The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-19
The J|NG0ES
MOB GEORGE
BRITISH RADICAL NOT ALLOWED
TO DELIVER HIS SPEECH AT
BIRMINGHAM
THOUSANDS sToRMED THE HALL
Chamberlain Partisans Forged Tick
cts to Gain Admission to Meet
ing Hall-George Escaped
in Disguise.
THOUSANDS sToRMED THE HALL
TIE POLICE WERE PowERLEss

LONDON, Dee. 1S-David Lioyd-Gear:sa,
N. p, in speaking in Birming ham town
hall tonight, precipitated a scene unprec-
edented in that city since the Aston Park
riots.
The majority of the audience were hos
tile to the speaker and We're enraged l:y
his pro-Boer ana anti-Cham5ellain ut-f
terances. They rushed the police Gordon
guarding the platform.
In the meantime the building was te-
seiged from the outside by mob Of sew
eral thousand people, who smashed The
windows and tried to force the doors,
which had been barricaded. They fusi-
laded the audience with stones through
tie windows The police reserves Were
turned out and succeeded i'll dispensing
the mob after repeated charges.
A number of persons were injured and
the town hall was completely wrecked.
Not single window was left whole.
The Aston Park riots of 1884, it IS
pointed out, were demonstrations on the
part of the Chamberlainites against the
so-called Tory intruder, Lord Randolph
Churchill, while the riot today was one
against an extreme Radical.
"Jingoes', Forged Tickets.
The feeling against Mr.. Lloyd-Georse
has been so strong during tae past We tx
that even tickets were forged to enable
the .'jingoes" to gain admission to the
town hall. This compelled the Lib ,sal
association to print different tickets, bat
its efforts to exclude their opponents were
quite vain The students of birmingham
university which was founded by the ef-
forts of Mr. Chamberlain, held a meeting
OF protest yesterday, and crowds were
inc r,Iy ljSSiO n 10 y
before the doors of the town hall were
opened. The building filled quickly and
it was Immediately seen that trouble Was
coming.
While the organist was playing, the
dissentients began to sing Britons Never
VIII be Slaves and kept it up until the
orga rist was compelled to desist. Then
cheers were raised for Joey" white
flag was unfurled amid deafening shouts
of traitor as Mr.. Lloyd-Geo: Sc and
his friends appeared on the platform. All
attempts at speechmaking were futile
owdflg to the continuous din of Kissing,
hooting and singing. The speakers per-
force had to content themselves with
debating a few sentences in the ears of
the reporters. These were mainly of
protest against the agitation caused by
the lingo press.
Stones .7egin to Fly.
IE the meantime the enormous crowd
outside the building had become more
noisy and menacing. Presently stone
came through a window This caused
stampede among the occupants of the
gallery From this time forward pan.
demonium reigned in the building and
ugly rushes were made for the platform.
The police were soon oyerpowered. Mr..
Llcyd-George and his friends were COM
PEELED to retreat to an inner room for
safety. They were unable to leave the
building for fear of mob violence and
were thus kept prisoners until late
hour, when Lloyd-George, disguised as
chief constable, left the town hall with
a posse of policemen. Many constables
were seriously injured in their attempts
to clear the streets, which they did not
succeed in doing utii heavy downfall
of rain and sleet came to their assist
a1,ce.
1t is Iumored that one civilian has died
of injuries received. Several arrests for
resisting the police have been made.
At a meeting held outside the town hall