The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-04-17
BELGIAN GOVERNMENT STANDS
80 FIRM ON THE QUESTION OF
SUFFRAGE REVISION. W.
MANlFESTO~IS PRESENTED
Liberal Memkers Demand Dissolution
OF the Chamber of Deputies in Or
der to Allow the Country to Pro-
nounce on the Question Socialist
Members Will Present q Demand FIR
Universal Suffraue.
Universal Suffrage.

e Brussels, April 16.-The government
has firmly declined to yield on the
question of revision, and, unless King
Leopold should override the ministry,
there seems to be nothing to prevent
the development of a serious situation.
In the chamber of deputies M. Neu-
jean presented manifesto on behalf
of the Liberal members of the Leftists,
demanding dissolution in order to en-
able the country to pronounce on the
revision question. This manifesto
pointed out that the time was critical
and the country threatened with civil
war, and the governments consent
TO loyal and constitutional settle
ment could not be represented as a
surrender to popular disorder.
10 this challenge the premier, NJ.
LIE Smet de Mayer, replied briefly by
declaring that the right of dissolution
rested with the king. He added that
he felt it his duty to warn parliament
against the rumors of government con-
cess1ons. M. Janson, the Liberal lead
er, retorted that the chamber could by
a motion call upon the king to change
the ministry. He said there was no
sign OF Cancellation in the premier's
reply to M. Neujean, and that RESPONSE
blllty Tor the consequences would rest
on the government
At this point NJ. Woest, a Catholic
deputy, who, although not a minister,
is a powerful adherent to the govern
ment, jumped up and exclaimed:
There is no civil war, but only evilly
disposed men. You demand our resig-
nation, but you shall not have it,
The president then declared the Incl
dent closed and the house rose.
Demand Universal Suffrage.
The Socialist members of the cham
Der will present their demand for uni
versal suffrage. They will inevitably
be defeated, and it is feared that this
defeat will lead to trouble, particu-
larly in the provinces.
No noteworthy incident occurred in
the streets of the city, The authori-
ties have taken extraordinary meas
ures to avert disorders and the whole
quarter, comprising the chamber of
deputies, the palace and the ministries,
is kept in complete isolation from the
rest of the city by cordors of the
civic guard.
The Socialists are pleased with the
Liberal manifesto presented to the
chamber, as it supports their demands.
The strike movement in Brussels
and it's environs is of a minor charac-
ter, but in the Industrial districts it
is more formidable than ever.
The appeal of the Socialist leaders
for a demonstration at the chamber of
deputies has created some uneasiness.
A number of shopkeepers have barri-
caded their windows. It is rumored
that the cab drivers and the tramway
men will strike.
From Renaix, in Flanders, some dy-
Mantle outrages have been reported
and an attempt was made to set fire
to chateau belonging to NJ. Malandor,
former deputy. But nowhere was
any serious damage done. Several ar
rests have been made in Brussels and
in the provinces as a result of COLI
sions with the police