RED RIOTS IN AUSTRIA.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12772, 25 May 1912, Page 5

RED RIOTS IN AUSTRIA.

MANY KILLED OR INJURED.

GREAT DAMAGE DONE,

(Press Aaßn.-riy Telegraph.— Copyright.) '.'.-.<

' BUDAPEST, May 24. ! . _ There is a. state of siege jipd 60,000.-, people are "demonstrating m tne' streets; r' The election of Count Tisza (the chiefopponent of universal suffrage) to the presidency of the Chamber has exasperated the working classes. The mob with great determination wrecked ; scores of tram care ; , plundered the pawn shops, , stormed the asphalt works, dragged barrels into the street, and fired them and tore up the gas lamps and ignited the gas.^ There; is constant collision between the police and ■ the troops, .who made bayonet charges. The mob dragged the Hussars from their /horses. -In order to prevent their Avindows being smashed shop-keepers have placarded them with inscriptions "Long Live Universal Suffrage P' 7 The theatres -frre closed. No newspapers are being piihlished. i Fifteen people Avere killed and several hundred injured. " . v , r (Received May 25, 8.10. tun.) '.'-'-' A" BUDA PESTH, May 24. Despite the orders given by the ".o'jir ganisers for. strikers to cease -making demonstrations, those engage*! m several trades have struck, and there has.been renewed fighting, and fierce conflicts Avith the police. Many Avere m j ured: f ' "