The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-07
"1emonstraiVs Stro||'' Is Par- ticipa'sd In By 12O,OOO
 an1 Trouble Results
TROOPS IN CARR SON HELD IN READINESS
Being Driven Away From Park By Order of Prohibition Thousands As- scmbled EIsewhcrc--AH Streets
 Guarded by Armed Police

Berlin. March 6.--Serous conflicts be- tween the police and socialists Involving a long list of wounded, were the outcome Of most impressive open-ar demonstra- lions against the suffrage bill carried out in Berlin and the other cities of Prussia today. ss
 It is estimated that in Berlin alone 120, = 0p persons took part in what was called .'demonstrative stroll" in various parts of the city.
 The chief of police of Berlin, fearing danger from the assembly of so many thousands In the popular park of Trep- tow. the place chosen by the socialists. forbade demonstration of any kind there. But the socialist newspaper Vec- waerts, announced that the manifestation would be held in spite of the order of pro- hibltion. This caused the concentration of a powerful force of armed police and gen- darmes in Treptow lark, which left the remainder of the city virtually un- guarded The socialist leaders this morning. ob- serving that their plan had been frus- trated. quietly and quickly passed the word to their followers to proceed to the other end Of the city. These instructions were obcyed by 3O.00O nlanifestants. who succeeded in accomplishing the "stroll' almost undisturbed, while the others who had remained around 1'reptow park came into severe collision with the gendarmes and police with serious consequences,
 The police. however, in the majority of cases htevs~ with the ntp,cst moderation. ebeying the orders to avoid as far as pos
 sible using their arms. which were issued by Chief yon Jagow. who recently has been much criticised for his severity. It was the provisional gendarmic who on this occasion came into the most seri- ous conflict with the crowds
 Treptow Park Guarded From a very early hour the approach ches to Treptow park where 1t was announced the demonstration would occur were barred by double and triple cordons of po- ice, mounted and afoot and gendarmes whose helmets, carbines, sabres and re- volvers glistened in the brilliant sun shine
 Every policeman of the Berlin force was on duty, while large numbers of the pro yisional gendarmic were concentrated In the suburbs. In Unter Den Linden and the streets leading to the palace police cordons were drawn up every few yards. Throughout the day all troops in the Der lin garrison. numbering 2S,0oo, were con fired to barracks under arms in readiness to march at any moment
 In tho morning thousands of persons shronged to the neighborhood of Treptow urk of fhie section W
 permitted to utilize the park without in reference, and 1t was subsequently dis covered that the numbers inside the en- closure were being augmented rapidly.
 The socialists had duped the police. row ing across the river in many boats. but the maneuver was soon ended. The police communicated a fotilla Of boats and inter- cepted the intruders.
 | Meantime one great company of social ists, estimated at between 5000 and O. o00, silently proceeded to the fashionable | Tiergarte at the west end of the city, which had been left almost entirely with | cut protection. There they carried out a
 most peacable "demonstrative stroll" with | little interference They confined their | manifestations to cheers for universal suffrage and the singing of the Working mems Marseillaise Small red banners, | however were displayed and cards bear l ina the words, Cheers for suffrage ere l form.
 Police Are Helpless
 They passed through the famous Sieges- Alec, or Avenue of Victory, which runs
 from the Koenss-Platz between the
 double rows of statues of Prusian rulers.
 Several mounted police made their ap-
 pearance and tried to disperse the crowds.
 Several arrests were made when man
 mounted one of the royal monuments and tried to deliver a speech. Some of the | leading socialists succeeded in making
 short addresses One of them stood on the steps of the reichstag and spoke to crowd of many thousands for few min utes. at the same time unfurlng red
 flag on a walking stick. The police. be- | ing very sparsely represented, could not
 cope with the vast crowds which, how
 ever, dispersed peacefully at ociock
 in the afternoon. Vixen the Emperor and
 Empress drove in their automobile
 through the Tiergarten, a little later, it
 was virtually deserted.
 l The elevated trains and the street cars l in the meantime brought additional man.
 ifestants to Treptow park, where thou
 sands moved about in a harmless manner
 nntil about s.3O o'clock, when a message
 came that 8 successful stroll" was go-
 ing on in the Tiergarten
 "StroIIers- Are Attacked
 Thereupon about 5000, With one accord
 set out westward streaming through the
 streets in a long line towards the Tier
 garten five miles distant without at l tempting an organized procession. When | they had covered about quarter of this
 distance company of country gend-
 armes, without word of warning. at-
 tackled the people nercely with their sa-
 bres, cutting right and left Five per-
 aonu were danperously wounded and hun-
 dreds received wounds and bruises, while
 more than 100 arrests were made.
 The crowds continued their way across
 the city In small groups. which later were
 dispersed without reaching their destina-
 ton. some of the more determined dem-
 onstrators then made an endeavor to
 break through the cordon of police and force their way into the park, but they
 met with sharp repulse, the police us-
 Ing their sabres, and some of them their revolvers. Here a considerable number of persons were wounded.
 l Another body. composed of many thou- sands of manifestants. strolled through