The demonstrations against the increased cost of living have spread
far beyond the borders of France, and violent riots took place in Vienna last Sunday, when a mass meeting of Social Democrats ended in destruction of property and attacks on the police. Shops, cafes, and public buildings were looted and wrecked. Troops were called out, and cavalry charged the mob. A Social Democratio leader who tried to restrain the people was set upon and beaten, and was carried away unconscious. Three persons were killed and about ninety injured. The cost of living is no doubt a very great burden in Austria, and it would be a mistake to suppose that resentment is confined to the Socialists. Austria- Hungary is paying, and has yet to pay, the price of the Annexation crisis, and the Government will not easily be induced to part with any of its already insufficient revenue to effect the cheapening of food.
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