The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-28 00:00:00

7HE ARREST

TO THE EDITOR OF TEE UN.

forward for publication a correspondence,
.rom which England will learn the leading details
g a daring and unprovoked outrage committed by
the Prussian Government on an English citizen.
I pledge myself to their accuracy. That outrage
has astounded the Prussian capital, and is the
topic of the day. It is, lam assured, considering
all its circumstances, both for its summary and
violent character, without precedent. The mem-
bers of the bar and of the press at Berlin are of
opinion that it must have originated, not with the
police, but with the Minister of the Interior, and
that, behind him, there must lurk a high and extra-
ordinary influence. They are right. The puppets
are here ; the manipulators in England.
I am, Sir, yours obediently,
MORRIS MOORE.
Berlin, 23, Tauben-strasse, Monday, Nov. 24.

" Berlin, Sunday, Nov. 23, 1156,
23, Tauben-strasse.
" Lord Blomfield,—At 10 o'clock on Friday evening,
Nov. 21, five emissaries of the Berlin police took forcible
possession of my apartments, at 23, Tauben-strasse, and,

scorning or ignoring even the semblance of civility, pro-
ceeded forthwith to overhaul my papers, seized the whole
fmy effects, and subjected my person to gross indignity ;
and, that nothing should be wanting to complete the bur-
glarious character of the outrage, I was ordered to deliver
my purse, from which they abstracted two papers. I re-

ested leave to communicate with the English Ambases-

tor. The title was parroted with a scoff; a contemptuous
chuckle followed, and then the somewhat superfluous in-
formation that I was in Prussia, not in England. I here
declare most emphatically that I offered no resistance what-
ever to this violence, and that in the quietest manner I
simply asked leave to communicate with the English Am-
bassador. I made no threat either of his title or of his in
I mention this to forestall misrepresentation,
for I know that inexperienced Englishmen have occasionally
committed this indiscretion. A sense of propriety, to sal
nothing of a long-standing conviction that an Englishman
may bo kicked from one end of the continent to the other
with scarcely a chance of apology, still less of redress, would
have deterred me from wielding so pointless a weapon. At
30 minutes to 11, utterly ignorant of the nature of the crime
imputed to me, I was consigned to the criminal division of
the Presidency of Police. I now come to what more di-
rectly concerns yourself.
"As early as half-past 5 o'clock on the afternoon of th
21st I was accidentally apprised that emissaries of the Pe-
lice had been observed to enter the house in which myapart-
tnents are situated, and that their presence had created *
sensation throughout the neighbourhood. I had received
strange intimations in which Dr. Waagen's name was
coupled with the police, and I have reason to believe the
man to be as unscrupulous as he is incompetent. Moreover
a letter commenting upon him, and bearing my signature,
had appeared in the National Zeitung on that very morn'
ing of the 21st. I felt perfectly indifferent about meeting
the police, save for that instinctive repugnance which
au
Englishman must feel to foreigners of that class. Bat
had no business on hand out of doors for the rest of the
day, and I thought it better to despatch it at once. I Wl°
prepared, therefore, to find the police on my return home,
They waited for me nearly seven hours. Previous to 101
return I addressed a note to you, in which I informed 1011
that my arrest was projected for that same evening. Til•
note was delivered into your own hands at 11 o'clock, sn
yon received at the same time oral assurance that the emir
caries of the police had been seen to enter my dwell
immediately after me, and that consequently there NIP.,
scarcely be a doubt that my arrest had been effected.
replied that you wished to be still more positively asset'
of the feet. I cannot but admire your fidelity to renal
Nevertheless, the occasion demanded some slackening,
the official stock.' I contend, Lord Blomfield, that vilw,
such information as you now possessed, exclusive of flit
t
note, it was the duty of an English Minister to master f:e
himself that airy distinction which you appear to 104
considered essential to action. But you were content Wito
making the peculiar request that your visitor would retn,,
at 9 o'clock on the following morning,' and let you kn
whether I was still' a prisoner. Thus you reconel' 4
yourself to allowing strangers to perform your duty, so
to abandoning an English citizen to the mercies
irresponsible foreign police for a period of at least 9 hc°11;;
But others watched while you slumbered. Your rep °os
was not disturbed. It was not until a quarter past 9
the following morning,' and I trust not until after you Pri,
breakfasted, that a note certifying that I was still' al3
10
senor reached you. It ran as follows The geatie°3
who had the honour to wait upon your Excellency last nor
on the affair of Mr. Morris Moore hereby informs 1010
cellency that Mr. Morris Moore is actually under arres'",,,
" I have been informed that some time between the
eeipt of the last-mentioned note and 11 o'clock you 4/7,4.,
to M. Manteuffel. I was not released until 1! Ibe of
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ke,aearaailtavision) of the Piesidency of Police, dressed 0,
I was at the time of my arrest, and without a bed. in
truculent tone the intimation Il est perinis de doriO'l
V 0248 pouvez,' was indeed conveyed to me, and also ths‘,
might lie down on a dirty-looking couch in as adjoioilis
room, but I had no stomach to repose where delators j"
bloodhounds might have stretched their lengths. I pe°_,lfsv-
the night without sleep, partly seated on a chair and pgar:d
pacing my prison. In the morning no opportunity ;
afforded me of arranging my apparel, or of performing In
ablutions, and during the whole 15 hours of my detentil
T was without refreshment of any kind, unless, indeed,'
hat felt disposed to become the boon companion,
sambglase of water, of the two armed sgherri who gnat
me dur.mg the night, and who would infallibly have Ci. -
nie doWnhad I attempted to break my arrest. alarkbci
cheap the brsonal liberty of an Englishman is held re
It was not 114 a half_
'',wards ofIS, not until I had
to
before my judge. This functionarylf 4°
a prisoner for
be the Procureurannounced hirose
Roi '
conference by dena&dina I took leave to initiate n't
grounds this outrage h.l bbeot, be informed upon If% ,
thority an English cith.o 1:` Perpetrated—by what the
streets of Berlin, and, like, afii been forced through ~bo
whole night in the criminal \i el'h.locked up during "d
Police. He interrupted me I:isi°n the Presidenerfr
tiered no account of their pro%seacjimesh athe polticiera;
121°—hotuhrast :thatiwas
held
speak to him like a gentleman. leeto'rt'ed%,hathat
speaking to him like a man, and thea. I had )+' to lea'
that what became a man was unbecoming a par
man. The conference lasted until a quarter past
resulted in the admission by the Procureur du
there was no case whatever against me, and in *13111;0 elf
promise that in a quarter of an hour I should ha
poll
liberty : and then, to show the solidity of his unde'a 0
ing and his estimate of personal freedom, he attel'illhottes
persuade me that I had not been in prison. M ottsf
even a palace—let alone a dirty police room—Wered
than a gaol, if to have one's throat cut must be the r of:
of the exit ! In spite of the promise that I should °too
`in a quarter of an hour' volunteered by this gel2,lso%Ps'
who, by the by, gave me to understand that he bed jts'
rienced similar treatment from the police of Lond°l3',oo
peat that I remained a prisoner until 1 o'clock- 004°'
word of regret escaped this gentleman's' lips at
arrest. My effects are still detained. ber
"It is now 6 o'clock, Sunday evening, Novel°
23i1. All but two days have elapsed since you rem
my note informing you that I was to be arrested °woo:
day evening, and it is upwards of a day since MY ried,
but I have yet to see even so much as an acknowlet4',
of the receipt of that note. This may be strictly 111 An
ing to the'canons of diplomacy, but does it harmonise •
ivtr
what Is %Dual among scalOcuieu ? v'
" I now formally, as far as I myself am concern 0,0
diate your further interference, and I disdain rdrt! a of'
ance. Better to take one's chance with a violent of'
sponsible foreign police than trust to an English 31111000 f;
Had we a Government jealous of our national oh n 0413
your next despatch from England, Lord Bloinflek",tiril
teach you that an English Minister should be WI:, t/0
more than the tinsel appendage of a foreign Cortr're' °'r;,;
he is not there to sleep while his fellow-citizen* t toVio
raged to allay the fears of a timid Government ;
ghtr
he is there as the representative of our collective
protect our interests and guard our honour. 4..'
MORRIS MO
"Lord Blomfield, English Ambassador to the
Court of Prussia."

