The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-13

Berlin. Dec 12-Since the emperor
gave Freherr Marschall Won Bieber-
stein, minister OF foreign affairs, an
audience at Potsdam on Thursday, it
has transpired it is the intention of
the government to hasten the trial of
Major Baron Won Tausch, the chief of
the political police, who is now in jail
under charges of perjury and forgery.
takin- the view that the longer the
affair is keat before the public the
worse it will become. The scandals
attached thereto will become public,
and the excitement over the revelations
already made viii increase.
Major Won Tausch has employed the
eminent advocate, Or. Schwindt, to
defend him. and also made an appli-
cation for his release on bail pending
his trial. but this request has been re-
fused and he will have to remain in
Jail until he is arraigned in court Fail
ing TO obtain his clients release on
bail. Dr.. Schwindt then asked the pub
lie prosecutor not to call the case for
a month. as the defendant would re-
quire that length of time. at least, to
prepare for the trial and the postpone
ment of the case until the end of jan
uary is probable, despite the desire OF
the prosecution to expedite matters.
INCIDENTS OF HIS LIFE.
Besides frequently abiding to in
stances of Tausch's alleged crimes of
forgery and perjury or his indictment
thereto. the newspapers are filed with
incidents OF his life. His father, now
dead, was for q long time minister to
the Prussian court for MecElenpurg-
Schwerin. His mother. who is still liv-
ing, resides in Schwerin with a mar
ried daughter. and another of her
daughters, who is a lady in waiting to
the grand duchess OF Mecklenburg-
Schwerin, was married to the late Rus
sian General Won Peters. Baron Won
Tausch has numerous aristOcratic con-
nections, and still has powerful friends.
1t is recalled that it is oniv six weeks
since he received the decoration of the
Red Earle, with the order of the
crown. which is always bestowed as
special mark of imperial favor. In the
search FOR the men who are behind
Tausch the inspirer Of his attacks
upon ex-ChancellOr Won Caprivi. Cen
eral Bronsart Won Schilleniorf, Baron
Marshall Won BiebeTstein and others,
the question arises who recommended
to the emperor the comforting of such
distinction upon the chief of the Sc
cret oolice2 Count Philip Won Eulen-
burg, the German ambassador to Aus
tria, frankly admits having procured
him the Austrian decoration which was
conferred upon him by Emperor Fran
els joseph for the sole reason Of the
valuable services on the occasion of the
kaiser's visit to Abazzia, but surmises,
based upon good grounds. trace the
recommendation TO the kaiser that
Tausch be honored with the Red Eagle
and the crown TO somebody comprised
in the immediate encourage of the en-
peror. Naturally, the antl-Bismarclian
press suggests the probability that
Prince Bismarck'S Vaccinations in
fluenced Tausch's attacks upon Count
Caprivi, Baron Marschall Won Bieber-
stein and General Bronsart Won Scnil-
lendorf. but the best-informed opinion
wholly absolves both the old chan
cellor and his son, Count Herbert Bis
marck, from anv connection with the
matter.
HAD NUMEROUS AGENTS.
Major Won Tausch had numerous
agents throughout Germany who were
employed in reporting to their chief
what they could learn. and often what
they did not learn, about the private
life OF prominent personages and the
newspapers row recall Prince Bis
marck's saying: These scoundrels
have TO lie IN Ordef 10 I've
Although Tausch is supposed to have
destroyed q large number OF his doc
uments before ne was arrested. a great
number of others are still in existence.
and these have been seized. From the
character of these papers, il is safe TO
assume that several high officials may
be required to clear themselves of seri-
Gus accusations
Among the obnoxious stories of the
of plots of an alarnlist character An
instance OF this is recalled in the kali
ser's going to THORN some time ago.
where his majesty used menacing IAN
guage TO the Poles. Major Won Tausch
had preceded the kaiser to THORN By
several days and upon its arrival there.
guarded the emDeror's train with his
suite of escort police. When the train
was on its way back to Berlin, Tausch
caused it TO take unexpected detours
from the main line, declaring that he
had discovered a conspiracy against
the emDeror's life. though nobody now
believes that any such plot ever existed
or that Tausch thought it did.
BIEBERSTEINs MEDICATION.
Regarding Baron Won Bieberstein. lit
now seems as though he had secured
a lasting vindication, yet the Berlin
Post. in its issue of TODAY, criticises
the trial of Baron Won Luetzow and
his fellow defendants, and asserts that
the question will be raised in the land
tag why the minister of justice al
lowed Marschall to play the triple role
of witness, counsel and virtual con-
ductor Of the prosecution.
AT a meeting of the Berlin municipal
council yesterday, Herr Stadthalen. So
cialist, protested against a portion of
the taxes imposed upon the taxpayers
of Berlin going to the support Of per-
sons like TauSch and I.uetzow
The emperor and the imperial family
will leave Potsdam on Dec. %, and re-
side in the Schloss in Berlin for two
months. After the close OF the Berlin
season the emperor and empress will
go on a six weeks yachting cruise in
the Mediterranean and other waters,
visiting Athens and ConstantinoDle in