The New York herald., 1874-11-09
Won ARkiM AND BISMARCK.


Press the Medium OF Communicate tion
TO the German People.
Berlin tOcr. 24 correspondence Of the London
Times.J
Count Arnm's friends publish . second tustin-
Of their clients conduct, selecting as their
organ the conservative and anti-Bismarckian
Kyeuz Zeitkng.
Count Arnim the press In general reasons rhus:--
The documents count Arnim refuses 10 give up be-
ing 0iciai the accused has no right 20 keep them.
Those documents are offical because the Foreign
ONCE regards them as sucn; and as the Count.
Placing himself III opposition TO the views of the
Foreign ONCE. declares them to be private letters,
there is nothing left but to nand him over 10 the
Criminal Court But this argument is altogether
wrong. Count Arnlm does not assert that the
documents IN question are unoniciai ana
In the arcnves OF the Embassy; that they do not
belong TO the archives, and that he Is not obliged
to pace them There he holds tnat as those pa,
pers reier his conflict with the Chancellor and
bear an almost exclusively personal character he
thinks himself entitled 10 keep them. He beneyes
the matter the Foreign ONCE ought not TO arro-
gate TO itself the rgnt Of deciding case IN which
the Cvll Court, or. II there should be considera
tons rendering 1t inadvisape TO apply TO the civil
should aroitrare ia the case. 1t is true that the
Count mas deciAed TO give up the papers on the
sei against % cnarses brought " AGAINST MN
by the Chancellor OF the Empire. He
also admitted taas the cSrrespondsnce In
disliked the iuea OF leaving them in the arcnlves
for tns inspection OF all uture ambassadors, sec.
he need not rencuish them until it had been
this, a criminal accusation could have been lodged
| against him he does not Understand. Indeed, the
the sense given TO the word Dy the letter OF the
law or the usageS OF the service. They have
s.roysd, though Il Is disputed VINO is 81 the % owner
Tnat this latter question cannot De decided
be inferred from the TACT that, though the
Foreign ONCE originally extended its claim TO
the concluding papers OF the missing corresponds
ence reating to tue Counts recall from Paris,
and his appointment Tor Constantinople this de-
mand was subsequently witndrawn, aud lorlns no
ceedngs are based. Now, IL is very certain that
ii the distinction made by the Foreign Office. alter
o the % me e
refused 10 deliver up tue rest But instead o. this
the Foreign oftce. more than eight weeks ago,
2uage that his refusal TO return the missing docu
mens-incuulna those relative to his appoint.
offence under clauses i33, 3ls and $50 Of the trmi-
nal Code. The plan OF extending the charge to
clause $50 mas subsequently been given up; but
the accusation OF embezzlement remains. Clause
$50 treats OF embezzled "thingS and moneys"
alone AS .qn,ngs include papers there sasIa il no
appreciabe difference between the present charge
ana the original one.
ne s5s.y ns ne
this mag be- to mprlson tile Count during the pre-
llmlnary inquiry INTO his case, wnen many doc-
tors pronounced him dangerously III, is beyond
would publish the papers such apprehensions are
easily disposed or Had ne intended to do any
with SIMPLY taxing copies and lett the oriUinals at
the Embassy. That the Count would nave fed The
y IN oea oo
4 interest In pushing the case to legal decision
than tue much injured statesman SO harshly de-
prlved OF his liberty.
Tho Duty and Etiquette OF the Diplo-
matte Corps.
Another urterance, which must not keep from
your readers, touches on peculiarly painful side
OF the case. Tnere Is no doubt that the sensitive
lcity given to the aniorsunate affair. Il is assee
whether all friendly meaus at the disposal OF the
government had really been exhausted before
that there must nave been some conciliatory
mode OF persuading the Count that he was in the
wrong. and that he had no alternative but
Prince BismarcE failed TO IalE his SUP.
whom the accused is personally known-wouid
have had the desired enect. With reference to
the tirst Of these DOUBTS and queries 1t should be
remembered tnat, as the Couats friends them
selves admit, long NEGOTIATIONS preceded the
no aosou,e evidence to prove 1t. that correspond
ence with the Count was broken or only when a
suspicion arose that the substance OF some OF the
MISSING documents might find Its way INTO print.
There was consequently, no want OF personal ad-
monition before 0ficial severity, though whether
the language used III warning the Count was suf-
nciently pOnte and Tree from provoking plainness
is, ol course, more than any one Can say. His
niaiesty's non-interference Is certainly remark
It's aggravated by His Majesty not receiving the
Ambassador when coming to Berlin on the occa-
! q sympatnlzing disposition, 1t Is natural TO as
sumo, would not have omitted to confer upon an
old acquan ance tine benefit OF word In season,
even l., to avoid publicity. he did not choose To
caution so eminent member OF the DIPLOMATIC
Corps. Unable to explain the motives Of tins roy al
retcence. must leave II to tue reader to draw his
own conclusions.
Alter these lew predatory words, append the
case from the wcl known Mdgdeb,ager ze,tang
which says:-
cans mcn6ers Of most varied and ansSsSnssc
races yet has the y g tusng and Weans
We mean the Corps Dipomanque. The members oi inc
meaaans Sstwesn ciashns insrests nave csftai.
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their caste should have been treated like common
mortal And this although Count Arin as, indeed the
whole OF our diplomatists Nowadays has never been
popular with his ioreigu cole 1he light IL is
true that has been recently thrown upon the matter
has served TO mitigate the complains made by dis.
nguished personagcs; yet certain Journals and corrc
sponients accessible te dipcmauc inspiration continue
pcrvert facts, and cndeavor to represent the
cusations lodged against an cx-ambassador us an
Insult 10 hs whole class IL does not dmlnsh these
plants that It is Prince Bismarck who originated the
proceedings against The Count a portion q ,he Corps
OF the Empire ignoring the ordinary routine their
class n the excited By what happened the other
day. Bismarck. who always blunty avowed his policy
though reserve Is considered supreme wisdom py his
colleagues IL naturally more feared than loved in
tain circles; and as he endcavored 10 give German
diplomacy a different character TO what II had when
he entered il, his innovations are not confined
portion OF the service but extend TO all from what
the chancellor frankly said short time Parlia
men, we may gather that he Is desirous TO give the
| representatives this country strongly marked
national character and policy. 1t was nudicious he
EXPLAINED to leave ambassadors too long abroad espe
ciaiy at the same place. A prolonged stay abroad
| always had the efcct OF alternating them from nome
politics and making them too well and too intimately