Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-07-17
Chaos Reigns In
Vienna as Riots
Spread OverCity

by Inc Associated PreSS1
Disorders continued in Vienna
Saturday night, with their fuii
scope and effect still clouded under
rigorous censorship, which forced
the filing of most news dispatches
from trans s-border points.
After Friday night passing in
comparative peace firing was heard
yesterday in the outskirts, and
strong troop detachments patrolled
the principal streets, while Austrial
forces watched the borders to re-
strict ingress and egres.
A Vienna dispatch late Saturday
night estimated the number killed
at $50 and said the wounded could
not be determined.
The Palace Of Justice was still
burning. Vienna and outlying dis
tricts were under martial law and
the police had been instructed To
quell further disturbances ruthless
ly.
The trouble in Vienna began with
clashes between police and demon
strating workmen.
Italy is insisting upon resumption
Of train movements, Rome dispatch
es indicated. one report asserting
that an "ultimatum" threatened the
use of Italian troops to force trains
through if the holdup was continued,
Observers in adjacent capital
agreed generally that Chancellor
Zeipel had retained or regained q
measure Of control over the situa.
q. D~Iw a.. al
ignation and the substitution Of q
socialist government.
VIENNA. July l6.-lFD D-Rioting in
Vienna had not ceased this after
noon. For many hours the police
and mobs had struggled in various
parts OF the capital. There were
some desperate encounters and al
though the authorities last night
made public casualties numbering u
dead and 100 wounded, the genei al
belief is that they excetd l20 with
more than 1000 wounded
The general postoffice. the palace
of Justice and the editorial offices
Of several die hard" newspapers
present a scene Of wreckage. Tales
of gruesomc brutality are recounted
everywhere, of how nobs stormeJ
! the police stations and fclled anc
kicked the officers until they were
covered with blood. and burned the
official documents. Il is rumoi cd
that in many instances the troops
| sided with the rioters.
Manifesto Issued
The social democrats nave issued
manifesto, declaring: I'VE do not
want a collision bstween the work
men and the societies of the repuO-
| lican army. Therefore, comrades
no demonstrations, but a silent, dag
nified and complete protest strike
for "a hours"
X Is difficult 10 say whether the
| revolutionary movement has been
cont. oiled, for practically all means
Of communication have been stop
ped; the streets are deserted. with
the exception of automobiles filled
with republican defense troops fit
ting past now and then.
Demonstration Planned
All hopes are centored on the dis
cussion which has been going Oh be-
tween Chancellor ZoIpei, ana the So
cial democratic leader Karl SeItz
, The discussion has for its object
some change in the government. II
is firmly believed that coalition
government with the social demo
Gratis will be formed and that Pollce
Chief Sscober will De compelled e
iesign.
Abiding to Schober, the social
democrats assert that "his brutal
radical offensive cause the uprising
of the masses" Notwithstanding
that the social democrats have re-
duested no demonstration, the trade
unions are planning monster
demonstration for tomorrow.