The Indiana State sentinel., 1874-11-10
STEEL AGAINST STEEL.
Won ARNIM IN PRISON.

THE CRUEL MANNER OF HIS ARREsr-BIs-
MARCK's EFFORTS TO DISCOVER THE MISS
ING PAPERs-THE cHANCELLoR'S PHYSICAL
CONDITION.
Great pressure is being put upon Count
Arnim. He is in solitary confinement at a
charitable institution-hospita for mad dogs
opposite-and he is subject to inFerrogato-
ries, interrogatories somewhat rude; and
his replies are received in sullen silence
after the official German manner. always
much wanting in courtesy. His arrest az
his birthday dinner was roughly done.
"You come with usp' said the policemen,
and took him suddenly. His countess, too,
was asked questions without the usual
formalities addressed to gracious Ia
dies from whom information is desired.
IsWhere are your keys? Where are your
draw wers and paper reeeptacles? Turn out
your pockets" A high-spirited countess
this, full of fire and indignation at such
treatment, one of the most beautiful and
we'll born women in Europe, whom an i'm
perial chancellor's bulldogs have treated
thus, while her husband sits in SOLITARY con-
finement under such interrogatories as have
been limited at. A diplomatist who has in
sisted on the right on asylum, once the
most precious privilege of his profession.
now fallen obsolete. and who has had it con-
ceded to him by his own government and in
his own person, by ways and means he
never dreamed of, is truly a sight for gods
and men. An ambassador in sanctuary,
with the needy, the fcflorn and the insane
of his own country people, and having only
won up even to that sad height of misery by
extreme favor, together with the aid of med
ical certificates sOlemnly declaring. on the
professional reputation of divers physicians,
that he verify has "tbe sugar sickness" and
is in a bad way; surely the plight of such an
ambassador is pitable: Count Arnim walks
about in the garden Of this asylum where he
has been lodged so Unexpectedly, and he
| seems baffied, angry, possibly a little hus-
tered, not seeing his way so clearly as when
in Paris last year. Among the possibilities
of his case, and perhaps that which he dis
Germs most plainly at present, is this: He
may be condemned to a years imprison-
ment, or even to
FIVE YEARS IMPRIsoNlAGNT,
by the Criminal Court, for having stolen pa
pers which the civil tribunal viii at the same
time declare to be his own property. One
thing is more certain still, that however in
nocent he may be, he will not escape more
punishment in addition to that he has already
suffered. An attempt is being made to break
down the courage of this stubborn Count
| Arnim; an attempt which has not hitherto
succeeded, nor is likely to succeed. A very
obstinate man the count, who will in no
| wise admit that he has done wrong, though
i
such pass with him. His wife and son
were formally forbidden 10 visit his
prison yesterday, the command being
briefly signifed to them in harsh terms.
And as though that were not enough, the
house of the Countess Arnim- Boytzenburg.
| widow of the late prime minister of PrUs-
sia, was also searched in the wild hunt now
going on for the ex-ambassador's papers,
| which are safely deposited abroad. Still,
Prince Bismarck, acting through his law
officers, thought up to yesterday, that he
might get hold of these papers by subtlaty
and having been informed that part of the
lex-ambassador's effects were coming from
Paris, he obtained list of Sc boxes belong
ing to his excellency, through the French
custom house. These boxes being dill
igently searched by official persons of ex-
perience competent to such a task, were
found to contain noble lady's wardrobe
and, well, a few letters dated "Rome, 1907
nothing more, and the official persons had
to report that they were again baffied, after
having taken so much trouble. Baroness
Rothschild refused to allow this ambassador
Count Arnlm, to lead her into dinner wher
he was at Paris. There has been
FEUD OF LONG STANDING
T between the Rothschilds and the Prussiar
government. Eight going on warmly ever
now, as my commercial friend knows.) Th,
Rothschilds have persistently refused to is
sue Prussian loans, and this new Prussiar
coinage, which is just equal to English mo
, ney, is a measure aimed directly at the
, Rotbschilds. 1t has already inflicted harm
! and loss upon them. The Berlin bankers
> have been repeatedly outmaneuvered by
the Rothschilds, now they have taken thei
revenge. Rothschilds also may have thei
notions of reprisals, and this business o
Count Arnim has been notoriously stirred
up in Paris through small oficia
persons very accessible to influences
The temper of Prince Bismarck has become
/ ungovernable. He is constantly racked by
pain of body and mental disquiet. His
health is very bad, and his diet of kind tC
keep him in a perpetual state of feverisf
l irritation. He has of late become sullenly
4 suspicious, impatient OF observation, anC
} as rude as q bear with sore head; has ;
sore head, indeed, himself. He has Ions
been jealous of Count Arnim, who is mucl
liked by the queen, and whose elevation
G would be certainly welcome to the nobility
What he has done against Count Arnim ha'
3 been dictated as much by fear as by anger
sns and Sn5s sngsr b;sss is always cruel n.rh III
than he thinks by these proceedings, ant
/ expect to hear every day that he viii
have a stroke of apoplexy. / am one o.
the supporters of Count Arnim who advised
( him not TO yield in this case. l have been
judge myself, but L never would bav;
countenanced or taken part in the arbitrary
. proceeding which has imprisoned higl
officer of state on prosecution by the crown
{ without trial. L do not believe that th'
e judges who have rejected his appeal TO he Sc
8 at liberty are free from improper influences
do not believe that they have acted il
accordance with the law, and l think tina
the civil courts Will pronounce againstthem
a That
& WILL NOT SAVE COUNT ARNIM;
I for L have reason to suppose that it ha
: been already decided to sentence him to on
! years Imprisonment. That will do him m
3 harm. The prosecution directed agains
] him will do him no harm; on the contrary
!, it viii make him popular. Everybod.
knows it arises from the personal rancor Q