The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-04
Editor Accused in Notorious Libel Suit Given Four
 Months.
INSTALLATIONS DESTROYED
Declared No Attempt Was Made to Verify Allegations of Embit-
 tered Persons.

Berlin, Jan. 9.-The notorious Har- end this evening when the accused edi- tor of Die Zukunft was sentenced to four months Imprisonment and to pay the entire costs of both the present and the former trial.
 When the court reassembled at quarter before 6 this evening the scene was an impressive one The five judges, constituting the penal bench. took their seats with the president of the court in the center. The only lawyers pres ent were the attorneys for the state and the attorneys for the prosecution and the defence. Maximilien Harden and Count Kuno von Moltke sat on opposite sides of the court room, which was crowded to it's fullest capacity.
 The president of the court at once delivered his judgment. Deep silence prevailed, and he spoke in a sonorous voice straight at the accused man. The president said that in spite of the pris- oLers assertion that the insinuations contained in the articles which appear ed in Die Zugunft referred merely to scientific and artistic leanings of Count von Moltke and Prince Philip Zu Flu. lenburg and that they had nothing whatever tG do with immoral or un- usual practices, it was evident that if this was the meaning it had been in- tended to convey, the articles were senseless and purposeless. There was no doubt, the president of the court declared, that Harden had meant to imply that Count von Moltke was pos sessed of unnatural inclinations, while his reference to the intercourse be- tween Count von Moltke and Prince Zu Eulenburg certainly left the impress sion that illicit relations existed. The intention of the prisoner was to de- grade Count von Moltke and Prince Zu Eulenburg in the eyes of the public. The proceedings had proved that all the charges made by Harden were ab- solutely without foundation. Both the count and tne prince were men of ar tistic tastes whose friendship. dating from their youth, had grown stronger with the passing of the years.
 Harden has founded his charges primarily on statements which he as- lserted had been made by the late Prince von Bismarck, who, if he real l ly did say these things. had done SC in moment of anger against cer- tain men. Then Harden had re- ceived communications from Mrs von Elbe, the divorced wife of Count von Moltke. an hysterical woman whc was embittered against the man tt whom she had been linhappily mar. ried, whilst the assertions made by pr. Schweninger, who was at one time physician to Prince von Bis. marck, undoubtedly were biased Harden. the president went Qn, had never attempted to obtain proofs against men occupying such promi nent positions. Had these proof. been in existence they could easil. have been had. No serious minded writer should dare, for a political ob ject, to attempt to injure the homo of others. All the charges had beel uteerly disproved during the trial an, T1dIupll tpulu 1dNt ulSpTONtu Ill charges himself before publishing hi articles. Even the notorious inciden when Von Moltke was seen kissing
 handkerchief which belonged to z Eulenburg, had been shown to b perfectly harmless and the allegatio
 that von Moltke used cosmetics ha
 been equally disposed of
 Count von Moltke," said the pres
 ident of the court in conclusion
 leaves this court with his name an
 his honor untarnished, and nothin
 whatever has been proved again.
 Prince Philip Zu Eulenburg. No fin
 would sufficiently punish Harden fc
 his offense, and l must therefore ser
 tence him to imprisonment But
 consideration of the health of the ac
 cused I will send him to prison ft
 only four months"
 It is understood that Harden hs
 entered an appeal.
 At the morning session of tf court Harden was heard at length his own defense. His speech ws most eloquent, but the general in
 pressicn was that he had not mad good case for himself.