The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-21
THE NEW REGIME IN GERMANY.

PROSECUTIONS IN COURT DURING THIRTY DAYS
from the Pau Man Gazette, Feb. 17.l
since the commencement OF the present year
the Frankfort Gazette, German newspaper Of
strong democratic views, has published from week
TO week, under the heading calendar OF the
German War Of Enlightenment" tDeatScher Kul-
tatrEdnl2U- Kdlendei), list of the pro.
ceedings instituted under the various
laws passed since the formation Of the new
German Empire for dealing with ecclesiastical
press and political questions. An analysis Of this
calendar for the month OF January gives some IN
structivc results as to the liberty OF speech and
action which the new Empire has thought good
to cOncede to Its subjects. As might have been ex
pected, the ecclesiastical prosecutions are the most
numerous. The list comprises sixty ecciesiastics,
who have during the month been either dned.
imprisoned or banshed Tor offences az 1inst tho
new laws. Among them are five blsnops ana sew
eral Protestant c.ergymen. Tue OFFENCE OF which
guilty is that OF performing their spiritual func-
ions III contrayention o. the May laws. Pro5ecu-
tions against private persons rank next In
point or numbers. In this category forty
two persons were successfully prosecuted by the
government-a lew Roman Catholics for dis
out by for the larger number (msny Of
whom come under he designation OF social demo-
ciats) Tor being too ouspoken IN their political
seven prosecunons, each OF which resulted in fine
or imprisonment. The newspaper upon winch ON.
Is the Westphalian Mercury, whose EDITORS In the
course OF eighteen months, bsve been sentenced
to two years and seven months imprisonment.
In addition to these prosecutions twelve puolio
meetings were closed ty the police, In several
instances the speakers being seized; mine school
masters or professors were relieved OF their func-
tons and seven domlciltary visits were made to
persons VINO were supposed TO have aien oe-
meath the cognlzance VI the new laws:
1t Is worthy OF remark tnat one neeu
schoolmaster-Herr Ulenbrioch OF Ooerhau-
sen--was dismissed for refusing 70 nang
up in his scnoolrcom the portrait OF PrincS
Bismarck beneath that OF the Emperor. frincQ
Bismarck according to the calendar, 10 response
bic for no ever taan twelve prosecutions, dufln0
Jau uary or persons who had presumed 70 cntictze
hin TOO freely, while the Emperor has but eight
actions OF tae kind to MS credit, one Oh them oeng
brought against a ragpcker OF Darmssadt, VINO
was Sentenced TO imprisonment for hve montas
and a half Tor speaking dsrespectfully OF MS
sovereign. The foregoing dgures icier only 20
prosecutions which have resulted IN punishment:
out tho calendar published by tine Frankfors
Gazette also gives the statistics OF those which
ended In scquttal. The punishments inflicted
BY the courts are not rs rule very severe; out .
list close upon $50 prosecutions entail1ng In the
aggregate nnes amounting to about f40o. ana
sentences OF imprtsonmeat equal altogetner
to period ot nearly twelve years, to say nothing
OF other repressive measures, indicates toerap'y
hnss n'"nth Tor TIE pubic prosecutor.