The Portland daily press., 1896-12-14


Editor Teutzon and the Chief of Politi-
cal Police for Forgeries and Perjury
German Papers Insist That the Police
Shall Be Punished-Awful Impressions
Made by the Revelations Concerning
the Unpatriotic Influence Surrounding
the Emperor.
Berlin, December 13.-The statement
published in the Rsiofsanzzeiger, the
official journal, that long ago as October
the Kaiser was informed of The source
of the libels against Freiherr Marschal
von Bieberstein, minister OF foreign
affairs, is taken as proof that the prose-
cution of both Baron Won Tuetzow, the
editor who few days ago was sentenced
to 1S months imprisonment for perjury
and forgery and Major Baron Won Tausoh.
chief of the political police, now in jail
awaiting trial for perjury and forgery and
for aiding and abetting others in the
commission of those crimes, has received
the full sanction of the Emperor. Con-
servative newspapers are rather retioent
concerning the matter. Knowing that
the dominant influence in the Emperor's S
ento urage IL now that Of Baron Mar
schall Won Bierberstein, one Of the i'm
mediate effects of the prosecution has
been the cessation of tine inspired utter
ances In the newspapers. The court and
government officials now evads and
ignore the journalists and the office of
court martial even refuses cards of ad-
mission to any court festivities which
have hitherto been regularly accorded to
mem bers of the press. Only Hofrath
do Grshl member of the official bu-
reau, will henceforth be admitted to these
functions and his report must he bought
by the papers that want reports of the
movements OF the Emperor and the court.
1t is only independent papers that are
now trying to penetrate the mystery
remaining around the prosecutions. The
Tageblatt says the trial conviction and
sentence of Baron yon Luetow was a
mere prologue to the present drama Of
will be the central development. The
LOKal "A Auelgtf hsserts Uuuo et1ooE ~ 40 Ok
rest, Tausch offered to reveal everything,
even 60 the disclosure of the names of
the persons who were behind him and
inspired tho acts of which he now stands
accused. The National ZeitunR insists
that the government shall institute at
once energetic purifcation of the police
None of the Independent papers is so
boldly explicit as the Vorwartz, the
leading organ of the Socialist party,
10 ;1v, In, trim
ths downfall of it's old enemy. Baron
Won Tausch. Hitherto Socialists denied
Baron Marschall Won Bieberstein was
possessed of any grit and their present
support of him causes true Germans to
doubt whether he was well advised in
furcing for ais own interests the most
extreme publicity OF matters IN regard
to dissensions and sources OF d1ssenslons
within the govern n1ent.
Official circles are asking whether the
Welt re of the public would not have
been better served through some other
mode of inquiry, say by bringing dis
cipIinary proceedings against Tausch
for abuse of bis Office. The Vorwatz,
pointing out the fact that
Baron Marschall Won B1erbenste1D Is
100 clever and coo well informed not to
know the whole affair to it's root. AS a
matter of fact nobody acquainted with
he court or high officials credits the
'Eulenburg family" with having in
structed Tausch directly to operate
ron Bic berstein. All of the court know
what tremendous influences the Eulen
bergs WELD. Their prinoely position and
wealth influence all of the German and
Austrian courts, and IL is not difficult
matter to conceive that a creature like
Tausch did not need any explicit Or
ders to act In the Eulenbergs' interests.
In conclusion, the Vorwartz says: 'lf
the trial of Major Won Tansoh is not to
be farce, Baron Marsohall Won Bieber-
stein must insist upon excupation
through the clearsst methods, proceeding
not alone against Count in Eulenbnrg,
but against Gen. Won Waldersee, Prince
Bismarck and Punther bert Bismarck
Herr Beebel, the Socialist leader In the
Reichstags, has written an open letter In
which he alludes to the "trinity Of con-
zpiartors'' behind Tausch and declares
be will lay statement upon the sub
iect before the Reiohstag.
The world outside of Germany possib-
" fails to cohesive of the awful impress
sion made by revelations concerning the
weakness of the governments, especially
the disclosures of the Kaiser's snbjection
to the possibly corrupt and unpatrlotic
influences which give a sense of inse-
curity to the Fatherland, which has never
been felt before.