, 1876-01-17
vow AftNlNI,

vow A1tNINI.
Ills Reply to some Auit,1uttvcrniona
by RiwNnrcll tts f'Aritnment-E)cntn
fhut 1au Was Ever Eutltv Of Dtplo-
hlnttE DlaUhcttiei,ca or tiip Violation
OF Official AnCrUcy.
,GtritH Clf<esp9ndtHet London 1f,tes,
Count Arnim, in consequence OF Prince DIs-
rnnrok'a roccnt speech upon tho llciuous nnlurs
Of diplomatic disobcdnuce. haa Heut tho follow
Ing letter to Tho clitcr OF tho Eerlin liossiclo
Zc,'un1:
Fi.oRgNoE. Dec. 10, l875.-DEtn Sin . II pyl.
va:e liiatvlduala aro exposed 10 aninadyersiou IL
Fat'lancnt. whether designeslly Or not, ther ouly
RESOURCE II tho pfoss. C-n1tdinH IN yol,r we'll
kno Hn reatlneas to nas!Hs tl,osa WHO apply 10
yout | taao Tho itborty Of addressing you OF the
prcauut occaslon.
10 Provo tic necessity OF enact,ng speca,
penalslcs for oorelctsuus committed by uesyat,tn
Of tho Eure gn U1lco, rflncu uismarcx, In lis
sQoech or tho I'd lnat.. illustrated hls argument
bY citing, examples which. probably aealnHt bis
Will %ero errouoouaiy referred 1y The purllo 10
me- Luis esros ID accounted ior by tbs Uha1,-
ca'lor sayinA. III tho concluding passsga Of
h!a spcosh, "that, after contemplating receus
oYcnls. It must bo owned tint tho nlost incun-
ceivaole things did como to pasa." In q raced-
ing passage, aft0r dilattnR upun tho expodionoy
Of roudsrsng German Auloasaadors ttne to thor
caarko by suhtoctng thetn tu tho snperylsiou OF
the BsrlIn uliInluaI Court, tbo ChAucaltor OK
ptesaed himself to tdts OBJECT; III por-
sop ,,no essa eso5rsa t,s'yy sy III ,js"ty to
sur instance. aonlobody elsa rs tie au.hor Of ~
article written mud pousea by himself" 90. On
hoar.n0 theEo worts, most members Ut tho Ger
man PatlaMont, am afraid. viii hare uutlsr-
11oa the y Canos'or 70 ,oter 70 inc asa:s pub
ttois, aud incidentally mnntoncd ll tho lawsui! in
stltatea against me. Dlyaaslag tho worB uaed
by tho ohancellor Of their il, pothetloll fosm,
aud turning thom Into rlain Language. No 1ayo
thls "Conht Atniul, having leen command.
od by Ills htalesty to report who il
"aa that causol tho insertion Of tho wolf
knpWu IsncH Ill tho At}to lu P0r{cnent,
mentioned somebody eso ~ tho aulAor
ot MI s9tlclo w.itton and pJstad by h:1nsolt."
As luuch ln1aeJ hal been stated in Tho semi
otlta G! TreBB bofnra; aud. as tho CAancoilor ula
ag1,n referred TO tho matscr. without axplcqs!y
declaring that Ae WE mailing no aIlus.uu to 4
asatenent colltrad,cte1 usquo ad ualls.u,n IN tue
course OF Tue uiul. liiu myss.t compelled 10
declare Us follows;
J. Lnso noyer 6ncn commanded BY Apecial
order Of hlB Majesty to report upon thu article
tn the Echo dn I'ar.etnsut.
q hayo mover mosltiuncd another person an
tlle Aulllof OF the article III Quustiuu, Lut only
nlated tEat somabody clio was naa,od by Puts
JunrHal as tho author.
U. could uaYor hhTe intended to conceal that
q rresa 'nIeut conuoctsa witn tbs Embassy did,
Ut my lustgntton publish tho Rttlcio III Eel.
gsan paper, although h!s PROCEEDINGS wcro upt
entirely approved BY ne; for ald uut the nllau-
collor subsequently taka nu interest III having
thts pataaRe circulated by tho unrmat, t,roBs
and did LIE not say 1t full iu VITA his piews?
1. Az eaIly az Da,oLcr, 1879, and at plaza
Which shall 10, hero mention, tully explained
in W4as way W4B concerhod NTH this inc,dont.
O., lu my report Of Uct. !. 1872, road ut tha
tflat. ! admitted originating tue Grtiolo in quos-
taot' uh'n8 language parfecty lntoillgtoIo t0 apy
fhAtH - tI4 ttati
wpldod It, thus: "ls will bo tho Anbas-
sAdul = task to taaka tue Esrncl, DO wrong, Ua
VIII AaVu to tsko l,ute Ut tl,olr oonduct, ~ l,sa
beon done af late." / cauuot COMPREHEND low
theao words could Aayo toon misunderstood. Iu
my optnlon lh0y conld luavo 10 doubt in tho
tn.ntiH OF theso a;luAnted Nth tue relations be-
tween tho Parin Embassy and tlso prese.
aSenta oJnnccted with ii. HcAilss, 1t was
oh]y tn la7i that tue matter B"clItd out 70
lao proportions Ut "queetiuu." IN 1874 uoth-
ng but Hisuts teiegrathrc correspondence hxd
asaud ui'dn tho subject bataeon Paris aud Eer-
~. MY report on tic las OF Oc:ober. 1ui4 in
Which lnounced that lhe aEtip.o bud bsen com
nented uros III sa castic ton0, as desired Ly tho
,niy on MAy ~. 1874, that lie,r yuu Uu, iox up-
:ircd Hle ~ exp!atu what Ind passcL IIit lottcr
8 printed III tho supplement 10 ucolcr'd e,l.tiou
2 tho Arnlm tsiul. page 1T. Wlsel ] ,oIe.ye.l
aot al the papors about ne which I re-
Aulfea 10 recall the utlA.r to nNnd. IIegr yuu
DlesoH'a letter. refer4luK 10 my report TT Oct /,
lat2, quoted Quo tassaso of 1t. but on.itts,i
'has other Passage ~ Which. using Iab:ua5o
sol fectly Inte1lls!Do ta tho l,,l,atou, duolYryd
II what way NAB mixed up w.tI tie astiuta an.
}1ovtu oy tho Chancellor. This 1,a.sa.u il Ii.
]Io 4uotea above: "The Ambassador xilI have
y take nute of their couJuct, ID Inns boon dyno
II lase," The intention OF the writer III omit
ntnt. s''''
Henco it follows thai tho Chancollus's uotiona