The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-20
GERMANS HOLD
MEMORY DEAR
cELEeRATE THE ANNIVERSARY
or THE REVOLUTION.
POLICE CAUSE WRATH
People Are Quiet Until Anoered by
the Hiah Handed Action Of the 1er-
lin Police-several Are Wounded
But None Is Killed.

But None Is Killed.
Berlin, March 18.-The people Of the
east side OF Berlin paid silent tribute
today to the memory OF the revolu-
tionists who were killed in the street
fight in this city in 1848.
An imposing crowd Of sympathizers
gathered at the graves OF the dead
men in Friederichshain park which Is
now the center of the east side dis
trict and heaped them high with flow
ers. The police had taken ample pre-
cautions to prevent any outbreak but
their services were not called for.
There was no disorder. s%.
From early morning the police occu-
pied the streets adjacent to the park
and they marshalled the throngs
which in column Of tours denied slow
" past the monument erected to the
memory Of the revolutionists. Some
Of the people carried flowers and
wreaths which they placed at the
foot Of the monument, and as the day
wore on the offerings formed a great
semi-circle around the memorial and
finally almost concealed it from view.
Mottoes Cut Away.
Many 81. the wreaths bore notices.
These were inspected closely by . lieu
tenant Of police who cut OF with 9
pair Of shears any sentiment construed
as unreasonable. Nearly every per
son in the procession wore something
patriotic. Many Of the women were
seen carrying children In red caps
and pointing out to them the graves
OF the patriots. The men either wore
red neckties, fastened red roses in
their buttonholes, or displayed red
handkerchiefs.
Not less than 10000 people marched
past the memorial In silent process
sion. Thirty-six mass meetings under
the auspices Of the socialists were
held in Berlin and its suburbs this
afternoon, and all passed of in the
most orderly manner The halls were
flied to their utmost capacity. The
audiences listened quietly to adj
dresses by socialist members Of the
~reichstag recounting the bloody events
Of 184S and comparing the excitement
Of those days when the people Of Prus-
STA won general suffrage with the
calm Of the present when further ef-
forts = being made to recognize
what had %transpired. The orators
urged their hearers to continue the
struggle for their rights.
The principal thoroughfares Of Der.
lin were patrolled today by armed po.
licemen in pairs to maintain order.
Crowd Gathers.
Toward the close Of the day q huge
crowd gathered at the Halle Gate and
marched up Friedrich street singing
the "workingmen's Marseillaise" and
other socialistic songs and shouting
"Hurrah for universal suffrage"
The crowd tried to reach Inter Den
Linden but on approaching within q
block observed q thick Gordon OF
mounted police occupying the streets
ahead and turned into /. side street
hoping to reach their objective point
BY another route. They found all the
cross streets held by the police how
ever, and made . wide detour toward
the castle. eventually reaching the
Reichbank. The ofncer Of police com
manding one Of the approaches to thu
castle gave an order to charge thu
crowd which made no active resist
ence. Everybody apparently was un
armed. The police drew their sabre.
and forced the marching crowd to re
treat. The streets r perfectly quie'
tonight.
Shortly after this the men attempt
ed to march to the schloss-Platz sec
ton but were intercepted at one Q
the bridges by the police who drew
their swords and wounded several o
the crowd. A nearby restaurant wa
converted into q temporary hospita
where the wounded were treated.
Another crowd tried to appalooacl
the schloss from the. east, among thi
crowd being many youths with pocb
ets filled with stones. These the
hurled ct the police. wounding &c,
eral.
RIG GRANDE MEN
READY FOR SlEGl
STRIKE HAS SETTLED DOW
INTO a LONG WAIT.
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