The morning news., 1894-05-14
BULLDOZINC ON THE BENCH.
all Germany Aroused Over the BTauSe-
WetteT Scandal.


the Rights of the Press-The Police
in Very Bad Light-The Triple
Proteotorate Over Samoa---An Inter
nettonal Congress of Miners.
Berlin, May 13. - The Brausewetter
scandal has assumed national dimensions.
Few persons hesitate to say that the Judge
disgraced the bench by usurping the
functions of the prosecuting attorney in
the trial of the Prussian editors last week,
and the newspapers throughout the en-
pire agree, as rarely before, in admonish-
ing the government to act quickly
in response to public opinion The
popular agitation has increased in
the last three days until it
promises to raise the most important
political question in both the Landtag and
Reichstag. Not only is a reform of judi
cial methods called for, but the greater
freedom Of the press also from police re-
straint is demanded as as immediate ne
cessity. Yesterday the Berlin Associa-
tion of Solicitors aud Kings Counsel sent
to the ministry of justice memorial, af-
firming that both Judge Brausewetter and
professional etiquette by their conduct
during the trial of the editors, most no.
tably in treating the defendants counsel
with studied disrespect. The memorial
| also declares that it will be impossible to
elicit the truth in any case if the prac-
| tices of distorting evidence and repress-
ing counsel in the defense of clients be
allowed.
RIGHTS OF THE PRESS.
While the members of the Berlin bar
| show their determination to vindicate
their own and the peoples rights the
! journalists and publicists consider Judge
| Brausewetter's sneering remarks about
| the newspapers more as an attack upon
| the rights of free press. A meeting has
| already been called for Wednesday at the
| journalists club to protest against
| the license allowed the courts and
| police in dealing with the news
papers and the general public.
| The excessive sentences passed on the
| editors found guilty last Thursday of in
| sulting the police will probably be re-
versed on appeal. II is too late, however,
to accomplish much with this partial re-
| dress. Now the movement Is well under
| way nothing will satisfy the public ex-
| cept reforms which will render impossi-
| BILE such traYesties of justice in the
| future.
BAD SIDE OF THE POLICE.
Apart from Judge Brausewetter's brow
beating and the hectoring of all the de-
fendants' witnesses by the crown prose-
cutor, the trial Of the editors showed
bad side Of the Berlin police The prose-
| cution was forced to admit that, at the
meeting at the Friedrlchshaiu, on Jan. IS,
the police had their agents provocateurs.
These agents, disguised as working
men, and armed with rubber life
| preservers, attacked both women and men
| as they left the place of assembly The
police spy, Brandt it was proved, had re-
ceived from the police money with which
to publish and distribute fysheets and
placards melting the unemployed to vio-
lence. Judge Brapsewetter astonished
the audience by holding that these police
methods were perfectly justifable and
| cOndemning the press criticisms of
them as constituencies and immoral.
Although reporters of the conservative
journals, not even excepting the old tory
Kreuz Zeitung. make virtually the same
statements as did the Tageblatt and other
progressive organs, and conservative and
radical editors spoke with equal Sc
verify of the police outrages, all the edi-
tors sentenced were selected with care
ranks.
THE SAMOAN QUESTION.
The local branch of the German Colon
ial Society met and discussed the Samoan
question on Friday, but reached no con-
clusion except that Germany must retain
her hold upon the islands. The Frank
fort, Cologne, Bremen and several other
branches of the society will petition the
government to acquire if possible the sole
protectorate of both Samoa and Tonga
The speakers at the Berlin meeting con-
Cured in denouncing England for her
greed OF territory, and suggests
shat England might be satisfied
eventually with taking Tonga and leaving
fears that the United States, if they
should withdraw from the tripartite
agreement, might not support Germany
heartily in her claims to the
islands. Although no definite In
formation has reached official cir
ces here as to the attitude of
the United States, their retir ement from
the Joint protectorate is regarded as
| probable. Five German warships will be
at Apia shortly. The Hanoverische
Courier, which is friendly to the Colonial
party, expresses doubts that this force will
suffice to restore peace and asks that a
battalion of marine infantry be sent to
Apia at once.
CONGRESS OF MINERS.
The international congress of miners
which will meet in Concordia hall to-
morrow has the familiar programme.
The principal subjects win be: The eight
hour day how to extend and enforce en-
ployers' liability; how to obtain the
| normal wages; the limitation of over
production by international and other
measures. The English delegates
will present resolutions as to
female labor in mines, the ap-
pointment of workingmen inspectors,
sanitary regulations, and the declaring Of
strikes On every day of meeting new
chairman will be elected. BY this pro-
! cess of rotation in Office almost every
national group of delegates will be en-
abled to place its man In the chair. The
Austrian miners desire to have special
hearing for a deputation from Ostrau.
The subject win be the slaughter of
strikers with Mannliehers last week.
TWO HEADS CUT OFF.
Reindel the headsman Of Berlin, exc
cuted on Thursday in the Schlewitz
prison the brothers Jean and SEVERN
Koziolek, who were convicted of murder
ing a game keeper. He has now taken
off more than a hundred heads. His
next engagement is to kill Otto Franz,
the Nemitz book-maker, who murdered