by the paramount interests of our coun-
try we will proceed with our duty
against all our antagonists"
An official statement was issued de-
nying that the Premier had made ANY
concrete statement of any kind" The
Senator Is blamed for tactlessness and
lack of patriotism for divulging the ma =
ture of his mission to the Premier, as
1t showed that Prince Won Buelow was
not on friendly terms with the Italian
Government.
In an interview in the Tribuna, SEN
ator Carafa Dandria admitted that he
had made efforts to avert war between
Italy and Austria. He praised Prince
Won Buelow's friendship for Italy and
emphasized his sorrow that there had
been a GOODNESS in the relations between
Italy and Germany He did not, how
ever give any reasons why he had not
kept his visit to the Premier secret.
The Senator's protestations of patriot
ism are regarded as in n manner con-
tradicted by the fact that autographed
photographs of the Kaiser are displayed
ostentatiously in his residence, .---.
The German Embassy denies the re-
port that Prince Won Buelow, the AM
bassador, has sold his villa. 1t did not
deny, however, that the Princes horses
and dogs were shipped to Berlin yes
terday.
GENEVA, April 23
officers of the Austro- Hungarian regi-