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" Berlin, Nov. 21.—Friday ,400',
to my apartments at 23, Tauber-strasse,
"My Lord,—l have been informed that AI 111- 1.." to
by the Berlin police. This wil be entirely witho44lol
vocation, as I scrupulously tbstain from epealgi"
e
politics. f til
" As a British citizen I mine& tin protection °
British Embassy.—l am yorr obedkentiervant, .il
" tufutiS Ai°°s-.
" To the Right Hon. lord Blonifield:
j.mall be vaeoore
, ~k 00
The following letter was receiv3d 4 7 o'010',e" rs
Sunday evening, Nov. 23. Tr-0 gentlemen...7,o./
present when it was deliverer; and the, Bad
"Berth:kite- tifrs
" Sir,—I have to acknowlerge the receipt ot--enrieto
written on the evening of tl' 21st inst., inforLaLtileovi.
view which I had with
yon expected to be rnolesAl by the police. A-t '42 yi ",
endeavoured t© learn -aron Manteuffel early 913"b'oi00,
against you. His the" Haney was at that time ig"tetitif
with satisfact'llat ,o nature of the suspicious 0.00
tbe proceedings
interrogator polico, but I heard sutsecei 00
N rts Moore, Esq."
obedient ki-.lde servant, " IMODifis'''
"To Before ytohuo hadau thhcoereitiseest..a_tiliabn3er,tyitir;:p:of
-- 0,1
Dfonday, -1-0/'
tete
P'• A.; 12 o'clock to-day two soldiers ell talc,
m and deposited my effects—tbat is/tlill,
d-Ys alto my release. Illy papers are
13°
shanlet boo
II•nuipl_o( and my books dirtied. I have 0 Are
time to ,geertain whether any of my paOr
mining,