The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-06
TRYING THE FIVE EDITORS.
the GERMAN PUBIIC NOT PLBAsED
III TIRE DISCLOs UR Es.

Bieberstein Feels That He Is Hinself en-
TriAi-Police Agents Used by Omcint
bureaus to Attack the Heads of the Cow
ernnent-ThS Scandal IL All the Talk.
BERLIN. Dec. 5.-when the trial of the FIVE
editors. Baron Won Luetzow and Herren Ploetz.
Foellman, Leckert. ana Berger. for libellinR
Baron Marschall Won Bieberstein, Minister of
Foreign Affairs; Prince Alexander Won Hohen-
lobe, and Count August zu Eulenburg, was adj
journed yesterday the opinion was that dis
closures OF even more Importance were impend-
ing. The case Ia really n duel between the
secret police and the Foreign Office. Baron Won
Bieberstein feels that he is on trial himself and
needs exculpation from the suspicion of having
unduly Influenced the Emperor's decision and
carried on ~intriGues against other Ministers.
When the Minister of Foreign Affairs accused
Baron Won Tausch. the chief of the political po-
lice. of having inspired articles in the press
against him and ut the same time admitted that
the Foreign ONCE employs or uses newspaper
men TO supply 1t with Information in regard to
writers Of articles, he incurred the implication
| contained in the response made by Baron Won
Tausch that tho political police did nothing
different from what was done by the Foreign
ONCE. III it is honorable for the Foreign
Office 80 to work, " he said. "the political police
assert that their method 10 equally honorable"
The whole affair is leaving the worst impress
btot hbo tAS N''AhshJ - thS NsNsaS'
OF the Official bureaus and the so-called or In
spired newspapers. The mere suggestion that
n police agent like Luetzow, on 6 beggarly
salary of $50 a month, could be employed TO
force calumnies on behalf of the chiefs of the
political police attacking the heads OF the Gov
eminent, ana even endangering international
relations. has utterly shocked the public.
Nor is it surprising that Baron Won Luetzow
should have rounded up on Chief Tausch.
Danliyir, tL,t h 4, r,a ,.n, ,~ IA. nt,rnn,
shifts the responsibility upon the shoulders of
his employer. Baron Marshall Won Bieber-
stein. however. seems very likely to come first
best out of the proceedings. though the doings
OF the defendants and their allies are so COM
plicatcd that it is impossible TO predict the
issues Of tho case with any degree of certainty.
AS the Public Prosecutor minated yester-
day. 1t is probable that Baron Won Tausch will
be accused as accessory to Lnetz's .furgeries;
vet Baron Marschall Won Bieberstein cannot
ESCAPE criticism. The fact remains that actual
antag"nisn between certain Ministers within
the Cabinet and the chiefs OF the Empsror's
Cabinet not only existed but still continues.
The explanation of the Minister OF Foreign
Affairs that articles appearing in the Cologne
Gazette. the Hamburg Correspondent. and other
so,;called semi.oficial Journals, were rarely in
question whv thsse iournaIs persistsniiv ar M
tackled the chiefs of the Emperor's Cabinet. II
Baron Marschall Won Bieberstein. who allowed
reporters OF these newspapers to be received
daily at the Foreign ONCE. had directed them
TO take another course, 1t is asked, would they
INV NclltdlVA ~ III tIltlE luucpeuutuC6,
which he says the Foreign ONCE never made
the slightest attempt to encroach upon?
The Ncueste Ndchrfrhten says: 1t is not with
out astonishment that the public watches the
great machinery set in motion by the Foreign
ONCE over these two despicable intriguers.
while the much moro serious accusations
against Baron Marschnll vun Bieberstein and
others published in the KidtterdddtSch years ago
were deliberately ignored. and their author. in
stead of being arraigned in the courts where
they were eager to appear, were challenged TO
fight duels.
Another reproach is levied against Baron
Marschall Won Bieberstein in the reason which
he has given why Tausch and Luetzow are only
now exposed. He knew of their intrigues long
ago. affecting Gen. Bronsart Won Schillenorf.
late Minister OF War: Herr Won Koeller. formerly
Minister of the Interior. and Count Won Eulen-
burg, yet he kept silent. But he says When
Tau>ch had the insolence to circulate calumnies
about me and the Foreign ONCE oil cials. | de-
cided upon making the matter public The
people are asking what the Emperor thinks
about 1t ALL
vienna. Dec. 5.-The TdJcblutt has been au-
thorized by Count Philip Won Eulenburg, the
German Ambassador to Austria, to declare that
lie never had any intercourse. either directly or
indirectly. with Major Won Tausch. Chief OF the
German Political Police. as was alleged in Baron
Won Luetzow's so.called confession yesterday.
Tausch wrote to HIM asking for an in interview,
to which he replied that he might grant Tausch
an interview in case he should visit Der lin. The
interview. however. never occurred.