Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-26
MAD CRIES FOR BREAD
Renewal Of the Riotlng in Berlin
Today.
IT Is LOOKED UPON As SERIOUS.
BERLIN's BREAD RIOTS
Renewal OF the Outspoken Discoutcut Of the
Starving People.

e"si VI the ontspoken Disconteut oil the
Starving People.
BERLIN. Feb. 2S-The citizens of Berlin
have passed one Of the most restless nights in
the memory Of the present generation, The
echoes Of yesterdays rioting before the castle
OF the Emperor William Of Germany AZ the
end OF the Inter den Linden spread no. only
far into the night, but the embers Of the affair
were still glowing tercely this morning
From sunrise until shutdown encounters be-
tween the police and the rioters continued at
intervals IN different parts of the city. mostly,
however, in the eastern districts Heads we're
broken right and left and the police captured
many more prisoners. Throughout the night
the entire police force Of the city was kept on
duty and in several quarters detach-
ments OF troops were kept under arms.
Ii is difficult to picture the state of
wild excitement and amazement which prevails
here and according to the newspapers Of this
city, ia all European capitals. Such an occur
renee as that witnessed on the Inter den Linden
yesterday would not have caused much COM
ment had il happened in Paris or even in Lon
don, where encounters between the police and
large bodies Of the people are not infrequent.
But here IN Berlin. the capital ground down
under the presence of soldiers and military
police, the rioting Of yesterday attains point
OF very great significance.
Is THE KAISER MAD?
1t revealed as if 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 yapor-
ings of q crowned mailman and that the ruler
of the German empire is suffering from de-
mentia This is the conclusion that people here
are gradually coming to and there Is no doubt
that the empire is in danger. 1t is not
intended by this 10 intimate that II
is probable that the empire will soon be swept
away by the waves of a revolutionary move
ment; the time for that upheavel has not ar
rived. But the mutterings OF a threatening
storm arc heard in the distance, and the first
flashes of lightning were seen on the Inter
den Linden yesterday afternoon, and the
rumbling of the thunder was heard from night
until morning.
WILLIAM HIMSELF GAVE THE SIGNAL
1t is felt on all sides that the emperor by an
nouncing practically to the Brandenbargers
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
hose who opposed his will gave the signal for
the struggle between himself as Il am the
state and the people of the empire, who are
asserting their right to have their wrongs re-
dressed by their sovereign.
The emperor, 1t is recalled, at q previous
Brandenburg banquet exclaimed There is
only one ruler in the COUNTRY; am that ruler
bered that at Munich. shor; time ago, he
wrote in the visitors book: 'Suprema lex regis
voluntas (the supreme law Of the land is the
king wild.
These and other such savings credited to the
emperor have not passed unheeded In Germany
ana have left ranking sores in the hearts of the
people.
THE WATCHING KAISER.
It was stated exclusively in these dispatches
yesterday that the emperor watched the riot
ing from the windows Of an apartment on the
first story of the castle. 1t is now added that
he smiled, though his face was deadly pale,
when he saw the people beaten down beneath
the swords OF the military police. Everything
that is possible to bring up against
the emperor is now being recited and re-
vamped, FURNISHED up and repainted in more
glowing colors by the socialists and others who
feel most bitter against the German emperor.
and people say that il he imagines himself
equal to the Deity time will show that he had
made a very great mistake in SO imagining.
The Vossiche Zsit,,ng, for instance, remarks
| that il all the discontinued leave the country
nobody would be left but Catholics. and the
Vo,odrts expresses the opinion that if the en-
peror's invitation to emigrants is accepted the
| emperor would rule over a desert
The authorities during the night were greatly
alarmed, and it was evident that they expected
further disturbances would follow this morn
ing. In consequence they took the greatest
precaution to promptly suppress any addi-
tional rioting.
RENEWAL OF DISORDER.
The supposition Of the authorities Of this
city that there would be more rioting was we'll
founded, for soon after the breakfast hour
groups of angry people, enraged at the
treatment they had been subjected to yester-
day and during the night by the police, began
to gather in different parts OF the city and dis
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and deep were the curses hurled at the en-
peror and the police and eagerly listened 10
utterances of the socialist speakers who sec med
here. there and everywhere But, strange to
say, the latter, as a rule, advocated the adop-
ton of the policy of moderation. The first
blow has been struck, they claimed, and the
people should wait to see its effects before
taking further action. The reichstag, it was
claimed, would now be compelled TO make a
real inquiry. into the grievances of the people
and nothing would be gained by second
| demonstration at present, especially as the
immense military and police force OF
| the city was under arms and was
| ready for any emergency. During the
night, it was added battery Of rapid
| fire guns had been smuggied into the castle and
many other preparations had been made 10
NOW down the people should there be any OPP
portunity given the authorities to do so. The
report also had il that the emperor was in favor
of teaching the rioters lesson which they
would not soon forget, hence the desire OF the
leaders of the people that there should be no
further demonstration.
PRUDENT coUNsELs NOT NEEDED.
But these wise counseis while having due
effect upon the masses, were not listened to by
the more excited portion Of the men who had
taken part in yesterdays lighting, and, as the
| day wore on, the small groups OF people be-
came larger, in spite of the efforts Of the police
| to dispense all such gatherings, and it became
evident that further trouble was brewing.
| bred men gathered together and sang the
| "Marsellaise." after which, their number hav-
| ing been considerably augmented. they marched
through the Brandenburg gate to the Inter Den
Linden, shouting: Give us work or bread
Give US work or breadw I'VE and our fami-
lies are starving.
These cries were soon followed by tho more
alarming one of TO the CASTLE" which was
heard 30 frequently and loudly yesterday about
| the same place. The majority Of these men
were simply unemployed workmen, but the
advanced sociaiistic element was TO be found
among them in the directing of the movement
The cries mentioned were mingled with
bitter denunciat;ons Of the emperor, OF the
police and Of the authorities generally.
When the rioters, then Numbering about
1000 men, reached spot well up the Inter
Den Linden they Joined in a loud shout of so
the castle" and led by few men who seemed
to be the leaders Of this demonstration thew
pushed on toward the emperor's castle.
PUT TO FLI0HT By POLICE.