BELGIUM'S TROUBLES.
SOCIALISTS' DEMANDS
REFUSED
MORE RIOTING AND BLOODSHED
BRUSSELS, April 19
The Chamber of Deputies, by S4 to 64, rejected the revision of the
Constitution
M. Vandervelde, the chief Socialist leader, subsequently addressing the Socialists of Brussels, urged them to remain quiet, expressing the hope that King Leopold would intervene to terminate the crisis.
A resolution was carried to continue the strike.
The Socialists at Louvain, outside the residence of M. Sehollaert, president of the Chamber, rioted and stoned the police. They attacked the Catholic Club. The civil guard fired volleys, killing five and wounding 12, several fatally. The streets are barred and the military are maintaining order. /
THE AGITATION DYING
OUT
(Received 9 a.m.)
BRUSSELS, April 20.
The Socialist campaign is
The belief is general that the strikers will resume work very shortly.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 93, 21 April 1902, Page 5
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