The Disturbance In Europe

The Disturbance In Europe

An Ann Arbor Man Witnesses Effects of Servant Tragedy

Spirit of Anarchy is Rife--Crazy Man Attacks Austrian Emperor

A letter of much interest was received in the city yesterday from an Ann Arbor citizen who is a European "drummer." His business is at present in Vienna, Austria, so he has been an eye-witness to some of the foreign disturbance that has shaken the border country of Servia. The following is an extract from the letter, dated Vienna, June 14:

"You can be sure the excitement here was at fever heat over the tragedy in Belgrade, and is still so, though much less than at first. One of the effects was to inflame the mind of a man who had lately come out of an insane asylum here, and who became again crazy and attempted to climb into the back of the Emperor's carriage and beat him over the head with a club. He was seized by a hundred hands was back in the asylum before night. The Emperor rides out to his summer home every afternoon and back every morning, entirely unattended except by his adjutant, who sits in the carriage with him, and it was on the return trip that the attempt was made. He is so democratic and so much loved by everyone that he needs no guard anymore than our President does, except at just such times, and no one can tell, or course, when they are coming. If the man had had a revolver instead of a club he might have done some damage, but as it was he never touched him. It is so universally known here how much despised the Servian Queen was that her death alone would have caused infinitely less excitement; but the wiping out of the whole family, including her husband, who was not of her family, of course, shows how far back these people are toward the Asiatic source from which they sprang. It destroys the last trace of the Obrenovitch family, which included many noted names and covers many dark pages."