The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-26
A SOCIALIST UPRISING.
"ro THE CAsTLEv WAS THEIR CRY.
Thousands of Unemployed Laborers Defy
tho Government-The French Cabinet
Crisis-Foreign Affairs.

| Crisis-foreign Affairs.
BERLIN. Feb. 25.-That the spirit OF dis
content is spreading with alarming force
throughout the German Empire is fact no.
| body in their senses will deny. Indeed, few
people really imagine the extent Of the bitter
feeling growing against the Emperor and
those who would drive out Of Ger
many or grind TO powder all those
who oppose him. An instance of the
heated though slumbering passions Of
the masses was exemplifed at l o'clock
this afternoon. and should serve as a severe
warning 20 the advisers Of Emperor William.
A body of 3. 200 or 1000 unemployed Socialists
met Mt that time by preconcerted arrange
ment in public square and passed a series
| of inhammatoiy resolutions. denouncing
/ their employers and the system of govern
ment which enabled the latter 10 crush the
workngInan beneath the iron heel OF capt.
| tai. and calling upon the Government to take
/ steps TO protect the interests OF the working
! classes.
SOCIALISTS PREPARE TO DEMONSTRATE.
The news Of this bold gathering in defiance
| OF the recent order Of the authorities prohibit
]
/ pidty throughout the city. The result was
| that the Socialist sgitators determined to
! take advantage Of the excited unemployed
| men 20 make demonstration before
the castle of the Emperor. The
police upon the spot tried 10 argue
| with the wOrkmen. but without shakingltheir
! determination to carry out the project out
! lined They were warned that such demon
stration would probably result in blo0dshed,
| but. led by the Socialist agitators. the work
men formed in column and marched from the
| square mentioned in the direction OK inter- den
| Linden, the most celebrated avenue In Berlin,
| The onward sweep Of the wOrkmen was az
| first irresistible. The police were utterly un-
! able 10 cope with that roaring, swelling, en-
/ thusastic crowd shouting and cheering. en-
/ couraged by the thousands of other people
who watched their progress through the
| streets Was it a revOlutlon" was the
question heard on all sides.
| On marched the cheering workman crying
ITO the castle" ITO the CASTLE in a manner
recalling somewhat the scene which occurred
in Paris July IA and Is. 1889, when mob
marched upon the great castle, prison Of
/ France shouting "A bas 10 Bastile "A bas
! la Bastile." and eventually pulled down that
historical pile and conducted its governor
| and other # the officers TO the Place de Ia
| Greve. where there heads were cut of and
carried on pixies through the streets.
In somewhat similar fashion these thousands
| a number Of women and children mingled,
reached the Inter den Linden. brushing aside
| ike flies the police who attempted to bar
| their progress
ON TO THE CASTLE.
Arrived upon the Inter den Linden be-
| meath the statue OF Frederick the Great. a
| halt was made and a Socialist leader made
a passionate address 10 the throng,
urging them TO carry their demonstra-
. tta ~ nf
/ cheers greeted the suggestion. and then,
/ at a signal from a prominent Socialist.
| who seemed 10 be the chosen leader of the
mob, the workmen began singing the Mar
p seilase." and marched cbeered by thou
1 sands who had gathered on the broad avenue
TO witness the demonstration. toward the
castle. Tho workrnen, passing through a
| line OF police which barred their pas
sage. rolling several policemen head over
heels in so doing, had nearly reached
the castle gates, where the guards had been
/ ordered under arms and had loaded thor n
fes with ball cartridge when strong detach-
ment of police suddenly threw themselves
across the short portion OF the thor0ugbiare
intervening between the rioters and the cas-
| tie and then, at a sharp wor0 OF command.
the officers Of the law made determined
/ charge upon the head of the workngmen's
column.
The latter for a moment or so. neryed bv the
roaring cheers OF thousands, stubbOrnly with
stood the attack of the police and, pressed
onward by those in the rear, actually man
aged 10 gain headway and beat back the
/ pOwerful police detachment. The latter,
however. rallied and. hitting fuiously
right and left. wounded scores upon scores Of
vorkmen. who fell bleeding beneath tho feet
of the officers Of the law. Somebody among
the workmen called upon them 90 retreat ana
como again some other day hundred thou
sand strong and prepared 20 meet the Empc-
l lr.f oh A rot
and soon developed into n flight and into
panic.
OVER EIGHTY PRISONERS TAEFN by THE POLICE.
The police. after taking from eighty 10 q
hundred prisoners. seemed content 70 allow
the remainder t. escape. for there was no
regular pursuit Of the rioters, though small
bands of them were chased down tie side
streets and dispersed.
The sixty TO seventy wounded rioters who
fell upon the field Of battle were then at
tended TO at a neighboring hospital. and
the regular prisoners were placed under lock
and KEY.
IL was evident TO the police that during the
demonstration Of to-day the sympathy OF the
immense crowd OF people. rich and poor. was
beyond doubt with the rioters. They were
cheered repeatedly by groups OF well-dressed
people belonging 10 the upper and middle
! classes and were frOwned upon only by those
moving in government or military circles.
The not of this afternoon il almost the
! only thing talked about to-day and is looked
upon As "a sort Of reply upon the part OF these
| people to the fmper0rs remarks made 70 the
loyal Brandenburgers' yesterday. The
ice il is admitted. has been broken and the
Socialists leaders are said 10 be preparing
grand demonstration in the near future.
The general opinion IS that the real strug-
gle between the socalled Socialists and the
Government is about 10 begin. the signal for
it having been given February 4th. when 1t
was announced that no members ot the So
cialsts' party had been invited 10 the recep-
tion given by the Emperor TO the Reich
stag. while no discrimination was made
against other delegates. though many of them
were known 10 be bitterly opposed to certain
government measures. Ii was then said that
the Emperor and Chancellor Won Caprigi took
this step in order 10 indicate resentment Of
the determined opposition offered by the
Socialist delegates 10 the Educational bill.
WHAT THE SOCIALISTS WANT.
During the passage OF the wOrknPmen
through the streets dodgers outlining the
platform Of the German SocIalistlc Order were
freely distributed among the people. Their
platform IL as follows:
/. Universal suffrage without distinction
Of sex for all subjects Of the Empire over