The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-14
Major Tausch of the Political
Police Is Quite Willing
to Confess.
But Higher Officials implicated il
His Peculiar Pitts Are Hea..
ing OFF Publicity.
Copyright. 1885, by the United Associated rressesl

statement published in the ReichsanZei-
ger, the official journal, that SO long ago
as October the Kaiser was Informed OF
the source of the li5els against Freiherr
Marschall Won Bieberstein, Minister of
Foreign Affairs, is taken as proof that the
prosecution of both Baron Won LueiZow,
the editor who a few days ago was sem
fenced to eighteen months Imprisonment
for perjury and forgery, and Major Baron
Won Tausch, the chief of the political
police, who is now in jail awaiting trial
for perjury and forgery and also for aiding
and abetting others in the commission of
those crimes. has received the full sane
ton of the Emperor.
The conservative newspapers are rather
reticent concerning the latter, knowing
that the dominant influence in the En-
peror's encourage is now that of Baron
Marschall Won Bieberstein. One imme-
date and practical effect of the prosecu-
tons has been the cessation of inspired
utterances in the newspapers. The court
and Government officials now evade and
ignore journalists and the Office of the
court marshal even refuses cards of ad-
mission to any court festivities, which
have hitherto been regularly accorded 10
members of the press. Only August de
Grahl, member of the official bureau.
will henceforth be admitted to these func-
tions, and his report must be bought by
the papers that want reports of the move
ments of the Emperor and his court. 1t
is only the independent papers that are
now trying to penetrate the mystery re-
naming around the prosecutions.
The Tageblatt in an article on the sub
ject says that the trial and conviction and
sentence of Baron Won Luetzow was a
mere prologue to the political drama of
which the trial of Baron Won Tauscn will
be the central DEVELOPMENT. The Lokal
Anzeiger asserts that after his arrest
Tausch offered to reveal everything, even
to the disclosure of the names of the per-
sons who were behind him and inspired
the acts of which he now stands accused.
The National Zeitung insists that the
Government shall institute at once an en-
ergetic publication of the police None of
the independent papers, however, is so
boldly explicit as the VorwaeTts, the lead
ing organ of the Socialist party. which is
daily bowling in triumph over the down
fall of its old enemy, Baron Won Tausch.
Hitherto the Socialists have denied that
Baron Marschall Won Bieberstein was pos
sessed OF any grit, and their present sup
port OF him causes true Germans to doubt
whether he was well advised in forcing
for his own interests the most extreme
publicity OF matters in regard to the dis
sensions and sources of discussions within
the Government, and especially official
circles are asking whether the welfare OF
the public would not have been better
served through some other mode of in
quirv, say by bringing disciplinary pro-
ceedings against Tausch for abuse OF his
Office. The Vorwaerts, sarcastically point
ing out the fact that Baron Marschall Won
Bieberstein pretends to believe that
Tausch had no one behind him, adds:
Won Bieberstein is altogether TOO
clever and too well informed not to
know the whole affair to its root. AS
matter of fact nobody acquainted
with the court or high official circles
credits the Eulenburg family with having
instructed Tausch directly to operate
against Won Bieberstein, but all OF the
court know what tremendous influence
the Eulenburgs WELD. Their princely po-
sltion and wealth influence all German
and Austrian courts, and 1t is now diff
cult matter to conceive that a creature like
Tausch did not need any explicit orders
to act in the Eulenb urgs interests"
In conclusion the Vorwaerts says: "If
the trial of Major Won Tausch is not to be
a farce Baron Marshall Won Bieberstein
must insist upon exculpation through the
cleyerest methods, proceeding not alone
against Count Won Eulenburg, but also
against General Won Waidersee, Prince
Bismarck and Count Herbert Bismarck"
Herr Bebel, the Socialist leader in the
Reichstag, has written an open letter, in
which he alludes TO the trinity of con-
spirators" behind Tausch and declares
that he will lay the statement upon the
subject before the Reichslag.
The world outside of Germany possibly
fails to conceive of the awful impression
made by the revelations concerning the
weakness of the Government, and espe-
cially the disclosures of the Kaiser's sub
lection to possibly corrupt and unpatri-
otto influences, which give a sense of the
insecurity of tie Fatherland that has
never been felt before.
The new bourse laws which will go into
effect on January /. which were only pub
hshed apart from the bill on Wednesday
last, excite the greatest discomfort among
bourse operators.
Disentang!ed from the verbiage of the
act it is recognized on all sides that the
regulations cannot be made workable,
and bankers and dealers alike concur in
the opinion that it is impossible to see
how law insisting upon registration of
Dourse transactions can be made opera
tive. Most of the bankers have decided to
do business with their clients after Janu-
airy l precisely as they did before, and
then test the question in courts as to time
operations being unlawful.
Princess Henry of Prussia, sister-in-law
of the Kaiser, and her family will become
the guests on Christmas day OF the EN-
press Frederick, and will remain in Berlin
during the first part of the season. EN-
press Frederick will also entertain her
daughter, Princess Frederick Charles of
Hesse- Cassel, and her four sons, and Prince
and Princess Adolphus of Schaumburg-
Lippe, the Princess also being daughter
OF the Dowager Empress. The Berlin
season does not appear likely TO be . bril-
liant one. as the court ietes are under
some sort of blign,ing influence.
Charles de Kay, United States Consul
General, will give small dance Monday
evening, at which will be present Embas-
sador Uhl, Mrs. Uhl and their daughter
Alice; me French ambassador, the jap
anese Minister, the Russian Consul. G en-.
eral and others in official and diplomatic
circles.
Manager Niederlin of the Philadelphi
Museum is among the Americans now in
Berlin. Miss Chickholm. young Ameri-
can lady who was studying music at Wei.
mar, has committed suicide at that nlace