The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-23
erRNANY'S UNEMPLOYED.
-, .gg1fyGS HkLD nv BERLIN TO
Hs rossIDEH IHEIR CONDITION.

..h.v AtaeS- the eovsrnuueut and
80 '....,.a-Liebkrscht, In the Reiehs >.
a.. that Great Distress Prevails
a. CoutrsdIct~d ny the Government.
...,,x Jan. % About o o'clock this morn
.....u, Of unemployed workmsn began
b. I, the directions OF the halls where
pp v.,.,. mad been called for to-day The i've
IL which the meetings wero held were
800, 80 "a thsIr utmost capacity. live Socialist
pnss OF the RcichstaR presided at
s.os,inss. They were Heron Singer.
,.,dt yogtherr. Liebkneeht. aud Fischer
.,ocsedinRs In each OF the halls began at
lp. . The police we're present In great forse.
.w.rs s,stioned out Of the view Of those in
s"h.u. The demeanor OF the crowds was
..,l.n,. The mon who we're not able to find
- -. IN the halls were allowed to assemble In
-. IN the streets the police making no
.,,.mpt to interfere with thom.
:, N the meetings the proceedings were
., the same. Resolutions were adopted
,.,,.,ine that the Government ought imme-
s,.,.ly 10 undertake the construction OF pub
~ ,o,ls in order to naneft the unemployed.
~. ,ssolutions also declared that eight hours
.honld be maximum days work for all Gov
'rP Ss espo,ndSct Of the police in attacking the
.,amnOypn WOTkilRWfu idbA Wfoh ~ TElou-
.eSshAin was denounced.
m Anarchist Cum plowicz. from Enrich
-bobas hefore been mentioned as taking a
vi In the agitation am ong the unemployed.
pauIs an address at one OF the meetings in
.seirh he made u violent attack upon the Cow
,nmsnt Gumplowicz was outspoken In his
.asncacy Of Anarchism and his denunciation
~ nj Governmental authority. After ne had
.aatsn for few minutes two policem en-
tapped upon the platform and placed him
.nJsr arrest There was no excitement In the
sndispce Herr Liebknecht. the Chairman. at
M meeting made an address after Gum
naWicy was taken away. His remarks were
,ntifey academic The proceedings ended
'Tii IN he Rcichstag to-day Herr .Llebknecbt.
Socialist leader interpellated the Govern
Es made long speech, in the course OF
which he laid particular emphasis on
he statement that great distress prevailed
many' but particularly in Berlin. He defended
hs Socialists against the charge that they
we're related to the Anarchlsis who meant to
put spoke In wheel oil socialism, triumphal
lettering to the troubles at the Friedrich
,haln on last Thursday, " here II IL asserted the
pioysd workingmep, Herr Ltebknecht said
hat all the people had to thank the prudence
Of the SOCIAL Democracy Tor. preventing, on
that day, the streets OF Berlin from flowing red
He added that the meetings OF tho .unem-
tloyed held to-day had appealed to the Reichs-
manently to relieve the distress. but IL was
abls to create opportunities for work. The
Government could .imm edlately introduce a
Bill making eight hours q legal days work.
and thus assist in tho distribution Of labor.
During the last two years strikes had taken
place In Belgium. Germany. France. England,
and the United states that had been -provok ed
By the employers for the purpose OF averting
the consequences OF their surplus production.
sometimes strikes benefited the men, After
experience with the sore distress prevailing in
Germany he was in o position to declare that
Il was the en- ployers. backed by the state. who
derived the benefit from strikes The OPP
ponsnts OF the claims OF the workinRmen
called up annrchlsm az spectre. IL was a
dsluson to suppose that German workingmen
had tendency toward anarchisms The spec
tire ought not to be used for reactionar7 pur-
poses.
Dr. Won Boetticher, Secretary OF the I'm perial
Home ONCE. denied the existence OF excep-
tionsl distress. and quoted statistics as proof
Of his denial. He contended that the Social
belief that their theories vero panacea for
tAtress. On the contrary. these theories were
SHARES and were misleading tho people.
:, With regard to the Friedrichshain incident.
Dr.. Won, Boetticher declared that no com
len. tho Chief Of Police: Minister President zu
Eul enberg, or Chancell or Won Caprivi
Herren Frommo and Singer continually In
marks. and were finally called to order.
An Anarchist named Spohr. speaking to-day
Il one Of the meetings Of the unemployed,
Promised to produce in meeting at the
tomorrow conclusive proof
,utrn gcs which they committed in dispensing
he crowds near the koenigsthor.
August Bebel. Social Democratic leader. said
q tho Rcichstag to-day that the police ex-
. enact exceptional repressive laws against
he Social Democrats.