New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-12
DUELLING IN GERMANY.
NOBLEMAN MAY REFUSE TO FIGHT
WITHOUT DIsHONOR.
COMPLETE ERADICATION or THE CODE NOT
IIKELY-AN IMAGINARY INTERVlE"

COMPLETE ERADICATION or THE CODE NOT
LrKELY-AN IMAGINARY INTERVIEW
WITH AMBASSADOR UHL
Berlin, April 1.-THE annual congress Oh '''
German Adelstag (the nobility was opened ,o-ua'
Among the questions discussed of especia interest
70 the aristocracy of Germany was that OF aueihs,
anronos of the incidents which are now exciting
soce,v and the general public alike. This question:
was discussed exhaustivey, and 1t was hha''y re-
solved that It Is not brand OF dishonor io' "oo
man to refuse to fight dxel II the GROUNDS Vi MS
refusal are honorable. 1t was also agreed 70 appoint
n court OF honor, with view to the regulation OF
such differences as have hitherto been reteireu "
the duel court which had as It's fixed princ'pse s
the settlement OF disputes by the p'o with the
growing Of current opinion N resa ba eSisng
ling may have the effect of modiynS ne he eftica
cous in eradicatng it, as Is genera rr,. nro
the custom is too firmly fixed me h, tP'riw failed
IN lessen the practice: indeed. duel!hg mas p,e
more frequent since the issue OF the Kaiser "e''
than ever before
The duel which was fought between Lieperech'
Won Kotze and Baron Won Schrader near ro,su"'',
Yesterday furnishes an instance Of the dmcu''y o.
getting a quarrel settled by means OF court VI
honor. The friends OF both OF these men were u,'.
leasing in their efforts to prevent fight but courts
of honor composed OF officers OF two regimen''' III
stead of making an attempt to reach p"e'.
,ar,art ~ the affair decided that Won Notze ous"'
10 accent a challenge from Won SchraueI; .o,'
against Won Schrader whereupon these sn, ".
challenge he must at once cease 90 nr a. nIring
The Emperor this juncture lnl'rVe, ,h denison
Won Schrader to refuse TO accept ne uec,so .
~ tho courts of honor, while near re'a VI A.
th d,snutants cntreated them not TO engage III
duel for fear OF the social oHiu'm ,oSne thai The
at,och Ia the encounter. The knowieuse YIN. w
nara section Of society would cut them however
finally compelled them to night
Tho "yosssche Zcitung" In an article on the sun
Too, .avs. when high court officials set such a"
sxamnle o, law-brcaking II is mockery 10 ASH III.
noonlc 10 unite In a struggle to dei'a' rehs'o" an"
morality Won Kotze has more AFFAIRS OK the SAM
kind on hand Must there be more victims anu NO." 80
INC done 10 prevent these sacrlhces' tah. tnr sup
nnrters Of dueng believe that the h'su" OF 'uch a.,
encounter proyes that one combatdnt u r.sht at.u
the other wrong? II Is barbarous ,xrg ,hc
ordeal and dsgraceful 10 modern IDEAS nakhs t.I
aris,ocracv contemplate in the eyes of the social
democracy.
Edwin r. Ihl the newly appointed Onneo states
Ambassador is greatly annoyed and highly indis-
nant AT seeing in the "LokalanzeiS~r an a""he"
interview with himself and Mrs. IN. in which they
are represented saying things they hah never
dreamel Of Mr. I'hl says he docs not permit inter
views they being contrary 70 diplomatic custom.
lie and his wife he informed the United Press
representative exchanged few conventional
phrases with a man on board the steamer sa'ie
who introduced himself a. an American. but nothing
pas.ed which could possibly form the skeleton OF an
interview He has asceriained that the same man
,,os tho so,,rce OF Imaginary interviews Win the
late NJ Nicholas de (iiers Foreign Minister OF rus
sia and Count Herbert Bismarck which were pun
lshed few years ago.