River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-10-30
COUNT Won ARNrMs ARREST

The Herald's Washington special
/ gives version of the arrest of Count
Won Anim, obtained, as the Herald says
editorially, from the highest available
, sources III America upon German affairs.
The following are the points: The
7 Count was sent to Paris as an ambassa-
dor, explicitly charged to maintain the
most peaceful and agreeable course in
all his dealings with French officials.
Bismarck himself prepared the instruc-
tions which We're to guide Count Arnim
i'll his new position. No sooner had the
Ambassador presented his credentials
and been formally received by Theirs
/ than he began to make himself offensive
to everybody connected with the French
/ government. Ii seemed that the Count
had accepted and trustfully determined
F to again involve Germany and France
! IN hostilities or compel his government
4 to increase the army of occupation in
! France. His first step was most extraor-
I binary and unprecedented, addressing
Emperor William privately, criticising
! the policy of Bismarck as unworthy the
! government, and excusing his familiar
/ ity on the ground that he could not con-
i tidently communicate through the for.
eign Office. This was the beginning of
a correspondence between Bismarck MS
4 chancellor and Won Arnim as ambassa-
dor, comprising q. lGy-two communi-
cations, which Won Arnim withdrew
from the archives of the embassy ut
I Paris, and which the German govern
ment, through the Criminal Court at
Berlin, now seeks to recover.
The first intimation the Berlin foreign
office had of the Won Arnim intrigue
was through the leading Catholic papers
of Germany praising Won Arnim as the
fit successor of Bismark, and denounc-
ing the latter as wholly III worthy of the
high position he held. The letter of
Won Arnim to the Emperor was prompt
ly sent to the Chancellor, resulting in a
sharp imperative note to the Count
stating that correspondence on matters
pertaining to the policy of the Empire
must be held only with the foreign Of
flee. To this Won Arnim replied, not
abat.ng his pronounced hostility to Bis
marck, and renewing his criticism of
the instructions which had been prepar-
ed by Bismarck.
1t then became a serious question mt
Berlin 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 founda-
ton for the report of new complications.
1t was therefore determined To forbeara
public recognition of Won Arnim's
course until such time as it could be
done without scandal to the diplomatic
relations of Germany with France.
Won Arnim succeeded in gaining the CO
operation Of prominent Catholic mem
bers of the German Parliament in his
opposition to Bismarck, but the next
step was to engage the French press in
the quarrel. Thus il was that it became
necessary to vigorously use the organ
of the German Government in combat
ting the work of Won Arnim, and as
often as there appeared in any of the
German or French journals evidences
of opposition to the policy of Germany,
articles inspired by Bismarck were pub
llshed denying the assertions on which
the attacks were made
The offensive conduct eff the Count
extended into the administration of
MacMahon, and when Won Arnim was
directed by Bismark to assure the new
President of the intense cordialitv on
the part of Germany toward France.
+ Won Arnim replied that he was not on
good terms with MacMahOn and could
not communicate with him. Bismarck
forcibly replied that it was not the duty
of an ambassador to maintain friendly
relations with the officials of the gov
eminent to which he was accredited,
and not allow his personal feelings to
interfere with official duty.
In January last matters reached a
crisis. The press telegram to Berlin
and London from Paris, showed con-
clusiyely that the Count had agreed on
holder plan than ever. The embassy
had then been brought into contempt, |
while the Berlin foreign office was ne |
wildered to find SO much information |
going in every direction claiming to be |
Of n semi official character, and which |
was entirely Mt variance with the in
structions sent out by the foreign office.
There was but one remedy, and that
was To recall Won Arnim and send him
To Constantinople. He considers the
eighty two letters as of personal char
acter and not belonging TO the embassy,
while Bismarck insists that the papers
abstracted were a part of the record of
the embassy, addressed to the German
ambassador, and not To Won Arnim per
sonally.
AN AMERICAN SHOT IN spArN