The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-06-03
THE SENSATIONAL Won TAUSCH
TRIAL HAS BEEN MONOPOLIz-
ING PUBLIC ATTENTION.
THE GOVERNMENTS VIRTUAL DEFEAT
1t Is Doubtful If the Cabinet Will
Revive the Anti-SOcialist Meas
ures-Two Men Convicted for
Betraying Military Secrets.

1
by the Associated Press)-The trial of
Herr Won Tausch, the former chief of the
secret political police, charged with per-
jury, treason and forgery, which began on
Monday last and continued throughout
the week, monopolized public attention.
| The proceedings will last for another
week. A number of revelations have been
made. The presiding judge repeated eY-
pressed Indignation ut the net work of
| corruption and baseness into which the
depositions of the defendants threw light
| Won LuetZow admitted that the names
of well known citizens were frequently
| forged to receipts for money received as
compensation for spy service. Won
| Tausch said the police commissioners had
| to shield the criminal acts of their sub
ordinate agents, otherwise no police COM
missioned could accomplish anything, as
usually the most clever agents were the
worst men from moral standpoint. The
prisoner related number of damaging
incidents against the owners and editors
of Berlin newspapers. Herr Schwein-
burg, the owner of Berlin paper, was
charged with receiving an annual bribe
of 10000 marks from the Disconte So
ciety.
1t was elected that NOrman-Schumann
who was implicated in the scandal which
resulted in Won Luetzow being sentenced
to sixteen months Imprisonment in De-
cember while writing at Won Tausch's
behest scurrilOus articles against members
of the present cabinet and the emperor,
was paid by Won Tausch for instituting
inquiries into the authorship of these ar
ticles and for accusing wholly innocent
parties of writing them.
Normann-Schumann escaped from Ber
lin previous to the arrest of Won LuetzOw.
The testimony next week of the minis
ter for foreign affairs, Baron Marschall
Won Bieberstein, and of the German am
bassador to Austria Count Philip Won
Gutenberg, is awaited with curiosity.
The governments virtual defeat in the
diet on the law of association has aroused
considerable interest in parliamentary cir
cles as to whether Prince HOhenlohe, the
imperial chancellor Baron Marschall Won
Bieberstein, the minister for foreign af-
fairs, and DR.. Won Boettischer, the i'm
perial secretary of state for the interior,
are still in the emperOr's hands, and just
now it is said that DR.. Miguel, the min
lister of finance may become the successor
of Prince Hohenlohe, the emperor placing
great confidence in DR.. Miquel's skill DR..
MIGUEL, however, is in poor health.
AS an important outcome of the agita-
tion, due to the law of associations bill,
the socialists of Prussia have resolved to
take part in future in the diet elections.
Even though the prevailing electoral sys-
tenn does not give them change of elect
ing their own candidates, it will enable
the socialists to throw victory in many
districts to the liberal candidates as
against the conservatives. This change
of tactics upon the part of the socialists
is expected to gain for them another quar-
ter of a million Prussian votes, which
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There was another sensational trial this
week, the prisoners being charged with
reasonable acts in favor of Russia, and
committed at Thorn. the most important
Prussian fortress on the Russian border.
Fahren, a fortification master, and
court official named Albrecht, were the
principal defendants. Several Russians
go-betweens fled the country in time to
escape arrest. The evidence showed that
important military secrets, especially re-
garding the nature of the equipments of
the Prussian frontier Notifications, had
been betrayed. Fahren was sentenced to
four years penal servitude and Albrecht
to six months Imprisonment.
The fiscal year just closing shows the
surplus of the imperial budget to be 190,-
100000 marks and the surplus of the
Prussan budget to be nearly 100000,OOO
marks.
Much astonshment is expressed at the
refusal of the emperor to attend the gor-
geous banquet offered him in connection
with the fall maneOuvers by the city of
Weisbaden. AS the sole reason for his
refusal the emperor cited the large ex-
pense and the luxury of feast costing
25,OOO marks. Hitherto the emperor has
favored large expenditures on similar oc-
casions.
According to an official report, 250 for
eigners have been expelled from Germany
this year up to the month of May, includ-
ing forty-six Americans.
Henry Wolfsohn of New York has ar
ranged with Professor Klengel, the well
known cellist, for limited number of
concerts in America this fall
Mrs. Richard Olney, wife of the former
secretary. of state, is on visit here to