The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-27
MILAN OFFICIALS HELD
RESPONSIBLE FOR RIOTS
Count BadessonO Arrested
Gen. Savelli in Command;
Damage Great.
ny WILSON.

Copyright. 1915. BY the chicago Tribune.
MILAN. May 3o.-The city Of Milan is
now under martial law and the Govern
ment is out for the heads OF various re-
sponsible officials who allowed the riots
to go on practically without Interrupt
ton by the civil power.
Thu Count Badessono has been put
under arrest awaiting an investigation.
Commander Ferrari has been put in as
questor in place OF the former CON-
mander, who, of all the crowd, was the
only one e%xonerated. Gen. savelli has
succeeded as commander Of the city In
the place OF Gen. S%pingardi, formerly
Minister of War.
Although there was little put In the
papers, the affair was really much worse
than was at first imagined. There are
plenty of people who hint at numerous
deaths and savage murders by the
violent crowds. And now that there has
been time to investigate all the destruc-
ton. all the fires. it has been seen that
the damage is immense,
The second morning after the worst OF
the display I went round looking at
some OF the nbIlUlWo u, III suNh pf"NN'
as ! could get by the guard of grizz'ed
territorials watching in front.
] have never seen such complete. care
full. painstaking work In my life. There
was not one scrap Of woodwork LETT 10
prove what sort of a shop this had once
been.
Girls Home Destroyed.
I went TO an apartment which had be-
longed to Viennese girls, friends or an
American journalist I met in Milan. we
went up to see II there was any pos
sibility OF something being spared. The
doors had been torn of their hinges
every pane of glass was broken. Tables.
chairs. wardrobes were broker into
pieces no bigger thar your hand. where
they had not been destroyed by fire.
But the crowd in spite OF Its fury was
systematic and careful. They would
take one apartment like that, enter IT,.
destroy II completely. perhaps make hres
Of the draperies and rugs In the middle
OF the stone floors. guarding the fires
CT refully so that they did not do any
damage to any other tenant.
As far as I have heard there were
few mistakes made OF confused identity
In the case of private homes, though
In many cases the crowd destroyed
firms which had been taken over from
Germans by Italian management dur
ing the last six months of tension. In
these cases Of course II was really
Italian property which was being de-
stroyed. and ] suppose the city will
have TO compense these firms.
We had had two days OF this quiet when
yesterday afternoon I saw a tremen-
dous crowd surging up to the hotel.
evidently in pursuit OF a charming
woman accompanied by two boys. one in
the costume OF the Italian nj Wy. the
other OF the artillery.
Orleans Princess Cheered.
Sne walked into the hotel composedly.
the crowd following after and block
ing the entrance. calling and yelling
and shouting. the cries all so inter-
mingled that | could not distinguish
what II was they sad. I was standing
just in the doorway looking at them,
thinking new riots were commencing.
when the woman turned toward them
and they let loose a new set OF cries.
II Is almost impossible to distinguish
between a furiously angry Italian and
an ecstactically enthusiastic one. as far
as ~extravagant gestures and loud cries
go. and their burning eyes might IL
l~uetrate either emotion.
So II was with great sympathy that
I turned toward the woman who was
facing them and said smiling:
Did they take you for an Austrian?
They followed me yesterday. too. know
ing | was a stranger"
She stiffened a moment. then smiled
gently, and said
NO. they know me. fancy madame
does not understand what they are call
ing, because they are cheering me, or
rather my son'-pointing TO him-"who
is going to the front as a simple soldier
in the morning"
] bowed vaguely. for her words didn't
elucidate the matter at all, and then I
distinguished above the roar OF the
crowd the words: