The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-15

court for some time on account of his personal
talents-he IL both poet and composer-and he
was a valued travelling ompanion To the EN-
Fohenyoliern. when the kidJdsrddatsch affair
drew the attention OF the world upon him.
eor 1es SSr1s part S Of lsDa ih' os kigiisS@d In 81.
parasIaphs that. it'll, by little. attracted no.
"Au.tsrnfrrSnd ",""""v. spsetzle." and Count
Troubadour'' were in a variety OF manners
the furthsralce OF damaging intriGussi IL
February OF tho same year the editor of ,kldd-
SSfsa soG , SssI Sy A sHsi re MsS n'fs' % Ss D meant
Prlvr Counsellor Won Hol,tein. while ". Speet.
gle" stood for Won ,K'derlen. Waechter' CHIEF OF
Affairs, The real name of "Copnt Tronln-
dopr" was first mrde public ~ a letter from
in "Frb, Zig y gave the following characteristic
description Of the three men:
Holstein. oldest adviser" in the Department
OF Foreign Affairs; acted perhdiously during
Bismarck four years ago; MS the bearer VI the
tradition Is a,ways asked for advice by Sapriyi
S 9s.s,o MHr' in,rIso %h for are tho no pie ainIp,n of in ny pro
ing; pussionately fond OF oysters.
". Spaetaie Privy Councillor. Won Kiderlen-
Waerh;er, leader of the semi-uficial Press
Bureau. whose Influence is far.reaching, and
who. by the aid OF .deftly chosen m%iddiemen.
s sSsniiy 's Mi,R m1na the et chief fsso odi aorS's hpo owed
Count Trnnbadour-Co Phillip Eulen-
DurE. IruNSlhn AIluhshNuOT 10 MUNICH, huiui-
tious worker; writes, cpmposes. and renders his
songs in the most exclusive circles 10 his own
"Hoistein and Kiderlen," it read further in
the letter, have, during the last few years. as
sidiously tried to widen the breech between the
Emperor and Bismarck, particularly through
offensive innuendos launched adroitly in differ
ent newspapers, and subsequently, placed before
press friendly o Bismarck. They have further
more forced capable and self-dependent embau-
sailors out OF tho service or pushed them aside
In order to make room for insignificant but IL.
dulgent people. In this manner the splendid
Won Buelow; at the Important post In Constsn-
tinople the prudent Radowitz has been dis
BB .ssS,, S Go andG Eul,D s M%seG 9e nS q 70 tie I1sT pia ssF ior
self 60 to Vienna; Prince Reuss must therefore
the worst. but Eulenburg is particularly dan
gerous, because OF his attachment to the En-
pcror, whom he accompanies each summer on
Inc disclosure created immense notice and
became more sensational when Polstorrf. on
Blsmarck's birthday. sprang a fresh bomb in the
form of u communication to the semi. official
ssandep the web Of lies which your In
tuenced. press 40 zealously has spun together.
We wish to say at. once that we reserve our
selves free disposition as regards those COM
mnnications from the Department of Foreign
Affairs concerned in the discussion. We have
dental information. Thcrefore. ten days
after ReicIsdnzeiOcr had declared that our
partmcnt OF Foreign Affairs prayed us to be
silent because there had occurred something
T if"' reason SS@l% why this had 't been lmpossiSlc,
according to the view Of the Department.
,Es rf nspSs, for ,%r' sao,s.., Tory ,6 n1% to LIE The s% ms.
dunn OF those newspapers edited by YOU. That
is. after all, the mission that pays you" Re,chs-
dnke,Jer brought an answer at once which
read that the paper was authorized to state
that there never from the Department OF For
or Indirectly, ANY communication touching the
subject. But polsio;tr stood oy his assertion,
a letter to NdtinnGl Zeituma. wrote that Major
Gen. Spitz on March D had brought the In for
ddtsch; and that Hoffman had Immediately
turned the matter over to Polstorff. There had
been said on The same occasion. added Polstortf.
responsible for all that had occurred. because
behind them stood 90 = ihird Individual in a
This made the scandal complete. But faith
in the exactness of the Polstortf DISCLOSURES be-
came weakened by a statement from Hoffman.
In consequence of which polstorff should have
misunderstood his associate as regards the lat
ter's con, ersation with Major-Gen OF. Spitz. But
that HOFFMAN, had been applied to by Spitz
was corrohoraled. The matter ended In u duel.
sustained II good-siZed sword slash. The Berlin
comic paper has not since then contained any
reference TO the Kh!ddcrdddtSch ai!air
When the scandal was AT its height ZukuHtt
published an extremely humorous poem touch
ing the affair. with the following motto; And
nego great power in the land-Dan. ILL.,.
aO.'' the political satire was undoubtedly in
Splreu ny hANlinlllAn thrutu. tNe Gator, anu
the motto pointed plainly enough to an I'M
Official Government. 1t transpired from y num-
her of communications that Polstorff and those
behind him. through their attack. on kiderlen-
Waechter, Holstein, and Count Eulenburg. in
simulated that the chief of the Press Bureau.
with the aid OF the two others. had launched
counterfeit Bismarck articles and placed them
before the Emperor as genuine out6ursts from
Friedrichsruh.
The whole affair Is still as obscure MS tho
kotle transaction and several other affairs dat
ing from the later history of the new German
empire. There is reason to believe. however.
that Polstorfs, judging by several of his arti-
Giles. has been the victim OF some sort Of megalu-
mania.
toward consequences for those assaulted. On
the contrary, Count Gutenberg. who went to
Vienna. has since come forward NJ an %iuiuen-
tial personally. kiderlen-W nechter is the pres
ent German Ambassador at Copenhagen. Both
still belong to the Erp peror's Iniimates.
But a glance At thoss who have engaged the
confidence OF Emperor William II. since His
excepted. have reached the front. And 1t is
patent enough that there exists n sharn division
at court. Count Eulenburg knows his Em peror
to n dot. William ii. and his own relation to
him he has described In one OF his songs, where,
In a transparent form. he let's the Emperor ap-
pear as King Hakon In the act of promising
peace to the world while preaching Christianity
to his mon. II Is not improbable that neither
the Emperor nor the Count desires Ia exchange
their friendship for n political attachment and
its consequences
burg, kiderlen-W aechter. Siumm. &C.. ex-
change ideas with the Emperor concerning
many political questions. Bnt their influence
with the monarch should not be overrated. The
Emperor has his own ideas, and above all else q
will OF his own. Evidently those nearest him
execute but his commands. None OF Emperor
William Ills intimates has as yet reached tho
Chancellorship. JULIUS MoRITZES.
MESSENGER BOYS on WHEELS.