The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-04
LESE MAJESTE IN GERMANY.
, CESSATION OVER THE TRIAL OF
THREE SOCIALIST EDITORS.

Ou.. of Them Accused of Having Ac- /
eepted Money TO Pose as the Au-
,sor of Articles He Did Not Write /
and stand Punishment Instead OF 1
she Real CuIprit-BOurse Opera
fsrs Very sore Over False News /
.rnt over the Wires From st. Pc
tersburG-American Horse Flesh |
us Food.
Berlin. Nov. 3.-No prosecutions for the
o-ense of Lese Majestic which have taken
place in recent years have so attracted
r,-hEc interest as the trial and conviction
last week Of Herren Dierl and Pfund, re-
.rectively editor and associate editor of
the Vorwaerts. the leading socialist or
eau. and Herr Bandmann, editor of the
volksblatt, resulting in the sentence of
Dierl to six months, Pfund to nine months
and Randmann to twelve months i'm
prisoument. These gentlemen are now
al liberty on bail in the sum of S,400 marks
each. pending their appeal from the judg-
ment Of the court, and the case is excit-
ing general discussion. Herr Dierl, espe-
cially drew upon himself the wrath of the
authoritative powers by ridiculing the
Sedan day celebration and the Kaiser
William l memorial church. the latter
Of which he dubbed the "Aegir church"
and alluding to the emperor having de-
voted the proceeds of his recent musical
effort, the Song OF the Aegir," to the
81 expense of erecting the memorial win
d0ws of the church, which were lately
c1nsecrated with great ceremony. The
4 unusually hostile attitude of the present
. court and. the public prosecutor toward
. the offending editors have been the sub
H.. --sAs ss.gs- a Ae.r~l
n since the conclusion of the trial the Vor-
as2i57 aason2iu5nciation directed against the
n suggested that Dierl sold himself to the
. real culprit and really contracted for
4 sum Of money to stand trial and serve
whatever sentence the court might inn
pose upon him in the stead Of the actual
offender. The contention Of DierIs pa
per has been that he was absolutely un-
fitted and devoted himself legitimately
10 literature and not to shame The
Berlin Post, however, printed in its is
sue OF last evening with the appearance
a of exactness, a statement which it dedi-
Il Gates to the Norwaerts, asserting that
Dierl was formerly an obscure actor. His
age, 63 years. prevented him from con-
Unuing in that profession and in order
TO obtain q livelihood he avoWed himself
socialist and made a connection with
the Norwaerts in the capacity Of clerk
at a salary Of 112 marks C2O. short
Time later upon the strength Of his con-
tention that he was merely earning the
bread Of favor instead of receiving the
compensation to which his services en-
titled him he was induced as considera-
ton for the advancement of his stipend
10 sign a paper declaring himself to be
wholly responsible for the dangerous and
seditious articles which had appeared or
might thereafter appear in the paper.
For thus accepting responsibility for the
acts of others he received the miserable
increase of twelve marks a month In his
salary In the opinion Of those who be-
Neve the foregoing statement to be true
this renders Dierl entirely unworthy of
flaNr h lrf4f 4frVa
of being morally. as woll as legally,
bound to serve the sentence he volunta-
rily contracted to undergo.
The feeling of soreness and Indignation
over the recent alarmist statements pro-
mulgated upon the alleged authority of
the st. Petersburg Official Messenger has
not only not abated but has been con-
siderably aggravated by the semi-oficiai
explanation of the matter, from which
ID would seem that the blame lies in the
Russian official telegraph agency. The
Nossische Zeitung, in an article cham
pioning the cause of the operators on the
bourse who were hit hard through trans
actions based upon these statements, IN
A PLAIN language charges Russian officials
with completely in the matter, and at
/ cuses certain officials in St. PetersburS
with having the intention of putting down
quotations on the Berlin bourse. 1t is
more likely that the matter was the re-
suit of an oversight, but the act was
culpable. nevertheless. This is the sec
ond occasion since Prince Lobanoff-Ros
toVsky was appointed Russian minister
Of foreign affairs that statements of the
gravest import sent out from St Peters
burg have had to be disavowed upon Off
cial authority, the other occasion being
the recent Bulgarian sensation, which
turned out to be a canard. So intense is
the feeling Of indignation here over these
incidents that 1t will be a long time be-
fore they viii be forgotten, and they will
tend to increase the distrust of Wolff's
agency which has lately issued various
retractions and explanations, as well
to cast suspicion upon the semi-Official
system of promulgaung important state
afes "a
During the session of the colonial coun-
ell which was held about the middle of
the week. Herr Kaiser announced that
the mines which the Southwest Africa
Company had opened to the nOrthward of
Otavi, contained copper in such abun-
dant quantities as has seldom been found
anywhere else in the world.
The new building erected for the occu-
pancy of the Prussian Lantag, is exter-
nally completed and the fitting of the in
terror is proceeding rapidly a large part
Of the fittings and furniture of the old
building were found to be entirely insult
ed TO the new building, and have been
sold at auction. The sale attracted large
crowds of buyers and curiosity seekers,
end many Of the articles sold brought
The Post devotes four columns to the
reports of various United States consuls,
conveying the suggestion that American
breeders export horses into Germany for
the purpose OF slaughtering them. The
Post contends that live animals could not
be exported prohtably, and declares that
If the flesh of slaughtered animals should
be sent here, Germany would impose re-
strictions similar to those now in force
against live cattle and dressed beef. The
proposal to import horses into Germany
for slaughtering purposes has met with
storm of adverse comment
The returns OF the imports of corn for
the period extending from January to
September, both inclusive, show 1,935531
-oCtJrtams, zs compared with 5,33I53l
aectograms for the same period in 1894.
a large powder mill a Oekelwitz, near
Breslau, exploded on Saturday. The
building was wrecked and one man was
l-iled. Three others were injured and are
In a diving condition.