The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-30
TRIAL OF Won TAUSCH
ITS OUTCOME AWAITED WITH MUCH
INTEREST BY GERMANS.
Much Corruption Revealed, but Many
ing DignitaFies Withheld.
(copyright. 1897. by the Agsoci,

Copyright. 1897, by the Associated Press)
BERLIN, May 29-The trial of Herr Won
Tausch the former chief of the secret po-
litical police. charged with perjury trea-
son and forgery. which began on Monday
last and continued through the week
monopolizes public attention. The pro-
ceedings will last at least for another week
Though a number of revelations have been
made showing the rottenness and moral
turpitude of the Berlin secret police, there
is a general impression that much interest
ing information has been withheld by Won
Tausch and by Baron Won Luetzow the
chief witness against him, especially re-
garding the intrigues of high dignitaries to
queer a number of past and present min
listers. The presiding judge repeatedly eX-
pressed Indignation at the network of cor
ruption and baseness into which the deposit
lions of the defendants threw light. Won
Luetzow admitted that the names of we'll
known citizens were frequently forged to
receipts for money received compensa-
ton for spy service. Won Tausch said the
police commissioners necessarily had TO
shield the criminal acts of their subordi-
nate agents; otherwise police commits
sioner could accomplish anything, as usual
ly the most clever agents were the worst
men lEOHI d IllOIdl SlduupOlIl
The prisoner revealed a number of dam
aging incidents against the owners ana
editors of Berlin newspapers. Herr
Schweinburg, the owner of a Berlin paper,
was charged with receiving an annual
bride of 30 900 marks from the Disconto So
ciety. 1t was also ELECTED that Normann-
Schumann, who was implicated in the
scandal which resulted in Won Luetzow be-
ing sentenced to sixteen months imprison-
ment in December last, while writing at
10 obi Eala Hone fI1ln
against members of the present Cabinet
and the Emperor was paid by Won Tausch
he authorship of these articles and for
accusing wholly innocent persons of
writing them. Schumann escaped
from from Berlin lin previous to o. the ar ar,
minister for foreign affairs, Baron Mar
schall Won Bieberstein, was examined by
lions which formerly existed between the
Foreign Office and the political police, but
which were broken off. When it became
known that Normann-Schumann one of the
ne WSpaper men implicated, had personally
written articles in the Saale Zeitung against
the new regime, a warrant was issued for
his arrest at the request of the witness.
Continuing, the minister for foreign affairs
said 1t was monstrous to have such man
The assertion that the Foreign Office had
showed luminosity towards Won Tausch
from the first, he said, was quite unfound-
ed. In conclusion, Baron Marschall Won
Beberstein referred to the suspicion cast
upon him after the retirement of Herr Won
koeller from the post of minister of the in
terror and explained that these aspersions
had induced him to take vigorous action
The public prosecutor declared that
Baron Marschalls statement, like the pre-
vtouS dispositions, failed to furnish COnclu-
sive proof that Won Tausch had been at
the back of ACCOMPLISHMENTS press
intrigues, or that he was connected with
the latters articles 1t could not be de-
MED, however, that there was ground for
strong suspicion against Won TauSch, but
actual proof had not been adduced.
The governments virtual defeat in the
Diet on the law of association bill has
aroused considerable interest in parIia-
.mentary circles as to whether Prince
Hohenlohe and the Cabinet will survive it,
The designations of Prince Hohenlohe, the
imperial chancellor; Baron Marschall Won
Bieberstein, the minister for foreign affairs,
and Dr. Won Boetticher the imperial sec
rotary of state for the Interior are still in
the Emperor's hands, and just now it is
said that Dr. MIGUEL the minister of
finance, may become the successor of
Prince Hohenlohe, the Emperor feeling
great confidence in DR.. Miquels skill and
energy Dr. Miguel, however, is in poor
health
AS an important outcome of the agitation
due to the law of associations bill, the So
cialists of Prussia have resolved to take
part in future in the Diet elections. Even
though the prevailing electoral system does
not give them a chance of electing their
own candidates, it will enable the Socialists
to throw victory, in many districts, to the
Liberal candidates as against the COnSerVa-
tives. This change of tactics the part
of the Socialists is expected to gain for
them another quarter of million Prus-
sian votes, which could also be used in
Reichstag elections.
There was another sensational trial this
week, the prisoner being charged with trea
sonable acts in favor of Russia, and COM
mitted at Thorn, the most important Prus-
sian fortress on the Russian border Fab
rem, a fertilization master, and court off
cial named Albrecht were the principal de-
PENDANTS. Several Russian go-betWeenS fled
the country in time to escape arrest The
evidence showed that important military
secrets, especially regarding the nature OF
the equipments of the PrusSian frontier
Notifications, had been betrayed. Fahren
was sentenced to four years penal serVi-
tude and Albrecht to six months lnprlson-
ment.
The fiscal year just closing shows the
surplus of the imperial budget to be 100,
100000 marks and the surplus of the Prus-
sian budget to be nearly lOoOoO'WO marks
Much establishment is expressed at the
refusal of the Emperor to attend the gor-
geous banquet offered him in connection
with the fall maneuvers by the city of
Wiesbaden. AS the sole reason for his re-
fusal his Majesty cited the large expense
and the luxury OF a feast costing Z9V0
marks Hitherto the Emperor has favored
large expenditures on similar occasions
According to an official report, 235 for
eigners have been expelled from Germany
this year up to the month of May. OF
this number forty-six were Americans.
Mrs. Richard Olney, wife of the former
Secretary of State, is on a visit here to her
daughter.