London, July 16, The most ominous feature of the Vicuna rioting is the cessation of telegraphic and wireless communication. Two large—brondeasting stations have closed.
News filtering in points to an extremist plot to overthrow the: existing order. It is apparently the: culmination of dissatisfaction which has Jong been simmering among Jextremists, not only with M. Seipels'
rightist' government but with the Socialdemoerats who formed a Powerful opposition and have recently exerted a restraining influence on the malcontents.
These malcontents however organized and made plans skilfully and Jcarried out an attempted coup with tling swiftness, taking as a ignnl the acquittal of three anti. Socialists accused of. shooting at a crowd present at a socialist demonstration at Schattendorf on the Hungarian frontier in February, The accused men had pleaded marched to. the centre of the city shouting "Down with the murderers of workmen! Down with class: justice!"
The first conflict occurred at the University. where windows were broken and police disarmed and their uniforms torn off. Thay were: rescued finally by a large posse of police with drawn swords.
Hitherto 40 persons have been reported killed and 200 wounded.
A very menacing situation exists at the law courts, in the neighbourhood of which thousands of work. men have erected barricades of! motorcars and lorries to prevent mounted police from advancing. The mob broke into the.law courts and created havoc. in the interior, jin spite of the fact that there were many police in the building. Win-
The Cabinet is at present conferring with the Social-democrats to Secure a united front against the rebels but the outcome is projbtematical while the authorities' difficulties are accentuated by the severe pruning of the army under the peace treaty.—Reuter.
Policemen Suffer Most, Bratislava, July 16.
The latest news from Vienna is that 12 have been killed and. 116 injured la the rioting. The majority of the casualties are policemen. At the end of yesterday. strong patrols of mounted and foot police had dispersed the crowds and restored order. Troops now occupy' the squares in front of the Parlin. ment buildings and the Palace of dows wore smashed, hooks. and Justice.
The authorities are stated to be masters of the situatign—Reuter,
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