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


loose among those men today. The
counsels OF their most admired leaders
seemed not to have had the slightest
effect upon them.
Feared 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 a revolution had
broken out in Berlin, and the
widest rumorS spread Oh all sides. The
officers in command of the different
corps of the garrison were commune
Gated with by mounted Orderlies and by
wire, and such was tine excitement
and preparations for some time
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 DumbfOunded.
Each arrest during the melees seemed
to be the signal for attempt at rescue
upon the part of the mob, and III some
cases they tore their comrades from the
grasp of the police and carried them
was being fought almost be-
meath the castle windows, Emperor
William, of Germany, pale and
looking like man just recovering from
a 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 a 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.
women and even children took part in
the fray with as much desperation as
the fathers and brothers and husbands,
and as result 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 rough estimate has it that
about 100 persons were captured and
that quite 100 people were severely in
jured. In addition, some 200 or 800
other persons must have received in
juries more or less serious, of which it
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
view. Not since that has Berlin wit
messed such a 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.
Against Heavy Odds.
The whole police force of Berlin was
called out, under orders to go to any
extremity to suppress the rising. The
working people were not sanguinary.
the police stubbornly, and refused to
disperse. The police used their weap-
ons unsparingly, while the peo-
pie were but poorly prepared
to meet the solid attack of the well
armed police force. They battled
bravely, however, with stick and any
other weapons that each happened to
have. A carpenter with hammer
brought down more than one of the
police, but at length fell himself,
severely wounded by revolver
bullet. One OF the sturdiest of
the mob was Brandenberger, who,
with no weapon but his fists, resisted
half dozen policemen in their efforts
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blow from his right arm nearly killed
into shooting down. He was borne to
hospital severely, if not fatally.
wounded. The mob attacked the
beer houses and shops, demanding
bread and beer. They pillaged the bake
shops and divided the bread among all
who wanted. The haf-famished people
seized and devOured the food with a
wolfshness which was eloquent of their
misery and hunger. Some men lett the
mob and hurried home with loaves in
their arms to their starving families.
Distrust the Soldiers.
1t is not known whether any rioters
were killed. A multitude of prisoners
were taken and lodged under a strong
guard in the cells. The military re-
manned under arms and took no part in
the struggle. This course is said to
rect orders of the kaiser, who
was made aware of the situation
as soon as the riot broke out, and COM
manded that the military should not in
terfere, unless the police should prove
themselves unable to cope with the
mob. 1t is also thought the soldiers
could not be trusted i'll a conflict with
the people.
The truth is SAID to be that the au-
thorities, both civil and military, were
daZed and almost demoralZed by the
Suddenness of the explosion, and that it
was the work of deep laid plot. They
could not believe that men would
be SO desperate as to at
tack the palace of the kaiser
and afterward run riot in the
streets of Berlin, unless there was some
conspiracy which included a portion at
least of the garrison, from which the
rioters expected help, and this fear,
more than anything else, is known to
have prompted the holding of the mill
tary in their quarters.
Caustic Comment.
The VOssische Zeitung observes that
if all the disconnected left the country,
as advised to do by the emperor in his
Brandenburg speech, the adherents of
Prince Bismarck would be included
among those departing. The Vosssche
article adds: The great employers of
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