Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-07-05
nIG GERMAN SENSATION.
Emperor and 0nicinis Charged with
immortality.

Press Report.
Berlin. July 4.--The scandal caused
by the arrest of the royal chamber
lain. l.. Won Kotze and the rumors Of
his anonymous correspondence with
high persons at court, has grown to
such dimensions and has so excited
the public curiosity that the emperor
may be forced to convert the secret IN
qulry into an open trial. The deals
of the charges against Kotze were
known at first only to the members OF
the inner court circle. They have grad
ually leaked out, however. as the scan
dai became the leading topic In society
and the clubs and now is the one theme
in every public resort, The inquiry pro-
ceeds SO slowly as to give Kotze's sup
porters u good chance 10 assert with
a good show of truth that the governs
ment wishes to hush the whole anair.
Even II the government We're inclined
to let the scandal drop the time for
such action Is past. kotze must be
tried and must be acquitted as mem
tally unsound, or he must be punished
as the foulest OF slanderers, The pro-
cess Is called court martial but In
fact there is no duly constituted court
OF any kind. The emperor Instructed
General Brousart Won Schellendorn
Prussian war minister, to supervise me
case with the assistance OF PriVy
Councillor Brueggemann. Three officers,
moreover, have been chosen TO examine
witnesses. The documents produced
by the witnesses so far contain great
mass of disgusting and libellous letters,
which certainly suggest the INSANITY OF
the writer. Some Of these communica-
t...I
intimate with the Countess Won
Hohenhu The count IL said to
have demonstrated with his wife
and warned her that she must
check the emperors open partial
ity to her. The countess was in
duced to treat the emperor coldly aud
when questioned as to the reason Is
said 10 have Informed the emperor OF
her husbands Interference, The EN-
peror, cnrOged by the counts presump-
ton, vowed that he would have re-
yenge, and soon after at military re-
view at the Tompelhofer Field told the
count that he would forthwith he trans
ferred to Hanover; tina H. that he and
his wife would be exiled from court
The count Is the son Of Prince Al
brecht OF Prussia by mprganatic mar
rage with Miss Rauch and, therefore,
is cousin OF the emperor, Testimony
was taken on Thursday by Priyy Coun-
cillor Brueggemann. Just how far II
went IL yet to be ascertained The
anonymous court censor also assailed
the reputation Of the Princess Char
lotte OF Prussia, the emperor's sister.
aud now hereditary princess OF Sake
Meiningen, representing her as being
utterly beyond her husbands control
and guilty OF numerous indiscretions.
He lampooned the Princess Victoria OF
! SChaumburglippe as fond Of low SO
clety. He did not even spare the En-
| press Frederick, whose plain, uninter-
esting and blameless life In her Wife
hood, motherhood and widowhood was
supposed TO exempt her from all court
| gossip. Finally Prince Alexander OF
| Prussia, now in his seventy-fourth year.
Is accused Of the most disgraceful
| practices, which are said to be the re-
| suit OF weak and perverted mind
| All the charges relate to offenses
| against sexual morality, They are GU
riously minute in detail; so minute, In
| fact. that whether written by sooundrcl
! or mailman they must have come from
| some man with a precise knowledge OF
| persons at court and their doings,
The theory OF hotzes mental ire
sponsibllity will be considered after he
/ shall have been proved to be the author
Of the letters. Meantime a small but
| strong group at court continues TO be-
lieve that he Is the scapegoat OF GER
| tain prince, the Countess of Hohenau's
bitterest enemy, who has been using
ISotZe and Froiherr Won Schraeder. an
other chamberlain, as the channels OF
his revenge for disappointed hopes.
Some Of the offensive letters contain
Indecent sketches very cleverly excut-
ed. KOtze's friends say that he could
not possibly have done such work as
he IL quite Ignorant Of drawing The
| mystery attaching to the whole affair
is clearing. but gradually