The New York herald., 1874-12-10
His Famous Letters to Emperor William
and Dr.. DOllinger.
Not "Pliable" to Bismarck's
Instructions.
RELATIONS TO FRANCE AND AUSTRIA.
A Remarkable Epoch in the History Of
the New German Empire.

BERLIN, Dec. 9, 1874
The trial OF Count Won Arnim began to days
The court room was densey crowded. FIFTY re-
porters Of various nationalities we're present.
CONSTITUTION OF THE COURT.
The Court OF Trial consisted OF Judges Reich,
Giersch and Ovsovski. Judge Reich presided.
RULE FOR THE RECEPTION OF TESTIMONY.
Judge Reich announced that the Court had de-
cded that the proceedings should be public ex-
cept the reading Of documents relative to the &C.
cesiasticai policy OF the government, which in
cudes papers Of the nrst class mentioned In the
Indictment
PROTEST AGAINST THE JURIsDICTIoH
Herr Munkel, or counsel for the defence. noti
ned the Court that he had entered protest de-
nving the competency OF this tribunal to try the
case.
THE INDICTMENT.
The prosecution then read the Indictment.
1t accuses the Count Of dereiction In his onncial
duty, describes his age, occupation &C., until his
recall from Paris and says that when Prince Ho-
henlohc succeeded to the Embassy at Paris he
found after strict search that number OF docu-
ments were missing from its archives.
These documents the indictment divides into
three categories:-
Ffrst-Those which Count Won Arnim confesses
having abstracted and afterward restored.
Sec0nd-Th0se which the Count acknowledged
property, he refuses to restore.
Third-Thoss winch he processes to have no
knowledge OF. na EhsN ass@ fes3 Na
The indictment proceeds to prove the onicial
character OF all the documents. states that they
were partly communications from the German
Foreign once to its representatives abroad. and
partly reports OF tho representatives to the
Foreign ONCE Each document the original draft
OF which Is In possession or the Foreign once. is
numbered and entered in the official register. II
some Of the documents contain additions Of per-
sonal social or confidential nature their ofactal
character is In wise thereby altered. The auto
graph letters OF Prince Bismarck are not In ques-
tion.
THE PRIVATE JOURNAL.
Count Won Arnim kept three journals OF corre-
spondence sent and received in accordance with
the regulations OF the SERVICE but during the last
month OF his stay at Paris secretly kept journal
with few entry numbers.
THE MISSING PAPERS.
The Indictment asserts that the documents
which were not entered never reached the ar
chives, and that the greater part OF the missing
documents were not entered. Then follows an
enumeration OF the documents Of the first class
and copies OF the correspondence OF the Foreign
once with Count Won Arnim, which resulted In
their restoration.
The Indictment refutes the idea that the Count
tOOk tu0b0 OOCumeutb mcT6y IOT Lu6 purpose Oh
restoring tAem to the Foreign ONCE. Il
HIs OPINION OF TIE THEIRS GOVERNMENT.
The Indictment also enumerates the documents
OF the second class, among which is q despatch
dated November 8, 1872, asking the Count to ex-
plain conversation, IN which, according to q prt-
vate report Of General Manteunel, he (the Count
informed N. Sante WALTER. at Nancy, that he re-
garded N. THEIRS governments as untenable be-
cause Gambetta, then the Commune. then q mill
tary regime would follow II France did not shortly
adopt monarchical form OF government
. FRENCH CHURCH PAsToRALs tfl
Another despatch, dated January s. 1874, admon-
ishes Arnim for neglecting to send to his govern
ment report on the pastoral letters OF the
Frencn bishops directed against Germany.
BIsxARcK's CALCULATIONS OF GERMAN PROFITS
FROM THE WAR
A despatch, dated December 80, 1872, in which
Bismarck points out that report OF Arnim upon
the political situation France ia partly based on
erroneous premises. u#.1a
This despatch thoroughly discusses the question
as to what form Of government Tor France would
be most profitable for Germany.
HIS LETTER TO THE RMpBRoR THE "uNKMDEsr
OUT OF ALL.n aHA e.
Other copies Of dispatches follow in the emu
meration OF the indictment. all relating to various
oflcial reports from Count Won Arnim, and one
application made by the accused to the Emperor.
1t complains that the Count forwarded TO the
Emperor an incorrect copy OF . despatch ad-
dressed to him tArnim) dated January q, 1874
and demanding that the Count show more pla-
biltty and greater regard for the Instructions OF
Bismarck and adopt q less independents Initiative.
The documents OF the third class appended to
the Indictment comprise memorandum OF con.
versation with General Fleury, q despatch re-
specting the position OF Count Orion. the Russian
Ambassador at Paris, toward Germany, and a
memorandum OF conversation between Orlofr
ana Theirs.
HIS AoTIvHs-THR LETTHR TO DIR. DOLLrNoxR.
Tne Indictment proceeds to analyze Arnim,s
motives.
1t says on his arrest he alleged that the docu.
menn OF the nrst and second class were
abroad, ana offered to produce them n he
were liberated. In consequence or the
diplomatic revelations OF the Vienna press Arnim
was summoned BY imperial command to make
written declaration whether he was In any vav
connected with the publication OF those reyeia.
tions; also whether he wrote and caused 20 be
published the letter to DR.. D0llinger which An.
peared In the Augsburg Gazette.
Arnim's reply Of May !. 1874. merely admitted he
wrote the letter.
In answer to iurther inquiry he declared that he
was not rom any point OF view responsible for
the disclosures OF the press and was not aware
who were their authors.
THE CROWN REPLIES
The prosecution oppose to these statements the
letter OF Hanser, the drafts OF published papers
found among the documents selzed In the Counr,s
residence; also the original draught Of an article
upon the evacuation OF france In the Cologne
Gazette OF March 20, 1872, alluding to matters OF
which Arnim alone was on1cially cognizant. These
documents were especially useful to the accused,
not for his defence, bus for attacks upon the
policy Of the government.
n U BREAcH OF THE CODE.
The Indictment concludes by charging Arnim
with purposely making away with documents
oficialy intrusted to him and with illegally an.
propriating the ssme-onenses defined by articles
'4S. $50 and 70 Of the penal code.
THE Trarruouv