, 1892-02-26
HOT BED OF REBELLION
German Rioters Break Loose
and lombard Cities,
Quarrel Among Themselves
and Fight Like Dogs.
An Excited Anarchist Shouts,
Were After the Kaiser"
They Make War on Bakers
and Butchers.
Anarchists IN German v.

BERLIN, Feb. 25.-The Emperor s
speech Yesterday to the members of the
B~candenburg diet. who ~banqueted him.
has caused a sensation. An instance OF
the heated passion of the masses was ex-
empliied at | o'clock this afternoon. At
the hour mentioned q body of 300 or
400 unemployed men met by ~preconcerted
Arrangement in a public square and
passed a series of infammatory resolu-
tions ~denouncing the employers and the
system OF government which enabled the
latter to crush the workingman beneath
the iron heel of capital and calling upon
the government to take steps to protect
the interests of the working classes.
BERLIN, Feb. 25.-Another row &C.
Cured about $50 D. IN. near the Branden-
burg gate. About 300 men assembled
with the intention of holding a demon
s~tration but quarreled among themselves
and a free fight ensued. They were
finally dispersed by the police. A morn
ing meeting of which the disturbance was
the outcome was held in the suburb of
Friordrichshain under the Socialists aus
plces and attended by several thousand OF
unemployed persons. Violent speeches
we're made. The last speaker called on
the crowd to go to Berlin melting shouted
responses OF we will go" and "the
Kaiser must see us.
A procession then formed, marched up
Koenigs strasse to the town and to
Schloss Plats square on which stands the
imperial castle. Here the crowd shouted
and made demands for bread, and their
attitude was SO threatening the police
sent for relntorcements. Being strength.
ened by the arrival of aid, the police drew
their sabres and tried to dispense the
crowd, but the clamorous people resisted,
making use of the clubs they carried.
Several persons were injured on both
sides before the square was cleared.
The persons arrested include a number
Of women Emperor Williams speech
yesterday intensely excites political
circles, it being held by some that a
dangerous crisis is inevitable. 1t is re-
ported that when the sectarian education
bill in the Prussian diet reaches Oberhaus,
Prince Bismarck, at the head of the
strongest party ever known in Germany,
will oppose the government.
During this evening hundreds of uuem.
ployed persons carried by storm the
butchers and bakers shops in Koepenik
and Frank and further quarters of the
city. smashing windows and looting the
shops of their contents.
a. m.-One hundred arrests have
been made. Many persons were wounded
including several policemen. Many cloth.
iers, jewellers grocers and other shops
were broken into and ransacked. The
mob thronged the streets shouting Give
us something to eat The usual police
holidays arc suspended for a fortnight, a
renewal of yesterdays disorder being
feared. 1t is reported that the emperor
witnessed the Unter-den.L Linden affair
from his castle windows. The majority
of the persons arrested will probably be
liberated. but the leaders will be punished
severely. No unusual distress prevails 10
Berlin. except such as results from a lack
of work in the building and cognite trades,
which is inevitable in winter, though the
distress is intensified by the recent strikes.