The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-10-31
Bismarck VS.. Won Arnim.
THE CHANCELLOR MUST
CRUSH THE COUNT OR
THE COUNT WILL
CRUSH HIM,
! GRAND INTRIGUE AND IT'S
PkOGkhSS.
New York HerIld.l

1t Is generally known that soon altei
Inc departure OF Count Arnim from PAri
The Berlin foreign office asked HIM to re
store certain pupers which were missing
from Tho archives. Count Arnim dc
eiared that portion OF these papers wer,
MS personal property, when he woul.
not surrender another portion, however
he returned 20 tho archives. Arnum was
unable to say anything about the missing
oil the remainder OF tho papers. AS the
search of the archives which resulted In
the discovery that the papers were miss.
ing was only instituted few weeks aitei
Arnim,s departure tho possibility pre-.
sented itself that these papers HAD mean
whlIe been hbstrated, in one way oil
| another, from the archives of the legation
The consequence was II violent leLter-wsl
between Bismarck and Arnim,
bismarck pretended to find meaning
In every one OF Armin's reports, which the
latter never intended TO convey, and found
mus a convenient pretext for repeatedly
rebukeing him In an exceedingly harsh
manner. Ho WAS thus easily enabled 10
teproacn Amin with having pursued a
policy different from that OF the chancol
lor OF the empire. IL will bs intere,,ing
TO learn the grounds on which this re.
pEosch can Do basei. 1t appears that Bis.
msrok WIS afraid that the hostile letter,
which had pHRacd between HIN and Ar
nim might be published, and there was
perhaps some Justification for this belief.
The co rSspondence wCu d have clearly do.
inOEstFa1od 10 tho whole world how Bis
marck really acted In this matter, and how
the strangely oolored reports In regard 10
tnis corrospcndence came to reach the
emperor. II 10 Just this part Of the cor
Repentance which ArmIn refuses TO do.
liver. lie Is strengthened in this position
by the general nssge which regards docu-
mems containing tue censure OF superiors
o. private letters, even though it be- con-
yeyei IN mn official form, and renders IT
thus a matter Of no importance whether
they be pisIed among the official lles or
not, snd also By declaring thstbe requires
! them Tor his owa Justification.
oi course tho very nature oi the affair
iorblds Il public defence m tue news.
pspefs, and II mus. be lsiI before tho
emperor himself as tho sole and highest
Judge. AS tho emperor, according TO
Amin, had really never learned from
Bismarck tho true facts OF the Gaze, every
! one can easily imagine how highly Biz.
maFek must pTizs the documents which
ATnim refuses 10 surrender.
They enable Arnim TO provo that Bis.
marck contured him without the slightest
reason, and strengthen tho suspicion that
THO emperor never received truthful
, account of the affair rs 1t really tool
place. Bismarck IL appears. is afraid of
Amin, knowing iull well, ss he does, that
be has done him greyous wrong, and
becsuse Arnlm Ia the only man VINO has
not only tho courage and capacity, but
also the means TO become dangerous foo
The key 10 the present situation Is simply
that bismarck tries TO annihila.e his enc
my forever. 1t is In exact keeping with
Bismarcks character TO attempt thus to
ruin Amin and TO rob him Of his reputa.
ZION, position, civil rights, fortlns and
health, II he does not succeed la this no
fears that his own position will be jeop.
ardized.
bismarck attacked Amin at his most
vulnerable point merely through abuse Ct
power, legal justification OF which may
always be found, and was In this instance
furnished by the berlin city tribunal,