The Austrian Government has decided to act with vigour in
the capital. The Municipality, as was expected, met the Imperial refusal to sanction Dr. Lueger's election by re-elect- ing him, this time by a majority of 47 (92 to 45). The Com- missioner of the district thereupon asked if he intended to accept the post notwithstanding the expressicin of Imperial disapproval ; and onreceiving a reply, in the affirmative, read a decree by the Stadtholder of Lower Austria dissolving the Municipal Council, and transferring its authority to an Imperial Commission. The Anti-Semites were furious ; and the mob- outside, besides trying to break into the Town Hall, filled the inner court of the Palace, and cheered Dr. Lueger there. It was necessary to drive them out with the bayonet, but though several rioters were arrested, no one was killed.. Further rioting was expected, but it is known that the Austrian Par- liament approves the Imperial decre,e, and- riothig can come to nothing in Vienna. The police are armed, and the- gar- rison has not the least sympathy with the mob.
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