New-York tribune., 1896-12-13
THE CASE OF MAJOR TAUSCH.
DESIRE IN OFFICIAL ClRCLE0
HURRY 1T OUT OF THE WAY
SCANDALS ARISING IN CONNEcTioN WIN
ARREST OF THE CHIEF OF THE "hH'
POLITICAL POIICE-IiOW THE Eh-

SCANDALS ARISING IN CONNECTION Win "
ARREST OF THE CHIEF OF THE GERNAN
POLITICAL PoLICE-How THE EN-
rERoR WAS FOOLED
Berlin Dec 12-Since the Emperor gave freine,i
NarschaIl Won Bieberstein. Minister OF fore's" ~
fairs an audience a; Potsdam on Ihurs"'S y ~
transpired that II is the desire OF the oo'e
~ hasten the trial of Major Baron Won iauSo' w
chief of the political police. who is now Il. .a
under charges Of perjury and forgery tak"s w.
v,eu that .he longer the affair is kept before 'u
nublic the worse the scandals attached 'he'e'o w.
necome and the more the excitement over '''
revelations already made will increase. '"'o' W
Tausch has employed Dr. Schwind'' .he e"' u
advocate to defend him. and also ihade an opp
cation for release bail pending MS triai ou' '
request has been refused and he will have 10 re'na,
IN ia until he Is arraigned In court. r'''ns ~
tain his clients liberty on BAIL Dr. schwiho' tsN'u
tho puhlic Prosecutor not to call the case lot d
,,or,b as the defence would require that iehs'"
OF time to prepare for trial The pos'pone".
the case until the end Of January Is prooao'e' u
spIte the desire of the prosecution 10 eNpe"''e '
ters -.
needos frequently alludng to instances OF
Tat,sch's alleged crimes OF forgery ana Pe'J"S VI
his inctement thereto. the newspapers are NM
u,,b Incidents of his life. His father, no" "eau'
WAS for a long time Minister to the frussian Oo
for Meckenburg -Schwerin HIS mother ' -
Schwerin with a married daughter anu a'o'"''
hor dauehters who Is a lady-n waiting 10 tne
(rand-duchess OF Mccklenburg Schwerih' was ""'
r,ed 10 the late Russian General Won Peters
Baron Won Tausch has numerous aris'oc'u'~ wa
nections. and still has powerful! frlends. ~ II '
called that II is on, six weeks since he received
tho decoration of the Red Eagle, with the orue' y.
the Crown which Is always bestowed as " 'P
mark OF imperial favor. In the search TOT '"e "a''
who was behind Tausch the nsprer OF h's "''N'"'
upon ex-Chancellor Capriv General brohs"' ''
sc,.llondor1 Baron Marschall Won BIeberstein ana
others a question arises TO who recommehueu
TO the Emperor the conferrinS of such d's''nc'on
,,,o, IN, chief of the secret police. count rni.p
Won E,nlenberg. the German AmDdsSauoi " -
W.; % icnr.,, on which was conferred upon him by
Emperor Francis Joseph Tor tne sol' ,hn h,,,ors
vaIiable services on the occasion OF the MI, 5
,.is,, ,o AbszzIa but surniscs based upon eoon
grounds trace the recomm'uuat non ~ t,,oia and
mat Tausch be decorated with the t'h '''s. a',
the crown 10 somebody in the immediate eh'o"'"''
Naturaily the anti Bismarckan press SUGGESTS
,he nrohab ifv that Prince Bismarcks machlna-
lions Influenced Tauschs attacks upon ~ o3u mereral
Bronsart Won Schelendor but ne md
onInion wholly absolves both the old Chac'o, @ % "a''
h- son. Count Herbert Bsmarck from rscS any cS"h had
numerous agents throughout neriaiTY vhat fhev
c"iJ learn and often what they did not learn aDou'
the private life OF eminent persons ana tne new ,ha
papers now recall Prince Bsmarcks saving theh'
These scoundrcis have to II" III order 10 ,lN,,o, ,lN,,
Although Tausch Is supposed to have DESTROYER
large number OF his documents befor" ne was ar
restcd n great number OF others are stu III exist
.nce and these have been seized. From tne char-
actcr of these papers II Is safe to assume Una. @
cral high officials may be required TO clear the"-
selves OF serious accusations ,,.,,
Among the obnoxious influences OF the poiitlca1
oilce has been concoction of pots OF an alarm
Isl character An OF this Is recalled In the
Kaiscrs going 10 Thorn some time ago ana using
menac cling language to the Poles Major Won iaIsch
Ind preceded the Kaiser to Thorn by several days
and ipon its arrival there ne guarded the Emperor
rain with his suite Of escort police. When the train
was on lis way back Berlin Tausch caused IL 10
take unexpected dctours from the main line. de-
rlnrIng that he discovered conspiracy against
IN. Emperor though nobody now believes that any
such plot ever existed or that Tausch thought II eX-
sted
Regarding Baron Marschall Won Bebcrstein. II
now seems as though he had secured a lasting VIM
dication ye, The Bern Post" I'm It's issue OF to-day
criticlscs the conduct OF the trial OF Baron Won
LNtzow and his fellow efendants and asserts that
the question will be raised in the Iandtag why the
Minister OF Justice allowed the Marscha TO play the
triple role of witness counsel and virtual conductor
OF the prosecution.
At meeting OF the Berlin Municipal Council
yesterday Herr Siadhagen. Socialist. protested
against q part OF the taxes imposed upon the tax
payers OF Berlin going 10 support persons like
Tausch and L0izow