The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-10-19
OR IG N.
Won ARNIM.

His Relations With Bismarck as Told by
the New York Herald.
New YORK, Oct. 1S-The Herald's Wash
ington special gives the following authentic
version OF the cause of the arrest of Count Won
Arnim:
The cessation of hostilities between Germany
and France in the spring of 1871 imposed upon
Bismarck the task of perfecting the work of
an informal treaty. 1t was necessary that the
chancellor should have the aid of an expe-
renced diplomatist in arranging the necessary
papers. The only one available at the time
was Won Arnim, who had recently been with
fdrawn from Rome and was awaiting new as-I
sgnmcnt to count. The foreign Office confided
to him, under Bismarek's personal supervision
the preparation of the treaty of peace and obi
CATION on the part of France. Won Arnim's
familiarity With French and English made him
useful and valuable adjunct, aud when the
task was finished the Emperor knew of no one
better qualified to represent the empire at Paris
than the Count He was sent there in the
winter of 1912 as ambassador, explicitly
charged to maintain the most peaceful and
agreeable course in all his dealings with French
officials. Fully approaching the delicacy of
the mission Bismarck himself prepared in
structions to guide Won Arnim. No sooner had
the ambassador presented his credentials and
been formally received by Theirs than he began
to make himself offensive to everybody con-
nected with the French government. His
manner upon all occasions was imperioCs, cold
and repulsive
The Count had accepted the trust, fully de-
termined as hereafter will be shown, to again
involve Germany and France in hos tilities.
His first step was most extraordinary and un.
prscedented. Addressing the Emperor Will
liam privately, crticisng the policy of Bis
marck as unworthy of the government, and ex-
chsing his familiarity on the ground that he
could not confidently communicate through the
foreign Office.
This was the beginning of a correspondence
between Bismarck as Chancellor to Won Ar
MIN as ambassador, which lasted till the early
part of last spring, comprising 80 communica-
tions which Won Arnim withdrew from he ar
chives of the embassy at Paris, and which the
German government, 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 lead
ing Catholic papers Of Germany, praising Won
Arnim as the fit successor of Bismarck and de-
ncuncng the latter as wholly unworthy of the
high position he held. The letter of Won Ar
MIN was promptly sent to the chancellor, re-
sulting in sharp imperative note to the Count
that the correspondence on matters pertaining
to the policy and interest of the empire must be
held only with the foreign Office. f
70 this Won Arnim replied, not abating his
pronounced hostility to Bsmark. renewing his
criticism of the instructions which had been
prepared by Bismarck. 1t then became a seri-
GUS question at Berlin what to do with the
Count To recall him at that early stage of the
new relations of Germany with France would
lead other European Eations to believe there
was some foundation for the report of new
complications. 1t was therefore determined to
forbear public recognition of Won Arnim's
course till it could be done without scandal to
the diplomatic relations of Germany with
France. LII addition to the will of the Catho-
lie press in the attacks ON Bismarck, Won Ar
MIN succeeded in gaining the friendship or
rather the cooperation of prominent Catholic
members of parliament and such other infu-
ence to the Count of Berlin as served to agi-
tate the opposition to Bismarck.
The next step was to indirectly engage the
French press IN the quarrel. From time to
time articles appeared antagnostic to the au
thority OF Bismarck, and the tenor of which
revealed some knowledge at least of cores
pondence then going on between Chancellor
and Ambassador. The foreign office at once
commenced an investigation and was satisfied
Won Arnim was engaged in secretly plotting
against the peace of the empire and doing all
in his power tosembarrass relations between it
and Paris. 1t became necessary to vigorously
use the organ of the German government in
combating the work of Won Arnim and as Of
ten as there appeared in any of the German or
French journals evidences of opposition to the
policy OF Germany, articles inspired by Bis.
marck were published denying the assertions
on which the attacks were made From the
beginning Of the Counts career in Paris to the
end he was hated by French officials and
French society At dinner given to him by
Theirs he behaved in a most ungentlemanly
manner, and though seated on the right Of
Baroness Rothschilds he never Spoke to her
the entire evening
This conduct extended into the administration
of Mcmahon, and when Won Arnim was d.
rected by Bismarck to assure the new Presi-
dent of the entente cord1ale on the part of Ger
many towards France, Won Arnim replied that
he was not on good terms with McMahon and
could not communicate with him. Bismarck
forcibly replied that it was the duty of an am
bassadOr to maintain friendly relations with
officials of the government to which he was ac-
credited and not allow his personal feelings to
interfere with his official duties.
All this was patiently borne. The Emperor's
kindness of heart and desire to save the honor
of the embassy from public scandal caused him
to forbear, and even Bismarck, who had per-
sonal reasons for hating Won Arnim was com
PEELED to endure the naughty and vain efforts
of the Count why still believed he was able to
dispose of Bismarck, and receive the appoint-
ment himself.
In January last matters reached a crisis.
The press kilograms to Berlin and London from
Paris showed conclusively that the Count had
engaged in holder plan than ever The EN-
bassy had been brought into CONTEMPT while
the Berlin foreign office was bewildered to
find to much information in every direction.
claiming to be of semi-oficial character and
which was entirely at variance with the in
structons sent out by the foreign office. There
Arnim and send him to Constantinople. He
was relieved and ordered to Turkey in April
last. He addressed letter to DR.. Dollinger,