The New York herald., 1874-11-06
The ChanceIlor's Case Against the
Ex-Minister Weakening.
COLLECTING EVIDENCE In PARIS.
Has the Man Of Iron Made a Fatal as
well as False Step?
GERMANY AND RUSSIA.

Ex-Minlster Becoming Very Weak
n Mission to Paris to Collect Testf.
mony-The Enterprise OF the Public
Press Cause Of Disquiet In Berlin
Seizure Of Private Documents.
BERLIN, Oct. %, 1874.
The charges concocted against Count Won Ar
MIN Dy the Prussian Foreign once having hith-
erto broken down on private examination, an at.
tempt II being made, In the usual ofncial manner,
to manufacture new ones. With this righteous end
In view an NJ Pescatori has been sent to collect ev-
idence against the Count in Paris. HIS object is
not only to examine witnesses. VINO will nei-
ther be put upon oath nor cross-exam-
1ned by the defence, but N. PescatoIi has
also another aim In prospect. He is especially
enjolned to ascertain in what manner the "Pro
Memoria," published by the Vienna Presse, found
Its way into the columns Of that journal. In the
papers belonging to Count Won Arnim which have
been seized up to the present time no proof has
been found that the Count was In correspondence
with the Vienna PTesse, but 1t is hoped tnat II NJ
Pescarori sets about interr0gating the members
OF the German Embassy at Paris he may be able
to discover some one Of them who was in the
confidence or Won Arnim, and who may be willing
either TO betray him or bear false witness against
hlm.
WILL THEY BE HONEST
Upon the other hand Count Won Arnim's friends
and every one who likes to see fair play, even in
government prosecution, trust that none of the
attaches or secretaries Of the German Embassy
will be found willing to denounce their former
Chief even should they be able help in his ruin.
The Prussan law, moreover, does not require
witness to give evidence on any other subjects
than those which actually refer to the charges
under trial 1t Is obvious that serious
case may be fabricated against any public SER
mt vhnv~
II occult proceedings OF the sort now being taken
against Count Arnim receive the sanction Of pub.
nc nc OPINION and therefore clear r protest should
chicanery can never be necessary for the ends or
Justice and II the allegations against the Count
are really insufficient to convict him-as 1t seems
they are-he should be acquitted. There can be
no lair reason for keeping him In solitary cOnne-
ment at lunatic asylum while the Prussian Foreign
ONCE is endeavorlng by roundabout means, to
ascertain whether he has at any period OF his
career done anything which can be made q
mas not
OFFICIAL PERSONS
Gry with an old colleaoue have almost invarisblv
adopted unjustfable modes OF action; ana it is
high time that the general good OF the public
IN all cOun tries should put check upon them.
public servant should not be practically declared
an outlaw because he is or has been q public SER
want, and he has quite as good right 70 the pro-
tection OF the law as other people, To collect
evidence against man in order to found q charge
against him, and to shut him up in jail meanwhile,
when there Is no charge against him which viii
hold water. is q most heartless and cruel absurd
ity. 1t IS. moreover, go silly trick that one can
nardly believe that Prince Bismarck mas q hand
IN It,
THE COUNTS RELATIVES INDIGNANT.
The Governor OF Asace- Lorraine, Count Arnlm-
PrOytzenburg, has rendered his resignation.
LOOKING FOR THE PAPERS.
the police have seized Count Harry Won Arnim's
letter book. containing copies OF his correspond
ence with Count Guido OF Heuckel Won Donners-
marck, late Civil Governor OF Asace-LOrraine.
Some papers belonging to Count Harry Won Arnim
are alleged to have been seized in POLAND. am
authorized to deny that any papers belonging to
Count Arnim have been sent to Poland.
LOOK OUT FOR MANUFACTURED NATTER.
Dr. Lang, person OF dubious character, the
alleged author ol ''The Revolution From Abovs,H
Is said 70 nave offered some diplomatic documents
for sale to Q pu0lisner In Vienna. am authorized
to state that Count Arnim has no knowledge what
ever OF DR.. Lang, and that none OF the Counts
papers are or ever have been in DR.. Lang's pos.
session.
Has the German Prince Chancellor
Made q Fatal as Well as False Public
steps
NEW YORK, Nov. 4, 1874
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
The excitement which the arbitrary arrest OF
Count Arnim has caused In all circles OF German
society shows no symptoms o: abatement, not
withstandinQ that he has been released on bail.
1t appears every day more certain that the Ger
man government or, to speak more exactly, the
Prince Chancellor has committed an error which
tuEcbtcuS W hSautue very bcTlOuA uIm6uSlOuS Oy
the highhanded manner in which he has chosen
to treat a statesman OF such unDlemished reputa-
tion and personal popularity. That Prince Bis
marck Is himself conscious of the consequences
which may ensue from the false step he has made
may be gathered from the tone adopted by the
oficial press, which at first ignored the whole
matter as mnch as possible, but now leaves no
stone unturned 10 tarnlsh the private character
and political Judgment Of the Count; but as yet
they have only succeeded in increasing the SYM
pathy generally elt for the they asperse whose
calm and dignhed demeanor acquires fresh lustre
from the petty malice and i'll devised calumnies
OF his prosecutors 1t Is very hard to arrive at
any definite knowledge OF the details OF the case,
as those papers which dare to differ in any degree
from the views entertained by the government
are obliged to observe such extreme caution to
avoid falling into some one OF the many snares
laid BY Prussian bureaucracy for the entangle-
ment OF unwary editors that their columns do not
tend to throw much light upon SO intricate an in.
trigue, while those journals which derive their In.
spirations from sources friendly to the PNnce
Chancellor connne themselves chiefly TO laying
marked stress upon the lact now proclaimed to
be oficial, that the Emperor was. IRON the very
first, aware OF all the steps which his Prime
Minister contemplated taking against the Ex-
Ambassador to Paris.
live summarize as brieny as possible the prnci-
pal points dwelt upon by both sides in this much
vexed controversy, we discover that as late as
May. 1872, the relations between Prince Bismarck
and the Count were OF q more than ordinarily
friendly and intimate character. The Count had
then just returned from his mission to Rome, OF
which he had acquitted himself SO much to the
Chancellor's satisfaction that the latter offered
him the post OF adlatus or coadjutor to himself as
Mtntgtpr EnraiUn Ha nd 10 nj IN UQo nj
abandoned because the Counts presence in Paris
was deemed at that time to be- indispensable. 1t
may DO as well TO mention here. as conflicting
statements have been frequently published, that
Count Won Arnim was In complete accord with
Prince Bismarck as to the policy to be pursued to.
ward the Holy See, and Is said TO have instgated
the nomination OF Prince Hohenl1he as Am
bassador to the Vatican, an appointments
well calculated to provoke, az it did by
the refusal OF His Holiness to receive the
Prince, breach OF diplomatic relations between