Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-12

FIGHTMGFOR
GERMANPOOR
THIRTY-SEvEN MILLION HAVE
HAVE NO VOTE
CRISIS is NEAR, SAY PARTY
LEADERS
Battle for Suffrage Rights Stirs Em-
pIre-Pollce of Berlin Ordered
to Suppress All
Meetings
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
BERLIN, Jan. 11.-Order prevails
throughout Berlin today and there has
been no open recurrence of the demon
strations of yesterday for manhood suf-
frage in Prussia. The police, however,
are still disposed in force at the strategic
points of the city, the neighborhood of
the palace and various public squares.
and being held in reserve at the station
houses. The police do not permit the
people to form in groups and consequent
ly it has been impossible to assemble and
start demonstration. Most of the men
arrested yesterday were released today.
Herr Bebel Herr Singer and their as
sociates who compose the committee of
seven which is managing the Social
Democrat party, regard the terms in
which Prince Won Buelow. the imperial
chancellor. yesterday rejected the de-
mand for manhood suffrage and secret
ballot instead of the existing property
qualification for voters, as a declaration
of war.
Demand Must Be Granted
The Vorwaerts, the official organ of
the committee, says today that there will
be no quiet in Prussia until universal,
equal, secret and direct suffrage has been
won. Prince Won Buelow's declaration is
quite clear. The phantom of a liberal
PSNRAN
and they will learn
The Paperton asks. 'Will the govern
ment ignore and despise the demand of
the people? We await the casting of re-
sponsibility upon the privileged and gov
erning classes. Thirty-seven million peo'
pie In Prussia are without property and
without rights. Social Democracy will
organize 3O,000,000 and make their de-
mand Irresistible The government now
has the word, but the people will have
the final word
Newspapers of liberal tendencies, such
as the Tageblatt, regard Prince Won
Buelow's refusal as curt, harsh and
imbued with reaetionaTy spirit.
I'm past times" the Tageblatt adds,
"other liberal reforms have overcome the
opposition of greater statesmen than
Iung recognizes that reform Of the suf-
frage is necessary and the question Will
not disappear from the order of the day
until solution has been found"
Politicians Aid Government
The government is supported fully by
the conservative politicians and the In
aications are that the final stages of the
controversy over the abolition OF the
property qualifications for the franchise
are at hand.
The Cleavage between the supporters Of
the existing order and the Socialists is
to become more acute. Financial and
Industrial interests especially In the
Rhine and the Westphalian country.
which naturally are liberal, support the
crown in its refusal to modify the cleo
toral system because this system has
been the only barrier which has pre-
vented the Socialists from obtaining In
fluential representation in the Pressian
legislature.
The chief commissioner OF police has
ordered his men to suppress with the
utmost energy any street demonstrations
which are likely to take place on Sun
day as a result of Socialists mass meet
ings scheduled for tomorrow.
The Socialists have arranged for twen-
ty-two mass meetings in Berlin and the
suburbs at noon tomorrow. The sub
1ect to be discussed will be "the answer
of the rulers"