Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-07
PLOTTING AT BERLIN
KAISER UPSET OVER RECENT
BITTER DIsILLUsIoNMENTS.
Special Cablegram to The Star.

! BERLIN, July 6.-Yet another anonymous
| 'high-placed parsonage" seeks to enlighten
| the public on the Eulenburg affair through
the medium of the European news agencies
having close connections with the German
| government. According to this particular
| parsonage" the only political Importance
| of the Liebenberg clique arose from "pri-
| vate communications to the emperor with
! regard to certain events and tendencies
| which formed kind of special egotistic
| occupation on the part of Count Cuno
| Moltke.' His majesty was accustomed, 1t
! is stated. to ask his ministers on such occa-
sions why he had not heard this and that
| in social circles and not from the heads Of
| the departments concerned. The authority
| continues:
"On the other hand. 1t is true that in
| autumn last year n number of amateur poll
| ticians. partially animated by personal hos
| tility, thought that the time had come to
! attempt stroke against Prince Bulow.
! They believed the chancellor was really
sick man. and did not ascribe to him the
| strength necessary to bring the snip or
state-which, according to not merely iso-
| lated opinions, had begun to drift-once
more back to a steady course.
| characteristic OF the schemes OF those
| days was the expression then frequently
uttered that the new chancellor must have
| qualifications fer the adjutant general, by
which 1t was sought to indicate person.
| ality who would be agreeable to the en-
peror, and at the same time be prepared TO
severe measures. Thus arose the idea OF
| putting forward the chief Of general stan
| of the army General OF Infantry Hellmuth
Won Moltke, and the preparation Of his ap, p,
| pointment as chancellor was begun by all
| Of the petty and ingenious means which
alone Prince Eulenburg. Cuno Moltke and
| their consorts had at their disposal.
Won Moltke in the Dark.
ITO Gen. Won Moltke himself nothing was
known Of these plans. The upright and
| straightforward soldier. who assuredly had
never cherished political ambitions and
aspirations. was apparently with intention
| left in the dark az to the secret ideas Of the
! clique. One may we'll question their chances
| Of success. But before the plan could be
submitted at all in the quarters where the
decision lay a notice In the Berliner Tage-
blatt which came from shrewd parliament
| tary circles, and in which the candidature
| of Gen. Won Moltke was mentioned. acted
as countermine, and the intrigue was
| thereby successfully brought to an end.
The chancellor had nothing whatever to do
with the article in the Tageblatt. 1t was
merely grounds in part. Of a delicate end.
and at any rate of personal nature,
which have now been the occasion of the
/ removal Of the entire circle Of intriguers
| from the court
1.-The emperor Is much upset over the bit
| ter establishments OF the past few weeks,
| and all the more as 1t has been irrefrag
| ably proved that many of the proceedings
| which have led to the alterations in his en-
| had been purposely withheld from the
knowledge of the monarch. It Is conse-
Quently not impossible that the dismissal
| of Counts Moltke and Hohenau from active
service may be followed by still further
| changes. Precisely those who should have
| been the first to inform the emperor omit
| ted to do SO. and 1t was left to the manly
and outspoken utterances of the crown
nrfr ,h4 bod 1ao NOD oil he 70 or frny
| the young and heathy-minded officers, to
bring about the necessary changes in the
littleworthy circumstances at court"
Peasant Woman's Case Interesting.
The appeal of the peasant woman Meyer
against the decision that the little boy
whom she declares to be her Is the
son Of the Countess Kwi!ecka has reached
an interesting stage. 1t will be remem-
bered that in 1903 the Countess Kwilecka
was charged with passing off the son Of the
peasant woman Meyer as her own in order
to obtain possession of some valuable es-
tates She was acquitted. Then the peas
ant woman brought an action against her,
claiming possession of the child. Once
again the countess won.
few days ago. when the appeal trial
began. the peasants counsel asked that the
countess should be made to declare on
oath that the child is hers. The lawyer Of
the countess protested on the ground that
The Judge has now ruled that the countess
must give this evidence oath, otherwise
the little boy declared hers at the trial in
1903 would be adjudged the son of Meyer
and handed over to her custody.
Anarchist groups all over Europe have
issued a secret summons to their comrades
in different countries to send delegates to
an international congress to be held at Am
sterdam from August 26 to August 81 to
promote the attainment Of anarchism
among all civilized nations.
Great importance is attributed in an
archistic circles to the congress. John
Turner Of London and Monatte Of far.s
will speak on the necessity of permeating
trades unions with anarchistic doctrines
DR.. Friedeberg of Berlin and Malatesta the
great Italian anarchist, will present re-
ports on the organization of simultaneous
general strike In all trades of all European
countries. In spite of the secrecy MAIN
tanned by the anarchists, their plans are
pretty well known to the police. and their
movements in. Amsterdam will be carefully
watched.