The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-10-05
GERMANY'S LYNCH Law
IN ANCIENT CUSTOM REoEIVEs 4
SERIOUS CHECK.

| in the Empire-Polish National Move
ment Again Causing Anxiety-The Turk
ish Question Hope Prevails That it Will
| be Amicably Settled.
Berlin, Oct 4-The notorious Bavar-
! ian Haberfeldtreibein, a species OF
lynch law, has had a sudden check.
1t was an ancient custom. 1t is said
to have dated back to Charlemagne,
| traditionally set in motion after the
close of the harvest season with view
of settling old scores with obnoxious
persons in the rural districts. In old
times it was a sort of rough justice
and served it's purpose. OF late years,
through the spread of socialism through
the rustic population, it has degener-
ated into a riotous and 'moonlighting'
custom, from which the people were
shot, cattle manned and property burn
ed
During quarrel a few nights ago
former victim of the haberfeltreibein
denounced the burgomaster of Sauer-
ZACH as "habermeister." The burgo-
master arrested the man for having in
suited him in his official capacity and
the efforts of his friends to obtain his
release have been unsuccessful. the
burgomaster having refused the sum of
| o ~ lo,;I F1,. hi hnt-of
Since that time 275 men, landowners,
farmers laborers and others have been
arrested in the Holzhirschen, Tolz and
Schliersee districts under the charge of
/ belonging to the Haberfeldtreibein
/ The excitement in the localities is in
tense in consequence of the unexampled
action of the authorities. The crops
which before now ought to have been
gathered are rotting in the fields, ow-
ing to the absence of the owners, over
seers and laborers belonging to the
| farms, who are confined ill prison.
! This state of affairs means serious loss
eand probably total ruin to hundreds of
farmers and others. The Bavarian Off
cials have for a long time sought to
apprehend these particular classes of
offenders, but up to this time have not
met with any success
In October 1895, 200 haberers all with
blackened faces and otherwise disguis-
ed met in field in Sauerlach one Sun
day and elected officers and a new
"haberer- -koenig," or court. They have
| committed a number of outrages since,
but their victims have feared to inform
on them. 1t is safe,to assume that the
prisoners will be severely dealt with.
j The action of the Berlin Tageblatt in
contracting with the United Associated
| Presses for the special American cable
service of that news organization,
which is now being delivered daily to
a large number Of European journals,
is significant of the intensity of the
| interest which is taken on the conti-
nent in the political prospect of the
United States. The bourses which are
chief among those occupied in watch
ing the progress of the presidential
campaign in America are looking for
ward eagerly to more definite indica-
! tions of the outcome of the election
/ than the estimates and boasts of the
rival political parties have hitherto
supplied
The commercial community, despite
their antipathy to the tariff views of
Major Mckinley are hoping for the tri-
umph of the sound money or gold
party while the agrarians profess to
regard Candidate Bryan as sort of
savior and rejoice in the utterances of
Prince Bismarck in his letter to Gov
ernor Culberson of Texas, which they
believe must have tendency to ma
terially influence the situation.
The Polish national movement is
again causing considerable anxiety to
the government, although nothing of
serious nature is supposed to be inn
minent; but there is abundant evidence
that the continued efforts Of Tie gov
ernment to Germanize frussian Poland
have met with very small degree of
success. The national spirit in that
territory is very strong and 1t is being
fostered by the Roman Catholic clergy
Many instances of boycotting and 9TH
erwise annoying German settlers are
reported On the occasion of the recent
visit of Archbishop Sablewski to Spal-
enitza, the populace became greatly ex-
cited and in the height of their frenzy
administered severe mauling to the
imperial representative. This act has
caused great Indignation among the in
habitants of the Protestant districts of
the empire and an official inquiry is
now IN progress with view of pun
ishiop. tha offenders