The herald., 1895-11-03
IN THE kA|SER'S REALMS
The Socialists Convicted of Lese
lMajeste
THE CASE TO BE APPEALED
A Spirit OF Protest Rises ia AIsace.
Lorraine
HE CASE TO BE APPEALED
The Prosecutions Have Had the Result Of
Producing 7ore Singing Retorts
and ScsthIng Editorials
Associated Press Special Wire.


BERLIN, No7.2 2.-tCopyrighted, 1895, by
the Associated Press)-Tho reports of the
JOINT trial OF the editors of the Vo.waerts
and Volksblatt on the charge of lese
maieste. have proved sensational reading
in some respects. 1t has been shown, for
instance, that Baron voD Mirbach, high
court official, actually visited Herr Singer
to request him to cease his attacks in the
Vorwaerts on the memory of Emperor
William /, and in order to induce him to
stop his opposition to the Emperor Will
lam memorial church. 1t has likewise
transpired that Herr Swechten, the srch-
itec. of the church, is himself guilty of
placing the scurrilous inscription on the
uilding which has attracted so much at
tention.
These unpleasant revelations have led
even Conservative papers to reproach the
court with want OF tact.
Another feature of the case was the
queer reasoning by which the presiding
judge. who displayed throughout hostility
to the prisoners. arrived at the charge Of
lese majestic, his Interpretation being
quite opposed tu many decisions of the
supreme court. He laid down that it was
doubtless in view of ths InviolabIlity of
the emperor that nobody had a right to
say anything against the person of his
majesty. This new rendering of lese mai
este has been denounced by the whole
Liberal and Radical press as fallacious
and illegal. The case will be appealed to
the supreme court so far as the Vorwa erts
is concerned.
These prosecutions have had the result
OF provoking still more stinging retorts
and in a scathing editorial on the trial,
the Vorwacrts asked the emperor to de-
fine whom he referred to in his recent
address as gang" unworthy to bear
the name of Germans, and added ironic.
ally: sit is only just to know The
Vorwaerts will be prosecuted for publish
ing this article and government Is issu-
ing new orders to the police to continue
to make un tiring warfare upon the So
cialists and their press.
The domicilary visit made by the police
Of Colmar. Alsace. on Saturday last and
the summoning of Representatives OF the
people 70 answer for having said in an
interview published in the Petit Journa!
Of Parts. that the Alsatians did not rec
ognize the Franco German treaty ceding
W
series OF recent incidents which has
shown the reviving strength of the pro-
testing spirit there. Herr PRESS, how
ever, bas promised the authorities to have
corrections made in the wording OF this
interview.
On Monday evening gallophile DEM
onstration was held in the Alsacienne
tavern, at Strasburg, against the police,
who were powerless. The meeting was
only dispersed when detachment of
troops had been hurried to the scene.
In consequence the governor of Alsace.
Lorraine has been especially instructed
to vigorously suppress all similar mani
festations.
Herr Preiss, in letter to Strasbu urg
paper says: 1--WE look up neither to Paris
look to the Reichsland alone"
The Bundesrath has ordered the issue
of an edct for bidding the public adver-
tising of all patent medicines.