The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-10-19
Herald Version ofCOunt Won Arnim's

Herald y ersiOn ofCOunt on Arnim
Arrest.
New YORK. October Is. = A Herald
Washington special gives version
of the arrest of Count Won Armin
obtained, as the Herald says editorislly,
from the highest available sources upon
German affairs in America. The follow
ing are the points: The Count was sent
to Paris as ambassador, explicitly charged
to maintain the most peaceful and agree
able course in all his dealings with the
French officers. Bismarck himself pre-
pared the instructions which were to
guide Count Won Arnim in his new posi-
| ton. But no sooner had the ambassador
presented his credentials and been for
mslly received by Thiers than
he began to make himself offen-
sivs to everybody connected with the
French government. II seemed that the
Count had accepted the trust fully de-
termined to again involve Germany and
France in hostiities, or compel his gov
ernment to increase its army of occupa-
tion in France. His first step was most
extraordinary and unprecedented, adj
dressing Emperor William privately,
! criticising the policy of Bismarck MS un-
worthy Of the government, and eScusing
his familiarity on the ground that he
could not confidently communicate
| through foreign office. This was the
beginning OF the correspondence between
Bismarck as Chancellor, and Van Arnim
as Ambassador, comprising eighty-two
! communications from the archives of am
bassy at Paris, and which the German
government, through the criminal court,
at Berlin, now seeks to recover
The First Intimation OF Van Arnim's
! Intrigue
the Berlin Foreign Office had Of Van
Armln's intrigue, was through the lead
! ing Catholic papers of Germany, praising
Won Arnlm rs the fit successor of Bis
marck, and dcnouncing the latter aS
wholly un worthy Of the high position he
held. The letter of Won Arnim to the
Emperor, was promptly sent to the Chan
ccllor resulting in sharp and impern-
tive note to the Count, that correspon-
dence on matters pertaining to the policy
and interest of the country, must be held
! only with the Foreign Office. To this
Won Arnim replied, not abating his pro-
nounced hostility to Bismarck. and re-
newing his criticisms of the instructions
which had been prepared by Bismarck.
it then became n serious question ut Ber-
lin, what To do with the Count
To recall him at that early stage of the
new relations of Germany with France
would have led other European nations
To believe that there was some foundation
for the report of new complications. II
was. therefore, determined to forbrar
public recognition of Won ArnimS course
until such time As it could be done with
out scandal to the diplomatic relatiens Of
Germany with France. Won Arnim
succeeded in gaining the cooperation Of
prominent Catholi, members of the Ger
man Parliament in his opposition to
! Bismarck, and the next step was to ell
gage the French press in the quarrel.
| Thus it was that it became necessary Ia
vigorously use the organ Of the German
government in combating the work of
Won Arnim, and as often as there appear
ed in any of the German or French
journals evidences Of the opposition to the
policy of Germany, articles inspired by
Bismarck, were published, denying the
assertions on which the attacks were made.
The Offensive Conduct Extended into
the Administration of Mcmahon.
The offensive conduct Of the Count eI-
tended into the administration of Mac
MahOn, and when Won Arnim was
directed BY Bismarck to assure the new
President of the "entente "ordialc on
the part of Germany toward France, Won
Arnm replied that he was not on good
terms with MacMahon, and could not
communicate with him. Bismarck forc-
blv replied that it was the duty Of All
ambassador to maintain friendly rela-
tions with the officials of the government
to which he was accredited and
not to allow his personal feelings
to interfere with his official duties.
! In January last matters reached crisis.
The press kilograms to Berlin and Lon
don from Paris showed conclusively that
the Count had engaged i'll bolder plan
than ever. The embassy had been
brought into contempt, while in Berlin, the
| foreign Office, was bewildered to find so
much information going in every
direction and claiming to be Of semi-of-
! fetal character, and which was entirely
! at variance with instructions sent out by
| the Foreign Office. There was but one
remedy, and that was to recall Won
! Arnim, and send him to COnStantinople.
The Count considers the eighty-two let
tiers as of a personal character and not
belonging to embassy, while Bismarck
insists that the papers abstracted were
part of the record of the EN- m6assy, ad-
! dressed 10 the general ambassador, and
; not TO Won Arnim personally.
Democrats Arrested In Alabama.
MONTGOMERY, October 17--ICol. Thos.
/ B. Whitmorc Chairman Of the EIecu-
I tive Committee Of the Democratic Con-
servative party, Of Sumpter county, was
arrested At Livingston to-day, on a
charge Of conspiracy 10 injure Detective
Hester. 4 Democratic meeting adycr
/ tiscd was about to assemble when the
srrrs; was made. This was the first DEM
ocratic meeting the citizens Of Sumter
, county attempted to hold since Detective
/ Hester took control Of the county, three
? Wtfks MO. i hfif dl' wv Y 49, ''lihiin-
sioners, Republicans, in Livingston,
hut Whitemorc Is to be carried to Mobile,
to be tried before Commissioner Gillette.
Detective Hester has had sheriff posse
Of about fifty men arrested for quelling q
negro riot in Sumpter, and arrests are
still being madei
Meeting OF Conference Committees I'm
Louisiana.
NEW ORLEANS, October lS.-There
will probably be meeting Of the confer
ence committees Tomorrow, the Cpnsery-
atives having to-day sent a note 70 the
Republicans inviting cOnferehcs| The
twenty DAYS allowed for creating yacan-
cies on the returning bosd, by the terms
Of the conference agreement expired to-
day. The Conservative ara rnAdy with
their man to fill the two vacancies that
were promised. Governor Kellogg bs
not a. vet been able 20 obtain the requir-