Evening journal., 1918-10-02
BERLIN RIOTERS
DEMAND PEACE
Bulgaria Ch eered an d
Statues Torn Down Dur
ing Demonstration
PANIC SEIZES
EMPIRES CAPITAL

LONDON, Oct. PA peace demonstra'
tion took place in Berlin on Saturday
according to news received here today
The cheering crowds assembled in FROM
Of the Bulgarian Legation at the Ger
man capital, necessitatlng police inter-
vention. The rioters, according to the
information. got the upper hand Of the
authorities and committed excesses. 4
number Of statues in the Berlin squares
were destroyed.
There is the greatest excitement in
Germany over the detection OF Bulgaria
Judging from special dispatches receiV-
ed here from Holland The excitement
on Saturday amounted to a panic. Ac-
cording TO some reports the panic par
ticularly affected the Berlin Boerse
where war industry stock slumped vio-
lently. Panic also struck Parliament
and newspaper circles and public Of
fees. The alarnNbrought forth the In
slant demand tnst something be done.
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from
The Hague says the demand Is for
somebody possessing the confidence oil
the Germans and their allies 10 replace
the present military oligarchy but opin-
ions differ regarding who this vague
personality might be. All reports IN
dlcate a decided cleavage between the
Junker and Conservative classes and
the class represented by the Socialists
and radicals, who on this occasion have
the support OF some Centrists and ever
National Liberals.
The Kaiser's belated anxiety Tor tht
people TO cooperate In the government
evidently VIII be dlstasteful to th'
Junkers. one Of whose foremost papers
the Kreuz-Zeltung. declares that a die
tatorship Is the only possible slterna
tive. on the other hand, the demand a
the popular parties is for popular cleo
i've cabinet.
The effect Of the designations Of Chan
ceIlor Won Hertling and Foreign Secre
tary Won HintZe on the public agit9'
tIon Is not yet reported. Nothing j
Snown as 10 how the TERMS Of the Bul
gsrian surrender have affected th'
German people. n they have been per
mitied TO know the terms
Prince Won BuelOw, former GermaI
Imperial Chancellor, may be the vague
personality" mentioned in the advicei
from the Hague as The statesman wh'
Is expected 10 appear as the Germdi
strong man. in the present crisis
10 has been something Of an opeI
secret for a long time that Germany
was holding Prince Won Buelow In re
serve for possible use in the critica
period that the making OF peace would
bring. and the very suggestion ina
comes for a man Of his type may per
haps be pointed TO as indicating ina
Germany herself Is coming to realiz'
that the beginning Of the end Is at hand
Prince Won BuelOw has purposel'
been kept out OF the limelight In Tn
war as much as possible, and has tskeI
no part In the political struggles tina
have arisen from time TO time In M
German Empire. 10 has been under
stood that the idea was that he thu
should be untrammeled by Internal dii
ferences that would handicap ma
who had been active in politics durln
The war period and would likewise ap
near before the world in a similarly de
iached light.
The Prince. during the greater part o
the war has been in Switzerland. wher
such activities as he has been connec,
ed with by report were chiefly those o
a pacific nature although he has beef
accused OF being az the head OF the Ger
man propaganda and espionage servic
in that neutral land.