The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-27
A GERMAN EDITORS TRIAL.
CONVICTION or HEHR HARDEN or
CRIHE or LEsE MAJESTE

Story which = German Court Construed n
an Attack on the Emperor-Peouiihritie
Of German Law and Justiee-PttfaIIs 10
the Unuary in Observation-Disclosures
BERLIN, Nov. Observation-Disclosures a Ger.
man word for which fortunately there ls M
English equivalent IL o crime In the Father
land whose seriousness can hardly be estimated
By one used TO republican government. With
American freedom Of press and speech. II 4
almos3 impossible for Americans 10 appreciate
the danger attendant 90 public expression o
privats opinion In Germany. By public ex.
preston - I do not necessarily mean = declara-
ton from the housetops, nor yet from the plat
form: / mean that Il In III advised 20 express
ones views regarding the head Of the Govern
ment before ones ssrvants. or 30 utter them In
the streets or public places. It has often hap
pened In Berlin that domestics. bearing their
master or mistress q grudEe. have reported TO
the police some questionable table talk for
which the offending persons have been held
responsible and from which they have suffered
most unpleasant consequences. A remark
overheard 10 q street car or q cafe, II made
known TO the authorities, may easily lead to
legal prosecution and . heavy nne or lmprison-
ment as the case may be.
An Incident which occurred only The other
day will illustrate the surveillance exercised.
One OF the comic papers Published o humorous
bit Of verse on Macmillan Harden's trial The
issue In which the doggerel appeared Twas
confscated BY the police. who thought II too
free in its tone. gentleman from the prov
inces. not knowing that the number was pro-
hibited. lnnocently bought . COPY. jumped In
. street car. and began 70 read. Imagine his
chagrin when an official In the train ap-
preached him. asked him what be was doing
with that paper. and took IL away from mimi
-~rw ~D01 afnru fnr -hinh hnuauar I aan.
not personally ouch. Is told OF q vtgtlant po-
hceman who unwittingiy fell into the pit he
had z~ealously prepared for . very different VIC
tim. A man on the street was heard to remark
that the Kaiser was q fool. Immediately the
S sGn'o Ss 10 ~. 9 dlrsa.Ia anF 81 tbs I 1oake ana "AA'o
But" sIpostulated the man. Il didn't say
cur Kaiser was a fool. How do you know that
lvasn's talking about some old Roman En-
stun S and nonsense n r. exclaimed lain .at tn. ,S police :.
snI1 an. i Kai. spV wso "a a sool. Con sI Sjons -
,. while . individual Ne expression Ro,sS nno Of G ,DH OG.. !. o snd
tainlI restricted. tne "ascn opon the prsss ana
~ oft. 0I ,ssns q, y - even ,ss T ITnS-s ss.,sN DoI noae sIoo ~
could discover any disrespect in the articles
.Sooa oso on int G aIan $; ines. 1sStI. g bIm SS ., s srS
thinks-" The newspapers. however. fortified
with their respunsibls editor" are prepared
for any emerssnsy, The duty of this Csntle.
imprisonment He is. therefore. popularity
phrase @ Site Che is sitting in prison,
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come oaflns o. sauey patasrApn Wnicn
aas I SSs ! n "a sss nap -. he .o Sso,sssT,I; % sns1
offence: of the sort which l have cited are
De no suapr'sS 'nS' sn' S sa.tene eha soas.ht tsa
bfiilPni young editor q ths EsokIy paper;
bin m : eourt trial. The %srticissss
3 SsfSH e. osilsd SG.oTTs !. ne court : D Ia@i e Of 5i%ss
}Fb his doarns entits csresfP%%aese I3aa " n@mT %a:
that Ve.L few haze eyer seen , II; and %, the sssnns gen
III III. a SsisS eS 81 ] 3 s.s he ssoS sSs1 sss Il S; ssilsd
R EsISsfs Z t sinpls village sais; ef hsG grand sSs
fourth cH1 n article IS,as Thi T. .. Appeared r t In Die a lseun5t;
n6e T .gf Ea.f 81 II Ra y eaaie Su. 2 6s S coaSids t atsSl T Tss
only. neeessitats another trial PeIhaGs The
point toward Bismarck. OF whom Harden was Q
great Admlreft.
Lying In q nttis Prqsslan village not iar rom
Berlin there was an old man; eo the story runs,
who, In, bis, youth. had travelled In many lands
AND had gained much knoWledgs OF men and
things. His name yas Peter FINCH. The
was small; bpt the ideas Of econ9my and man.
egemeht ne mao plcked mp in other countries
Stooq MN 10 GOO steaa, his Iuek, noWeyer.
lay N his Wonoefinl eiock, which vas tns
sIs9datq OF tme t9r tne Unage' feteL nag
made himself entirely 81 iron. Inc IDEA OF
tsI Ess d Engliia; Pe,9 70 t6s sa Ids e: any m l ra.s e 9. x:
cioek ruled buy one day u STUCK the hour
q Peters death. and. as II turned out, its WI
oeathplow el2o: Ihe PIoperty mad been be-
Yneatheo 70 pe'efs sistsrs erands9n: Hans
Soachln brand; the heir. was q soldier and Q
. falling which the village believed time and
SetsE had been ensctlonateY called, had set
many opportunities 70 ft himself Tor the
enaLge o. me Ierm after his death. HanSis
heed was IuiI 81 the thlngg ne had seen on
his travels and the SLOW, regular life q the, VII
age was more OF Gheok on his youthful spirits
{han ne could quietly endure. The farm, soon
Pegan 70 show the elects OF his energy. build
infs rose up everywhere. new, machinery, was
set up, everything was painted and vanished
endIdebts wese made, Il never occurred e
stewards rnd ipspectors. Young and old
nAn mil En04fnAF' ma Aaln IN n0ahl Anh