New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-14

az DOUBTLESS APPROVES THE ACTION
AGAINST I.UETZUW AND TAUSCH.

~ r,rpi,I,swrlH SOW CiIAMpIoNED BY THE
socrs1I.Ts- REVELATIONS WHICH HAVE
MADE THE INSECURITY OF GERMANY
KNOWN TO TIE WORLD.
c.,yyiont: lsa1 ~ ne United dssociced p resnsi
per,in. DEG. 1.-THE statement published in
,,e "Reichsanzeger" the official journal, that as
,o,g ago as October the Kaiser was Informed Of
,ss source Of thelibes against Freherr Marschall
go, Rieberstein. Minister OF Foreign Affairs. is
,osen as proof that the prosecution Of both
p.ron Won Lutzow, the editor who few days
.co WAS sentenced TO eighteen months impris-
lament for perjury and forgery. and Major
paron Won Tausch. the Chief Of the Political
police who is now in Jail awaiting trial for per-
,rr and forgery and also for aiding and abet
.,c others in the commission OF those crimes,
has received the full sanction of the Emperor.
Tho Conservative newspapers are rather ret-
cent concerning the matter knowing that the
doulnant influence in the Emperors encourage
,s now that of Baron Marshall Won Bieberstein.
One immediate and practical effect of the prose-
c,tons has been the cessation of inspired W
tsrances in the newspapers.
The Court and Government officials now evade
erd ignore journalists. and the office of the
Court Marshal even refuses cards of admittance
a any Court festivities. which have hitherto
bssn regularly accorded to members of the
r,ess Only Hofrath De Grail. a member of
tho Oficial Bureau. will henceforth be admitted
N these functions. and his report must be
bought by the papers that want reports of the
movements of the Emperor and his Court 1t
&c only the Independent papers that are now try
ing 10 penetrate the mystery remaining around
the prosecutions The "Tageblatt." in an ar
,cle on the subject, says that the trial. con-
v;cton and sentence of Baron Won Lutzow were
mere prologue TO the political drama Of which
the trial of Baron Tausch will be the CEN
trail Development
The "Lokalanzciger" asserts that after his ar
rest Tausch offered to reveal everything. even
10 the disclosure of the names of the persons
who were behind him and inspired the acts of
which he now stands accused.
The National Zei,ung' insists that the Gov
eminent shall institute at once an energetic
publication of the police. None of the indie
pendent papers however. are boldly explicit
as the "NOi wirtz." the leading organ OF the
Socialist party which is daily bowling in
triumph over the downfall of its old enemy
Baron Won Tausch. Hitherto the Socialists have
denied that Baron Marschall Won Bieberstein
was possessed of any grit. and their present sup
port Of him causes true Germans TO dOuDt
whether he was we'll adYiscd in forcing Tor ms
own interests the most extreme publicity OF
matters in regard to the diss5nsons and sources
of dssensionS within the Government Official
circles especially arc asking whether the well
fare of the public would not have been better
served through some other mode of inquiry.
say by bringing disciplinary proceedings against
Tausch for abuse of mis- Office.
The "Vorwarts, sarcastically pointing out the
fact that Baron Marschall Won Beberstein pre-
tends to believe that Tausch had no one behind
him. adds: Won Bieberstein is too clever and
too well Informed not to know the whole affair
to its root. AS a matter of fact. nobody ac-
Quainted with the Court or high official circle
credits the Gutenberg family with having in
structed Tausch directly to operate against Won
Biebersten but all of the Court know what ire
mendous influence the Eulenbergs WELD Their
princely position and wealth influence all of the
German and Austrian courts. and ii is not a diff
cult matter to conceive that q creature like
Tausch did not need any explicit orders to act
in the Eulenbergs interests" In conclusion the
''Vorwarts" says: IF the trial of Major Won
Tausch Is not to be farce. Baron Marshall Won
Bieberstein must insist upon exculpation through
the ceareSt methods proceeding not alone
against Count Won Gutenberg but also against
General Won Wadersee. Prince Bismarck and
Count Herbert Bismarck.
Herr Bebel. the Socialist leader in the Reich
stag. has written open letter in which he al
ludes TO the trinity of conspirators behind
Tausch and declares that he will lay statement
upon the subject before the Reichstag.
The world outside of Germany possibly fails
TO conceive of the awful impression made by the
revelations concerning the weakness of the Gov
eminent. and especially the disclosures Of the
Kaiser's subsection possibly to corrupt and un-
patriotic influences. which give a sense of the in
security of the Fatherland that has never been
felt before.