, 1874-10-26

good, tho struggle wl,iol. has boon waEtng for |
some months l'nst between Prince Dl6mn cl mud
been m,ch speculation as to tho chnracsor mud
contents OF lilo lottcra which Count Won Arillm
hna rcfuaol to hureondor. and o,, nccount Of
which ho hna boon nrrosto1 mud fmfrinoned. I
worthy authority In Berllu by which nm
enabled to inform you tint tho lottcra In uucs4
ton wcro sont BY Count Arnim ao,no tlmo ago
to this olty. anu arc nov saialy lockeu UP ~
vault Of nanl hero; DY Tho namc authority
lies' Oh TINT these lottera which pyineo D!s-
marcl In 30 anxious to got hold Of contain III
Atrnettona wrltton BY lim TO Count Arllul, wlilo
tho latter was at Romo, directing him to olfcr
t!le Po1po guarantee for tho protection Of thoo
Catholic Church in Germany, on condition that
tho Foro would pro1niao ourtain things IN roluln::
1snagcss, on lttB part. WAS to crush ollt tho "ol!
tatllolicB " In Germany, to liBo tho in1nenco ol
Germans to prevent tlls 1tanna from CARRYING
". Md to allow the. ropo tho full ana freb
exercise Of hiH spiritual authority 1T dor-
many. In return for this tho popo ,Tas to
Eivo orders to lily bBhops Il, Germany 70 " ssaMa ~
100000 Of Catholic subjccts In tho wors whicl!
uoro clearly impending bctwoon Gorulany nnu
certain Catholu countries. Prince DibnarcS
concluded his Offer by threatening ahat II y
would laas I. aot OF laSu whic!. would inconva1'-
icnco tho Catholics greatly. Thcso thngR
wero written to Couat Arniu,, mud wcro by him
presented 10 tho Pope, who refused to sten to
to wI,icl, ho nfterwartlH rcforrod III hia noto to
King Wiliatu, wlliHh WIS published with tho
E1aperor'a roply nomo month"; ago. After tho
Popea rofuBnl Bismarck carried out hsn throat,
nnd In the following May, had paused tho famous
German Ecclesiastical 1aws, with what coase-
qucnccH iB well known.
Tho quarrel betwoou Arnim and Bismarck is
ono of long atanding; It began somo time bo-
SHN.
man Ambassador Mt Par's 1t Las continued 10
grow ncrccr over since. Count Arn{m ia a1i-
bitiouB hc asprcs to tako Dlsnlarolss place,
either by ovorthrowing him now or waiting until
ho dies. Ao has very powerful fs!euas at Court.
MAN tho leaders Of tho Catholic party look to-
wards him with groat hopa. 10 so1no OF these
10 has communicated tho facts have abovo
gwen. nnd tlloy gov IN them nlattess Of great pth
ana nlon,ens. A pamphlet unsed upon theae
facts l,ea beou Written. proof-sheota Of it wero
scut to Berlin from Munich about two weokH
eeto. aud it produced q great con1noion in tho
Foreign oniee: 1t ,waa at oneo seen tha:,
pamphlet rcforrca we're not obtained from
Count Arnina aud destroyed, /. would DO impos-
siblo to dony tho truth OF isa astonishing rovcla.
tiona. Now. tho fact that Count Amin had
thcso original 1ottera in his possession. and Ind
refused to deliver theiu mp, was well known.
Tho German Foreign Office ID very ncthodical.
Whou:A D Ia eont to represent Germany at e, d
careful copy Of al tho dispatches aud instruc~
t!oug forwarded to hin, Ia kept, aal, on his ro~
moval, he 10 supposed to surrender theBe to hia
SUCCESSOR. But, whnn Count Arnfm wont to
! Rome, Ito wnn sent on spcainl mission: and,
removed from tI1oro 70 Paris, ,o took with lm
lila lctterH. When he wus replaced " Pai1s BY
| priuco Ilohenlohe--tho quarrel botwoon him
| and Bismarck having ttou broken ollt--a copy
OF tho List of tho pnpers ho lad received ut
| Rome nnd Paris was given to Prince HoheuIohe,
| md Mo WAS instructed to demand tho surrender
OF all Of them. The Norua-German Gazette
| says:
Upon tho arrival Of rrinco 1foihcn1oho IN raris tho
political prchycs Of tho embassy fostna 10 bo iu~
| complete. a moro minute examination WIS then
made, Which showed tl,at Brcat humber Of doc,l~
| found. After repeated warnings, Count Arhm re-
turned through thirl purity small porlion of tho
n,ssinE papers to tho Berlin Torolgn unce, but denied
all k!lpwIctiHo to tue whereabouts Of tho Etoater
portion Of tlcn with regard to other papers. the
Cun declared that be conaidrred om to bo hts pri.
yato property, snl tho principal portion ho detained.
Tho orders for restitution gent him by tue Foreign
4 Quico wcre disrrEnrled, and under 1hcsc circun-
ancca WIS eccssary to appeal for assistance to thu
| 1cgll tribunals.
| What benefit Prince Bismarck oxpcc.B 10 re-
| ceiSo Iroul his In treatment Of Count Arnin
1t B difficult to tell. lie cannot force him to give
up tho missing papers they arc In London, and
certified copies OF them ase IN Munich and, o,,
| tito ether haud ho may drive Arnln'a iricuds to
| desperation and n thirst for roveugo, and 30
force then to nnltc public tho ettora, aud tins
4 lot the whole cot out If tho bag. This Ia Ger.
| tain. Bismarck las mado no friends. and llas
greatly angcycd his cuc,nies BY his course In tilt
| matter.