No sooner were these severe measures enforced in Prague, than the wrath
of the people began to calm down.

Four men were handed over to the mercy of the judges; each received a
sentence of twenty years' imprisonment, and was immediately taken away
without time for farewells.

The hand of the law is very heavy in Prague at this moment, and for this
reason her citizens are gradually returning to their senses.

Throughout the length and breadth of this great city the people are
forced to live by military rules. Among other orders, the commanding
officer insists that the house doors must be closed at seven every
evening. Shops have to be closed at five, cafés must have their lights
out and doors closed at nine, and every person in the city has to give
an account of himself whenever it is required.

Under these laws the people of Prague will continue to live until peace
is restored. The condition of the city is very pitiable. The schools are
closed, the hotels are empty, and the tradespeople declare that
bankruptcy lies before them.

Amazing stories are told of the dreadful things done by the rioters in
their hatred of everything German. It is said that the Children's
Hospital was attacked, and pelted with stones until all the windows were
broken. The poor little invalids were for hours subjected to the
freezing cold, and all because the doctors and nurses were Austrian
Germans. In another part of the city an ambulance with a sick man in it
was attacked by the mob, because the doctor riding with the patient was
known to be a German.