A DISGRACEFUL SCENE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 114, 6 February 1908, Page 5

A DISGRACEFUL SCENE.

, i : . : ; : 'X },- ;.-. v,,/M w; ' The Lower House of the Austrian, llcichsrath' wasSreceritly'' th'oscViwfof: disgraceful proceedings; of -which' vtho • Rutbeiiian dor puties were the'authors. The troublo-arose out" of' al'ijriling. by .lthVPrMideut Concerning ■ certain .questions. put' •by "tlie f Rutheni an' party?:'""V-.■ The a demonstr.v-.t-iph'".agaihsts - 'flip V 'proceedings:'■ Leopold i University,; gave-notice 'of ■■'ani -urgency. motion" on'the'subject, and i'larfeotnuimo#: of:inter?', 'pella'tipnsi -demanded- •/should fbo read i: out.'textua,lly/ ! directed ■ that they .should be read-'at tho close of tho sitting.. Thereupon; -thov'Ruthdniin' :;jle--putie'3 -began t6'creato;'aii;,upropr, whistling .and'banging.the : lids,of their, desks. 'An at 7 tempt was'made ,to continue tho discussion on ■ tho" Atisgleiohv" and M.■ Fink|endeavoured to ■address''tho House amid,the uproar.,: M. ißapzynski,- a Ruthenian deputy, having: in tho vigour, of his demonstration' broken the lid oE'hiis' desk.-hurled -a large fragment in. the direction of .the President's, tribune. . M. Benlcovichj' standing at the moment m front, 'of.: tho' ..bench . whero' the'. Ministers sit,-was"struck on. tho head. v.. This aroused of the' House to,-such a pitch of' indignation,-that' they made, a rush .for. tho .benches'occupied', by ' tho' Ruthenian. deputies..' •, Amid great'excitement'tho Er'esi-, dent 1 suspended ;■ tho sitting,.; and,. left, tho ■Chamfer, ( but.this did;. noV, .bring,the to* a- termination, v 'foi- . -there-Awere violent between' contending-.groups of, dc : I puticsj', whom; their;' friends .endeavoured ■ to separate,-and: blows .wero .exchanged. . After an interval of an hour the sitting':was:'rc3nmed, : arid/ tbb- President, • addressing the .House,' expressed, his_.deep. indignatiori that a/cliaraber.electcfJ on v universal sulfrage coufd' lio: the sc.eno of'sUclv disorders. They wero tho first of'tho kind,-and-he; lioped they would-be-the : last (cheers: and clapping). The President s then-informed tho House that tho head;of, the,Ruthenian- Club, ,M. Roman: czuk",'.bad Jespressed''to him 't-hp'most pro* found;indignation ; at 'tho unspeakable conduct of M.'Baczyhski., ;He appealed:to the.Hoiisß to proceed-. with its discussions in a ' dignilicd' and serious manner, (applause). Inje- . sponse'to this'appeal,'M.-link was allowed to continue >his speech ..without disturbance'.,