St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-26
Feared a Revolution.

Feared a Revolution.
1t is estimated that fully 10000 per-
sons marched through the Under Den
Linden, and almost to the castle gates,
the "MarSeillaiSe" roaring its echoes
into the sacred apartments Of the en-
perOr. AT one stage of the riot many
people believed that revolution had
broken out in Berlin, and the
widest rumOrs spread on all sides. The
officers in command of the different
corps of the garrison were cOmmuni-
Gated with by mounted orderlies and by
wire, and such was tine excitement
and preparations for some time
that one would have fancied
that the people of Berlin were
rising against the emperor and
his government. From every available
quarter attachments of police were hur-
riedly sent for. arriving at the palace on
the trot and completely armed. By this
time the rioters had reached point
outside of the castle gates and there
they halted, sang the "Marseillaise" in
laundering tones and wildly shouted
for the emperor to appear.
william DumbrOunded.
Each arrest during the melees seemed
to be the signal for attempt at rescue
upon the part of the mob, and IN some
cases they tore their comrades from the
grasp of the police and carried them
away in triumph. While this battle
was being fought almost be-
meath the castle windows, Emperor
William, of Germany, pale and
looking like man just recovering from
severe attack of sickness, watched his
subjects struggling with the men they
had termed his butchers" their only
crime being that they desired to appeal
to their monarch for the Justice which,
they claim, thew were unable 10 obtain
elsewhere. When the presence of the
emperor at the window became known
Che stood at large window on
the first story. there was such howl
mingled with cheers that it must have
caused him an uncomfortable feeling.
But by lifting his hand he could have
put stop to all the rioting, and by adj
dressing a few calming words to the
mob, promising to investigate their
complaints. he could have sent them
home satisfied, but he did not do it, and
the battle between the police and the
dissatisfied workmen continued.
Men Were Not Alone
in resisting the charges of the police.
WOIllcu anu even ClllluTSu LOOK pdTI Ill
the fray with as much desperation as
the fathers and brothers and husbands,
and as result a number of women are
now locked up in the depots AS the male
rioters. The exact number of prisoners
made and people injured is not known,
but a rough estimate has it that
about 100 persons were captured and
that quite 100 people were severely in
jured. In addition, some 200 or 300
other persons must have received in
juries more or less serious, of which ii
is impossible to obtain any record. The
first appearance of the hungry thou
sands was a. surprise to the people gen.
orally, as it was to the police, but as
the news flew from street to street in
the quarters of the city where the work.
men most congregate, it was like an
electric thrill to the popular nerve.
The quiet Germans seemed TO lose
their, apathy and to be fired With the
spirit of '4S, when their fathers on that
memorable March day paraded before
the same palace with the peoples dead,
while King Frederick William ". stood
a bare-headed witness of the CHASTITY re-
view. Not since that has Berlin wit.
messed such scene as tOday'S
Men rushed forth from their homes fol
lowed by wives and children beseech-
ing them not to risk their lives. In some
instances, however, women melted and
urged Oh their husbands.