Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-16
SOCIAL DEMOCRATS
Are Now ON Trial at Request of Prus-
sian Government.

Berlin, July 16.-A trial at which
the Prussian authorities began July
II, at Koenibsbery, at the instance of
the Russian government, against sew
en- social democrats accused Of snug
Cling anarchistic literature into Rus
newspapers throughout Germany are
printing columns of verbatim reports
Of the testimony. The interest of the
country was already strikingly direct
ed to the cases through the recent de
bates on the subject in the reichstag
and diet From the evidence it ap-
pears that the documents smuggled
include publications of the Russian
press fund association of New York
and the Jewish labor league. The
Prussian police claim to have ascer-
tanned that there existed an extens-
I'VE system for the circulation of
documents through agents in the
border towns. The proceedings which
hitherto had been rather tame reach
ed a sensational stage to-day in the
testimony Of M. Won WydmoZe, the
Russian consul general at Kienigs-
berg, who said the police brought
him over twenty-five seized pamph-
let's asking him to speedily examine
them. OF this number the consul
general read only one, marking OBJ
jectionable sentences. Herr Leib-
knecht, one of counsel for the defense,
asked M. Won Wymodze to point out
the infiammatory sentences that had
been quoted from the pamphlet by
the ministers in the reichstag and diet
debates, but M. Wygnodze was yS&ble
to do SO. Herr Liebknecht continued:
ssWheres is the sentence, nothing can
save the throne OF Nicholas II from
bloody vengeance. I find nothing in
the whole pamphlet to that effect !
M. Won Wymodze claimed that the
imperfections in the translation were
due to the hurry IN which he made II
Herr Leibknecht declared that the
hurry was biased and due to- wish to
insert blood curdling phrases which
were not IN the original,
The presiding Judge thereupon came
to the defense of Nj Won Wymodze,
saying. the decisive sentences were III
the other pamphlets. To this Herr
Ldebknecht rejoined;
ssThis garbIed translation gave the
imperial chancellor and other ministers
the occasion to make the grayest
charges aaginst the social democracy.
It was precisely the above sentence
which played the most prominent role
in the public discussion"
The Judge did not permit Herr Lieb-
knecht to make any further remarks
on this line and excused M. Won Wy
modze for the errors in translation OF
the pamphlet on account of the brief
time he devoted to the work.
Counsel Schwartz expressed aston
ishment at the brief time permitted
to M. Won Wymodze to add words
which were not contained in the
pamphlet.
The judge again, In sharp tone, re-
piled that this was an insinuation that
the additions were purposely made.
DR. Ballod. lecturer at the Un1ver-
sity Of Berlin, testified to the harmless
character of the social democratic
pamphlets submitted to him by the
court for examination.
He said the pamphlets sharply con,
demned terrorism and censured the
Russian peasants for the attempts on
the life of Prince Obolensky, (the for
mer governor of Kherson and later of
Kharlzof. recently appointed governor
of Finlandl.
The trial will continue for at least
ten days.