Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-12-27
LITERARY NOTES
The RerIln Court seandaIs.

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Some months ago 1t was announced
from Berlin that the Crown Prince,
Friedrich Wilhelm, had decided I. to-
work his way through the different
governmental departments of the en-.
pire, SO that he might know ali the
machinery of administration by direct
contact with it. This was cited as
an evidence Of his patriotism and pub
He spirit. A far better illustration
Iof the quality and spirit Of this young
man, however, was his Drawing the
iIOnclad etiquitte at Potsdam and
bringing to the personal attention of
his royal father the facts In the now
famous, or infamous, Won Moitke-Har-
den libel, suit Macmillan Harden,
one OF the most talented contempor-
AIRY political writer's IN Germany, edi-
tor OF the zukunft, one time friend
of Bismarck, and fearless critic 3of
even The impartial palace itself, HAS
done 4 real service to German prest-
Ice at home and abroad by exposing
the ma1ign influence of the corrupt
court eamaTf1la and the immoral prac-
tees Of more than one of the most
exalted personages in German polit-
ical life. It has been matter Of
common knowledge in Germany, and
Pin the rest of the world, for that mat
ter, with the exception of the palace
at Berlin, ever since the days OF
Bismarck, that ring of Influential
persons in close relations with the
Kaiser were Influencing him In their:
own interests, keeping from him
(which it is quite possible. to do in
the case of every ruler whose life is;
prescribed in every detail, as lis the
case with European monarchs), all
facts or even reports which might be.
detrimental to their private schemes
Chief of these irresponsible advisers
at Berlin were Prince Philip Eulen-
burg, a former ambassador and q
- ~ AtCi ny LILY hniSSSIp S6HuG AuuO
Won MoItke, military governor Of Ber-
lin and general-a djutant Of the EN-
peror;; and Count Hohenau, bril-
liant army officer. Even Harden's
singing articles in the zukunft fail
ed to reach their mark until the crown
prince insisted upon bringing them
to the personal attention of the kaiser
AS the most effective means Of max
ing these men forever harmless, Har-
den accused them of certain private
immoralities, a matter Of the same
degeneracy which at one time selt
the English poet Oscar Wilde, to the
penitentiary, AS a direct result Of
these journalistic exposures Prince
Eulenburg has retired to private life
General Moltke, however, attempted
to clear his reputation by bringing a
libel suit against Editor Harden. The
latter, after trial unique In German
legal annals for the popular interest
excited and the high personages in
volyed, was acquitted and Count Won
Moltke ordered to bear the costs OF
the suit A great popular demonstra-
ton followed In favor Of Harden. The.
affair. 1t Is believed. Will result lin a
puriacation OF the court at Berlin and
In awakening the kaiser to the nsees-
1 sitys for guarding himself against ir-
responsible advisers Review of Re-
i views. sl.s .S
1 Too Much Prosperity Means Calamity.
IN Everybody's Magazine for Janu-
AIRY, Edwin LefeTre, the Wall street
4 expert and well known writer Of stor-
i les Of finance. gives In The Game
Got Them, The inside story of the
recent Panic, ais seen through the
teyes II Wall street. Mr. Lefevre
7;n part: