| Show iiuiIi AiAcIcJ1J A T T A IN i ROME Italians Retaliate for the Assaults As-saults Made in France ORE TROUBLE IS FEAEED The Authorities and the Mob Engage in a hattie Many of the Mob Are Wounded by Sabres in the Hands of Officers Eio Is Occur Ie Several Provincial Provin-cial Towns R arx Aug 21 Troubles growing out of the fighting between French and Italian workingmen at Aigues MovIes France threaten to involve grave international inter-national complications Popular indignation indig-nation ot the Italians is finding ventin demonstrations that are evidently intended in-tended to coerce the government into demanding de-manding an apology from France for the attack upon the Italians and the payment of indemnity to compensate the families of the Italians killed Riots directed against Frenchmen have occurred in many provincial towns and tho situation is considered exceedingly grave The most serious outbreak of popular feeling against the French occurred in this city late last night when a mob attempted to burn the French embassy Some of the rioters carried cans of petroleum and did not hesitate to openly declare their intention to use it in destroying the embassy The authorities however had anticipated antici-pated that an attack might bo attempted on tho embassy and a strong force of troops was detailed to guard the building The rioters however attempted to carryout carry-out their threats to burn the embassy notwithstanding the presence of soldiers The soldiers charged upon them but the mob held their ground for a time and fought stubbornly and i was not until several charges were made that they began to r treat fighting all the time Fortyfive rioters were arrested and many of the mob were wounded by sabres Rioting in the provincial towns was only quelled by the use of troops the police being utterly powerless to handle the mob Further developments are anxiously awaited Several hundred Yorkingmen tried to start an antiFrench riot late this afternoon after-noon but were dispersed by the police wounded and arrested Several were many arrestd I The mayor has issued a manifesto exhorting exhort-ing the people to remain calm and trust the government for satisfaction of their demands Disorderly crowds shouted in the streets of the city this evening In Genoa antiFrench demonstrations were in progress throuchout the evening The riotersburned an omnibus and many II street booths In Naples several collisions between the police and antiFrench agitators have taken place this evening People are marching in tho streets at 10 oclock shouting for vengeance against France A Paris telegram says Signor Resse man Italian minister called upon Premier Pre-mier Dupuy today and informed him of I the feeling aroused in Italy by the AiguesMortis affair At the same time I AiguesJorts efair tme he expressed regret that such bitter anti French manifestoes were issued in Italy and that the French consul at Messina had been attacked and injured by the rioters |
