New-York tribune., 1910-03-07
MORE BERLIN RIOTS
MINI. PERSONS HURT
: By, GEND4RMES.
Sabres and RcUolUers Check
Big Demonstration against
! Suffrage Bill.

Berlin. March G.-Fierce conflicts he
tween the police and socialists, resulting
In long list OF wounded were the out
come of impressive open air demonstra-
tiOns against the suffrage bill. which
were carried out in Berlin ard the other
cities Of Prussia to-day. 1t is estimated
that in Berlin alone 100000 persons took
Pat in what was called a. 'demonstra-
tive stroll in various PARIS 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 a demonstration of any kind
there. The socialist newspaper "Vor-
Taerts,' however. anno3nced that the
meeting would be held in spite of the or
der. This caused the conccntration of a
powerful force of armed police and gen
darmes in Tpptow Park, which left the
remainder Of the city virtually un-
guarded.
The socialist leaders this morning, OBJ
serving that their plan had been frus-
trated. quietly and quickly passed the
word to their followers to march to the
other end of the city.
These instructions were obeyed by
thirty thousand persons. who succeeded
IN making the ~stroll- almost undis-
turbed while the others who had re-
1nained around Treptow Park came into
sharp collision with the gendarmerie and
police with serious consequences. The
police. however in the majority of cases
acted with the utmost: moderation. obey
ing orders issued by Chief Won Jagow
to avoid as far as possible using their
arms. The chief recently has been crit
icised severely for his repressiye meas
ures
The provincial gendarmarie on this oc-
casion came into the most serious con-
Aict with the crowds From an early
hour the approaches IN Treptow Park
p ere barred by double and triple cordons
OF foot and mounted police and gendar
merle. whose helmets. carbines. sabres
and revolvers glistened in the sunshine.
Thousands Of Troops Held Under Arms.
E,ery policeman of the Berlin force
was on duty. while large numbers of
provincial gendarnles were concentrated
il, the suburbs. In the Inter den Linden
and the streets leading to the palace
police cordons were drawn mp every few
yards Throughout the day all the
troops in the Berlin garrison. numbering
5000. were confined To barracks under
arms in readiness to march out at any
moment.
In the morning thousands Of people
thronged the neighborhood of Treptow
,c+
permitted 10 use the park without inter
ference and il was suddenly discovered
that the numbers inside the inclosure
were rapidly increasing. The Socialists
had duped the police by rowing across
I, the River Spree in small boats. But the
manoeuvre was soon ended. The police
! con1mandeered a flotilla OF boats and in
tercepted the intruders
In the mean time one great company
Of Socialists, estimated at between thirty
and forty thousand. silently proceeded
TO the fashionable TieTsarten at the
west end Of the city, which had been left
almost entirely without protection on
arrival there they carried out a peace
able "demonstratiYc stroll with little
interference. They inflicted no damage
and confined their demonstration to
cheers for universal suffrage and the
singing Of the -WorIlingmen's Marseil-
lsise." Small red banners, however
were displayed, and cards bearing the
words, Cheers for Suffrage Reform"
Quiet Meeting in the Tiersarten.
They passed through the Sieges-AlIee
or Avenue Of Victory. which runs from
row of statues Of Prussian rulers.
Mounted police tried TO disperse the
crowds. Several arrests We're made
when man mounted one Of the rovaI
monuments and tried to deliver speech
,Somc Of the leading Socialists succeeded
IN making short speeches. one Of them
stood on the steps of the Reichstag and
addressed a crowd Of many thousands
FOR few minutes, a. the same time un-
furlins a red flag on a walking stick
The police, being sparsely represented,
could not cope with the vast crowds,
which. however, dispersed peacefully at
4 o'clock in the afternoon. When the
Emperor and Empress drove in their
automobile through the Tiergarten a
ittle later it was virtually deserted.
The elevated trains and the streetcars
in the mean time brought additional
crowds 10 TreptoW lark, where thou
sands mov~d abo>t in a harmless man |
ner until about :}:3O O'Clock. when a
message came that a successful stroll /
was going on in the Tiergarten
Ihereupon about fifty thousand per- |
sons with one accord set out westward /
streaming through the streets in long
line toward the Tiergarten, five miles
distant, without attempting an organ /
lied procession. When they had covered
about a quarter of the distance a com /
pany Of country gendarmes, without . /
word Of warning, attacked the people /
fercely with their sa bres, cutting right
and left Five persons were dangerous
ly wounded and hundreds were badly
cut or bruised, while more than one
hundred arrests were made
Attempts to Break Gordon RepuIsed.
The crowds continued their wav across
the city in small groups, which LATER
were dispersed without reaching tbeir
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