The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-03-05
MANIAC RULER
IL what the Berliners Call Gcrmany's Em-
peror--Doubtless Emperor william Is In
the Greatest of Danger.

IL what the BerIiners Call Gcrmany's Em-
peror--Doubtioss Emperor william Is In
the Greatest of Danger.
BERLIN, Feb. 27.--The citizens OF
Berlin have passed one of the most
restless Thursday nights in the memory
of the present generation. The echoes
Of yesterdays rioting before the castle
Of the Emperor William of Germany, at
the end of the Inter den Linden, spread
not only far into the night but the en-
bers of the affair were still glowing
fiercely Friday morning
From sunset until sundown encount-
ers between the police and the rioters
continued at intervals in different parts
of the city, mostly, however, in the
eastern districts. Heads were broken
right and left, and the police captured
many more prisoners.
| Throughout the night the entire po-
! lice force of the city was kept on duty,
and, in several quarters, detachments
Of troops were kept under arms 1t is
| difficult to picture the state OF wild ex-
element which prevails here, and ac-
cording to the newspapers of this city,
in all European capitals.
1t revealed as by thunder-clap, the
fact that the emperor is most unpopular
with the masses, and that the people
are beginning to feel convinced that
the damning words recently attributed
to the emperor must be the vaporings
of crowned madman, and that the
ruler of the German empire is suffering
from dementia.
This is the conclusion that the people
here are gradually coming to, and there
is no doubt that the empire is in dam
ger. 1t is not intended by this to
intimate that it is probable that the
empire will soon be swept away by the
waves of revolutionary movement;
the time for that upheaval has not ar
rived.
1t is felt on all sides that the emperor
by announcing practically to the
Brandenbergers that he had flung down
the gauntlet to the people, and that he
would drive from their homes and into
the exile of emigration all those who
opposed his will, gave the signal for
the struggle between himself, as ~ am
the state" and the people of the en-
pire who are asserting their right to
have their wrongs redressed by their
sovereign.
The emperor, it is recalled, at a
previous Brandenburg banquet, ex-
claimed
There is only one ruler in the
country; l am that ruler, and l will
endure no other"
These and other such sayings credit
ed to the emperor have not passed un-
needed in Germany, and have LETT rank
ling sores in the hearts of the people.
In spite of the efforts of the police to
dispense all such gatherings, it became
evident Friday that trouble was again
brewing. About noon a body of three
!. or four hundred men gathered together
and sang the "Marseilles," after which
their number having been considerably
augmented, they marched through the
Brandenburg gate to the Unter den Lin
. den, shouting: "Give us work or bread!'
Give us work or bread!' "We and our
families are starving!"
These cries were followed by the
more alarming one of ITO the castle!'
which was heard so frequently and
loudly Thursday about the same place.
The majority of these men were simply
unemployed workmen; but the ad'
vanced socialistic element was to be
found among them in the directing oi
the movement.
When the rioters, then numbering
about 1000 men, reached spot well NJ
+ the Inter den Linden, they joined in q
loud shout of ITO the Castle!" and, led
by a few men who seemed to be the
leaders of this demonstration, they
{ pushed on toward the emperor's castle
{ They had not gone far, however
when they were met by a strong force
c of police who advanced upon them il
, n most determined manner There was
, short, sharp fight, and the rioters
, were put to flight, melting away like
q snow beneath the sunshine.
e Popular sympathy is overwhelmingl,
a in favor of the people, and there i
little doubt that the matter complained
of Wy the workingmen will soon b.
'entilated in the reichstag, where
4 most lively debate is anticipated.