Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-26

with loaves in their arms to their starving
families Others sat down on the street and
banqueted on the spoils. At Elizabeth strasse
the police stopped a man who was hurrying
| along with loves clasped in his arms He fell
on MS knees and begged to be allowed to pass.
my children have had nothing to eat since
| Tuesday," he cried They had other work TO
attend to and allowed him to go.
| The beer obtained from the pluudered beer
shops infiauied the EXCITEMENT and made many
more reckless. The rioters spread into diff
ferent parts Of the city and some of the more
| violent endeavored to organize an attack on
the garrison. but the popuiace were not ready
| for this and many openly asserted that the
soldiers were their friends.
POLICE AsIMATxD BY HUMANITY
| Meantime the conflict rased between the
police and the mob the former gradually gain
! ing ground. The police we're directed with
much Judgment and skill, their instruc tons
being to aim for the capture, or, il necessary
the killing Of those who appeared to be leaders,
This they carried out, and AZ fast as one who
seemed to be a ringleader was taken he was
hurried away to prison. In this way the mob
was kept disorganized and prevented from
forming in any formidable group. Large num-
bers we're wounded. more or less severely, but
il is not known at this moment whether any
were killed A multitude of prisoners we're
taken and lodged under a strong guard in the
cells. The military remained under arms, but
took no part in the struggle. This course is
said to have been followed by the direct orders
OF the kaiser who was made aware Of the situ-
alton as soon as the riot broke and commanded
that the military should not interfere unless
the police should prove themselves unable to
cope with the mob. 1t is slso intimated that
tho authorities had al lntimation that the SOL
diers could not be fully trusted in a conflict
with the people. and that they were safer in
garrison than they would be OH the streets.
The truth is said to be that the authorities,
both civil and military, were dazed and almost
demoraliZed by the suddenness Of the explo-
sion. and that it was the work of a deep laid
plot They could not believe that men would
be so desperate as to attack the palace OF the
kaiser and afterward run riot in tho streets of
Berlin, unless there was some conspiracy which
Included portion at least OF the garrison, from
which the rioters expected help, and this fear
more than anything else IL known to have
prompted the holding Of the military In their
quarters.
WHAT A LEADER SAYS.
leading socialist who was interviewed last
night by the correspondent asked that for po-
litical as we'll as personal reasons his name
should not be mentioned. He said that he had
no doubt the rising WAS entirely spontaneous
and unprecedented, otherwise the govern
ment, which had its spies everywhere, would
have had some foreknowledge OF the move
ment. He thought that the very spontaneity
OF the instruction Of down-trodden labor made
1t more significant as an expression of deepest
popular feeling.
1T may surprise the world" he added "that
such an outbreak 80 like which has happened
in Paris should occur in the leading city of
Germany. But the world should remember
that the character OF Berlin has very much
changed SINCE it became the capital of the Ger
man empire, and that now it is one Of the great
labor centers of the world, with working pop
ulation that when driven to extremes would be
more daring than any mob that Paris has ever
seen. they would not be afraid of conse-
quences, and they have the steady courage to
face any opposition in their demand for justice.
This was shown in lS4S, and whether the lesson
will have to be repeated depends on those who
have authority in their hands