The Red Cloud chief., 1884-07-25
GERuAxY'S PERIL


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Crown rrsacs SD Oshen-
LONDON. July is-Despite the strenuous
| esfprfs Of the German authorities 10 sup
pres the fact, 10 Is evident that there Is q
very substantial basis for the general belief
| that 4 desperate effort was made 10 murder
the Emperor and other august personax-s
at the Inauguration Of the GernAnix manu-
mens in the NiesIrrwaAd. last September.
The FRS; hint Of the conspiracy became
| public when the wofkmen who were com
pleting the ornamenici approaches to IN.
monument this spring found a ssnali guam
tify of dynamite coneraIrd In a drain pip-.
The discovery ptotncsd a great srnsation
and q Government commission. consisting
Ut military officers and engineers Was APP
pointed to investigate. From time to time
fragnen,ary reports of their discoveries
leaked out, Notwithstanding the Efforts made
10 Keep their prurssSiings sc-rrs and IL be
caine known that iiiey had found trac- q!
a mine OF explosives directly under the
road traversst BY the Emperor, which
might have blown the entire cort@g.
skywad except for he fortunate sccidcn;
that the mine had become saturated By a
heavy rain storm which precssis,i the UNI
yelling. These revelations were followed
by th- arrest Of a number III suspected con
spirators, who were firt examined before
the Commission srd then imprisoned as
Stuttgart. The arrests revived the exriie~
ment, and i; seemed necessary la do some
thing Ia ahaie Oh. alarm. Consequently,
when the official report Of the Commi ssion
was made and the newspapers sought la
learn is contents. they were officially In
formed that the Commission had failed to
md any evidence Of "a conspiracy. and were
told that no Information beyond that stale
ment would he given Ia the public. The
Stuttgart SssiLs -iHSehIsT, however. managed
10 obtain the outline Of a confession made BY
one Of the alleged conspiraiors imprisoned
at Stuttgart. and printed 10 a. a matter 81
news. This provoked a fresh dental from
official sources. coupled with an intima,soa
that the public prosecutor NJ Berlin WAS
making inquiries with a view of detecting
and furnishing those who were engaged In
circulating lies calculated Ia disturb The
public mind. SIssial allusion was made Ia
the reports Of attempts upon the Emperor's
life al Ems, nj Graft, al ElberfeId. n In
the NIederwaid. The .SfGdfs .iuSsipT re-
garded this attack upon IL yeracity as .
challenge, and SET TO work Ia verify and
complete Its report Of the confession. 10
has just published the results of the latest
Investigations. which show that the chief
prisoners confined at Stuttgart are two
anarchists, named i,umpsch and knech-
Ter. The one who has confessed
Is Rumpsch. and In his COMES
sion he admits that there was a
we'll considered plot. having for its object
the terrorizing of all Europe by a whole
sale murder, Of which the Emperor, the
row Prince, Chancellor Bismarck. and
Others Of the distinguished assembiage ex-
psctsri To be present, were 10 be among the
victims. The chief mover In the conspiracy.
he SAYS, was kBechler. and they dug and
filed the mine. connected 10 by a long
fuse which would enable 10 Ia he fired
from a safe distance. and did actually
set fire To the fuse. with the full
and expectation Of causing
explosion with the most dire ~
suits. The only reason that the explosion
did not take place, according to Rumpsch's
SWORN statement, was that he himself be-
came conscience stricken at the last mo
rnent and secretly cut the fuse which vas
meant Ia fire the mine. This story pre-
cisely confirms the reports published
during the sessions of the commission up IN
the point Of Rumpseh's explanation of the
failure Of the explosion. Tn this point the
evidence a. Ia the prevention Of the dis |
aster by flooding the mines seems too plain
to be questioned. and the ingenious expla-
nation of Rumpsch. which was obviously
made with a view Of saving his own neck, IL
with general increduiity.