The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-13
POLICEMEN USED
THEIR lSABRES
IN pispERslNe CROWDS OF 60.
clALtsTs AT BERLIN.
POPULAR DEMONSTRATIONS
In Favor Of Universal Suffrage Were
Attended by Disorder and Scores
Of People Were Injured Be-
,lgafore Order Was Restored.

Berlin, Jan 13, 3,--The determination
of the socialists to secure direct uni.
versal suffrage, combined with their
Indignation against Chancellor Won
Buelow's curt declaration refusing
their demand, gave rise Sunday to an
unusual scene and monster popular
demonstration, accompanied by disor.
ders In the streets of Berlin In which
10000 organized socialists participate
ed, while 10000 sympathi2ers from
time to time actively Joined in the
manifestations.
One of the most remarkable feat
ures of the uprising was the number
OF women who engaged in the demon
strations. and they appeared even
more earnest In their activities than
the men. The authorities took the
sternest measures to prevent disor-
ders and the strictest precautions to
protect the assembly and other public
buildings and Prince Won Buelow's s
residence against an outburst of fury.
Groups in fthe streets were dispersed
in the most vigorous manner and col
lisions between professions of mani
festants and the police resulted In
injury of considerable number of
the demonstrators, but so far as is
known no fatality occurred in this
city. The police refrained from max
Ing arrests except in cases of eX-
treme violence.
Notwithstanding the police commits.
sioner's warning that repressive meas
ures would be applied, many thousand
socialists gathered in the morning
at the 600 local Headquarters OF the
various districts of the capital and
thence proceeded in groups singing
revolutionary songs towards the eight
halls in the city where mass meetings
had been announced
From 10 o'clock in the morning the
entire police force had been on duty.
Two hundred men with officers were
hidden in each of the fire stations
and large bodies were held in re.
serve at the police stations. while
public buildings were requisitioned
where the police forces were quar-.
tered to act in any emergency,
In the garden OF the Landtag be-
fore which the demonstrations on Fri.
day occurred, heavy guard was sta.
toned. Street cars and other vehi.
cles were permitted to drive in front
Of the building, but no groups OF more
than two pedestrians were allowed
to pass on any pretext Chancellor
Won Buelow's palace on Wilhelm.
strasse was entirely cut off by cor
dons of police, as violent manifesto
tions against the prince were feared,
while the environs of the imperial
palace, with the square In front, were
closed to the public. Squads OF po-
lice, both on foot and mounted, pa.
trolled the central thoroughfares.
The socialists showed great deter
mination in their attempts to hold
professions, although the police made
energetic endeavors to prevent this.
Long before the hour of noon, the
time fixed to begin the meetings, all
the halls were packed and the police
drew up in force around the doors
to hold the crowds in check. Those
who could not get within the build
ings were driven into the adjoining
streets by squads of police. Inside
the halls the greatest enthusiasm pre-
vailed, the excitement increasing as
the speakers denounced the action OF
the chancellor, whose name was re-
ceived with loud booing and kissing
The speakers did not advise violence
but declared that IL violence occurred
the responsibility would fall upon the
police and the privileged classes, who
refused the people their rights.
Resolutions favoring universal suf
frage and secret ballot were adopt
ed by acclamation, after which the
audiences streamed into the streets
The police Immediately attempted tC
Ia th,..,t nh. s.I -.
an intention to march toward Palace
square. In most cases. the process
sions were soon broken up, the
police displaying the utmost energy
The formidable columns, however
marched as far as Alexander platz
within short distance of the EN-
peror's palace, whore the police
charged them, using the fats of theil
sabres freely and inficting many In
juries. Eventually they succeeded
with the greatest difficulty I'm scatter
ing the demonstrators.
Later some thousands of the dem
onstrators gathered short distance
from Chancellor Won Buelow's resi-
dence, and began shouting to bf
shown the chancellor. who had driver
through into Frederichstrasse Theil
attitude became so threatening that
both the mounted and foot police
charged them fiercely. striking right
and left with the fiat of their sabres
Scores of the maniiestants were
knocked down and trampled upon.
Another serious collision occurred
at Jhpgfern bridge. where many snf
fered ssevere coIitusions. On MORT,
platz in immense throng shouted anc
hooted nntil sthe police with drawn
arms forced them into the side
stredt1. Thousands attempted I,
reach iBeElin from the suburbs aftel
the meetings there. but found ever,
thordughfare barred