New-York tribune., 1895-12-29
SOCIALIST WAR IN GERMANY.
HOFRICHTER'S IMPRISONMENT PRO-
yOKEs GENERAL CENSURE.
SCHEME TO GUST THE SOCIALISTS FROM THE
REICHsTAG - FRITZ FRlEDMANs DOUBLE
LIFE-THE INFLUENZA AGAIN IN BERLIN

! LIFE-THE INFLUENZA AGAIN IN BERLIN
! CHRISTMAS GIFTS OF ROYALTIES.
Berlin Dec. 2S.-The recent sentence or three
months imprisonment pronounced against Herr Hoi-
richter. Editor of the Rhine Gazette Socialist
newspaDer for having denounced barbarities prac-
| tsed upon the inmates Of the House of Correction
| at BrauweiIer, has aroused a violent public COM
motion which IS certain 10 rebound in favor OF the
Socialists Outside OF ultra conservative circles there
| is absolute unanimity in condemnng the sentence.
! The "Tagebat" declares that Herr Hofrlchter de-
served public tribute instead OF imprisonment for
! exposing cruelties upon the helpless which were
paraeled only In the Middle Ages. II his conviction
wac the result Of the existing law. the paper says,
then the law must be altered. 1T Is no wonder
the "Tageblatt continues. that the German people
are turning Socialists In masses when the horrors
of the Brauweiler Institution defended by law.
The "Vossische Zeitung" condemns the finding and
| judgment of the court in much the same language
that employed by the "Tageb.att."
The National Zetung.' which has now become
pronounced reactonist organ. attempts TO mitigate
the popular effect OF the sentence by maintaining
that 1t altogether for disclosing the horrors
of the treatment meted out to the inmates by the
thorties of the institution that Herr Richter was
convicted and sentenced, but for other offences as
| well Besides revealing the deplorabe abuses prac-
| thsed In the Brauweler House of Correction" the
'Zeitung' says. Herr Hofrichter made an attack
| upon the Director OF Prisons personally" But as
the judgment OF the Is VIGOROUSLY based upon
editorial criticisms Of public institution. the con-
| tenton Of the National Zeitune" has not any
weight The fact is that IL IS not the Socialists alone
| that dread the new forms OF applying the law The
suppression of political associations by the author
ties and the continuous prosecutions OF the press
for free expression Of opinion alarm the Cenirlits
| and the Fresinngs also. The fact is now Iecog-
against all party ORGANIZATIONS can Article VIII, of
the ordinance OF 1850 be used this article being the
| one which Herr Won k0ller late Prussian Minister
of the Interior, applied In dssolving the Socialist
| electoral committees.
| The temper of The Conservatives is carrying them
to the lergth Of proposing the expulsion Of the
| Socialists from the Rechstag. The "Grenzboten," a
| hgh-class journal, which notably influential
! during the period of Prince Bismarck power, urges
! the Reichstag to adopt provisional act, or moth
! GesctZ empowering the President Of the Reichstag
10 question every Deputy suspected Of Socialism as
to whether he has renounced all revolutionary agita-
tion. If the Deputy shall refuse answer or TO
pledge himself that he has renounced Socialism his
mandate as member Of the Reichstag shall, be de-
clared void The Conservative newspapers favorably
| criticise the proposal a desirable one but ex-
press doubt OF It's efficacy upon the ground, they
declare. that. as the Socialists would not hesitate
10 commit perjury in the interests of their party be-
fore courts Of law. they equally would not hesitate
cples If they were forced 10 do before the Rechs
| tag
| The sensation OF The week has been the absconG-
ing Of the great Berlin lawyer. Fritz Friedmann for
| whom warrant Of arrest has been issued for
| DI-DHS ponce OIucer 10 allow woman client,
| whom the officer taking 10 prison. 10 escape
Frcdmann has the reputation OF being the ablest
| lawyer in Germany, and he certainly has the
greatest practice and receives the highest fees AS
instance OF the latter IL may be men toned that
he received $1,000 marks for defending the banker
Poke. some time aso. 1t is sad that his income
| averaged $4,000 marks year. He was last seen
! while attending a Masonic dinner with his wife
| In some way he got WIND OF the fact that a war
| rant had been issued for his arrest, and he van
| ished. after realizing all the cash he could. He
| took with him. besides all available money the
| documents in the case OF Leberecht Kotze for
merly Court Chamberlain, and other secret papers
| which had been intrusted TO his by high per-
sonages. The Won kotze papers included many Of
| the letters which the Chamberlain was alleged TO
have written TO high personages, and for which
he was tor time in deep disgrace. Herr Fried
| mann left wife and five children in poverty his
creditors having seized all his effects mmed ediatey
led dos5s e or Is WR THAT THAT
! ming high public and social character. he main
fessional burglar he had several times defended in
the Berlin courts The girl who Is now only seven
| under the stage name of Nellie Wildenfels
The couple have been Raced 10 Tepsie and ibHnne e
to Brussels. Government officers will follow Fried
in an endeaysor to get from him documents which
| IL Is desirable 10 suppress. He VIII doubtless
| drive har$ bargain for their surrender
The recent sharp changes in the weather Involving
moisture. have led to resurgance Of the infuenzl
throughout Berlin and vicinity The Kaiser has
| suffered from cold. but II was promptly checked
| and he was enabled to take part in The Christmas
| fetes of the imperial family. DR. miguel the Prus-
sian Minister Of Finance. has a severe attack of IN
huenZa and number of other Government officials
are also suffering from the malady.
| Among the numerous presents which Christmas
brought TO the Emperor the best from the EN-
press, consisting OF set OF porcelain plates with
paintings on them OF Naval subjects. six drinking
cups with golden spoon attached 10 each and
| two great landscapes painted by a German artist
The Empress received IA costly antique necklace with
pendants, and the Crown Prince a complete uniform
Of the Gardes du Corps. The other princes got guns
and drums and Prince Eite Frederick got also A
pony. The little Princess Victoria Louise received
washing tub, set OF nat irons and ironing
board
! United States Ambassador Runyon will give Il
dinner on January 2 at which Chancellor Won
Hohenlohe Baron Marschail Won Bieberste!n Min
ister OF Foreign Affairs. and all OF the foreign
bassadors, will he guests