Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-16
RED REVOLUTION"
IN VIENNA MARKED
BY GENERAL STRIKE
Austrian Capital Tied Up as
Rioting and Arson by
Mobs SubSide.
IL DEAD, 119 WOUNDED
REPORTED DAYS TOLL
Plot to Establish Dictator Alleged
as Demand for Resignation of
Seipel Is Rumored.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
VIENNA, July 16.-An official
communique issued by the office of
Chancellor Seipel today said that
Yesterdays rebellion has been sup
pressed
The communique states that II
persons We're killed and 119 in.
jured.
By the Associated Pres,
LONDON. July 1G.-Cnconfrmed
reports regarding the Vienuese situa-
ton reaching Reuters by way Of
Berlin, Prague ard BratisIava. Czecho-
slovakia, state that practically all the
workers of the Austrian capital have
Obeyed a general strike order which
is said to have been issued by the
Socialist party and executives Of the
Austrian trades union.
The reports say that the Socialists
sent deputation to Chancellor SeipeI.
demanding his resignation and also
that of the chief Of police of Vienna.
Ore report said that the military
had the situation we'll in hand, having
cleared the streets of rioters. Fire
men had extinguished the fire in the
Palace of Justice, which is badly
damaged. as We're other buildings in
the neiShborhood.
Trains Are Held Up.
Trains en- route to Vienna were
held up in the suburbs. it is said.
The Orient express was stopped at
BratiSlava, while trains from Germany
to Austria were detained at the
frontier.
Reports regarding the casualties
vary. One said 80 people were killed
and 700 were wounded.
Pending further information as TO
the genesis of the outbreak. it is still
ascribed to the aCquittal of soldiers
of the charge of being responsible for
the death of a man and a boy in the
course of a riot at Schallendorf early
in the year.
According to some rumors, how.
ever. the disturbance had been long
preparing, and a correspondent in
Italy of the Daily Mail sends a report
that it was actually a revolutionary
coup d'etat. The same correspondent
reports also that red dictatorship"
was established in Austria. and adds
that the gravest view of the situation
is taken in Italy. where it is feared
if the revOlutiOnarieS maintain them
selves in power it may lead to dan
gerous complications for the peace Of
Europe.
Girls Join in Demonstration.
Relating some of the incidents he
witnessed, the correspondent of the
Daily Express says he saw one sec-
ton of the mob chasing policemen
down side streets, and that when a
policeman was caught he was ruth
lessly killed with sticks or swords.
Suddenly he heard clatter of hoofs
and a large detachment of mounted
police galloped on the scene in II reg
ular cavalry charge, whirling swords
over their heads.
After a tour of the streets the
writer went to Parliament House,
which had been transformed into an
emergency dressing station.
LAS l entered" he says, "a girl
was led in bandaSed and man was
carried in shot through the face. The
howls of the infuriated mob outside
were distinctly heard within the
building. .
THE tragic feature is the number
of factory girls who joined in the
demonstration. 1t will probably be
found many of them We're among the
victims. They shrieked at the police
in front of Parliament House, shak-
ing clenched fists and screaming
Murderers.' ("