Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1908 — Prussian Suffrage Uprising. [ARTICLE]

Prussian Suffrage Uprising.

The desire for manhood suffrage in Prussia and the refusal of the German chancellor, Von Buelow, to meet the demand with consideration, culminated last Sunday in a tremendous demonstration at Berlin, where more than 70,000 Socialists and their friends attempted to parade the principal streets and to hold public meetings*- Prior to this a procession before the Parliament building had been dispersed by the police with great violence after the Landtag hsd voted down the suffrage proposition without division. Von Buelow had told the tandtag that parades and riots would not influence tip government a bit. Sternest measures were taken to preserve order on Sunday, large bodies of police and soldiers being stationed about the city. In most cases the parades were broken up, the police charging with swords and the people resisting with clubs and stones, so that many on both sides were injured. Thousands of women joined in the demonstrations, marching and singing with the men. Resolutions for the suffrage and the secret ballot were passed by ail the meetings. The movement extends throughout Prussia.