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Show FIERCE BATTLE AMONG ITALIAN AND GERMAN STUDENTS AT VIENNA M 4 VIENNA, Nov. 12. Many heads were broken In a fierce conflict between German and Italian students at the university today, the fig-ht arising: from the recent troubles at Innsbruck. The Germans took the aggressive. They started singing: the "Wacht Am Rheln" with uncovered heads, and demanded that all the other students remove their bats. ' The Italians, Slavs and other non-Germans refused to do so, whereupon the. Teutons forcibly knocked ofT the!r opponents' op-ponents' headgear and trampled their hats and caps in the dust. The Italians then started a counter demonstration on the university steps and sang the na-. na-. tional hymn of Italy. The Germans then attacked the Italians and drove them from their position. Sticks and umbrellas were" freely used, and many heads were cracked, but no arrests were made, as the fighting was confined to the university uni-versity precincts. |