The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-14
By LA MARauIsE DE rroNrENoY.

| - man4UlSE DE FONTENOY.
lT MESS Prince Philip OF EulenburE
III mas the good sense to either
~ jump his bail and seek refuge
.sh In the New World. or else TO
shuihe OF this mortal coil" by means
OF I, self-inficted coup dc grace, the
! PUBIC. both at home and abroad will
ne treated to a resumption OF his trial
~ Berlin win all its inconceivably
! IT may be recalled that his trial was
interrupted some three years ago. ow-
ing to the fact that the prince was
peieved to be dying. and pronounced
as TO be incapable of appearing In
( court, answering any questions or
otherwise defending himself II was
| not only expected, but even hoped at
the time. that the mcd!cal pronounce
nents were we'll founded. and that
death would render unnecessary any
further proceedings. But on being
conveyed back TO his country seat of
| LiebcnbcrE, which IS within motoring
distance OF Berlin, he recovered so
! rapidly, as to convey the impression
that there had been some artince In
connection with his alleged malady.
( Daring the past year he has been
actively engaged in experimenting ex-
K tensiNe and costly works on his es
/ tatcs. to the area OF which he has
added considerably during the last two
years. ana on which several hundred
/ Polish and Russian laborcrs nrc en-
p!oyed Just at present, in digging
Ing operations. The importation OF
I this alien labor, naturally gave oNenso
! In the district. where some OF the poo
! pie called the attention OF the Berlin
/ press and consequently also OF the
! Berlin authorities. TO the fact that the
! prince was quite we'll enough 10 20
daily walking and driving ABOUT 10
suparintend the work on his property.
alertness as II he had never been i'll.
/ Since this publication. the gates of
the princes great park at Iiebcnbcrg
| have been closed to the public, he him
self has once more taken to his bed.
and is no longer seen abost. while tho
entire place Is surrounded by Gordon
of police. although there is a very
general impression that the government
would be only too glad If he would
escape abroad. 1t has now been Off
ciaily proclaimed that his trial Will be
or at tho beginning OF the new year.
The ball which he Is being compelled to
give amounts to million marks and
although his family complained at the
tmc that 1t spelt ruin, yet his mode of
ne during the past three years at
liebenberg his purchase of adjoining
land. and tho works which he has nm
dertaken on his estate. show that his
resources are not even crippled
1t is well to emphasize the fact that
the crime for which the prince has
peen indicted, and for which he is to be
! tried, is that of perjury: an offehso
which In Germany is next to murdet in
Importance, and in severity Of penalties
Ieuton Jurisprudence taking the ground
that the entire system of justice rests
upon the respect for the oath admin
istered In law
\ peculiar feature of the affair Is
That the onths iii connection with
which the prince has been indicted for
perjury were more or less Of voluntary
character The nameless offenses laid
at hls door by Harden, at any rte tho
specific cases. have long since been out
At the first Harden -Moltke trial. when
aspersions were cast upon the princes
character. he declined to nppear as n
witness and submit to cross-examina-
ton. on the ground of i'll health
Everybody felt that even Ii dying,
he should have availcd himself of the
| opportunity to deny upon oath the
insinuations against him His failure
| boycotted. This prcycd on his nina
to such an extent that in the proceed
inSs brought some time afterwards by
the government against the disreput-
able Journalist Brandt, for libeIinr
| Prince Buelow, Eulenburg insisted on
being heard as wltness in favor of
the chancellor, and on the stand de-
nandcd permission to make q personal
statement on oath, to tho effect that
he himself had never been guilty of
the horrible offenses imputed to him by
Harden His declaration was so we'll
! received that when, not long after
wards. Lieutenant General Count Kuno
Moltkc brought his second suit for
libel against Harden, resulting In the
latter's conviction, Eulcnburg was en-
couraged to again appear in the wit
ness box. and to again deny on oath
ever having been guilty of the crimes
imputed to him. thus atoning for his
failure to appear in tho previous Har-
den Moltlse trial.
IT is on tho strength of these two
oaths, subsequently judicially proved I'm
other legal proceedings to have been
| completely false, that the prince was
indicted for perjury. He had to choose
between silence. with its social ostra-
cisnl. but immunity from punishment
by law, on the one hand, and, on tho
| other, perjury. He selected the Latter
| alternative. and laid himself open to
| the government prosecution which was
begun, but Interrupted three years ago,
but which left no doubt In the mind
! of tho authorities and of tho public.
| of his guilt, not only of the perjury
imputed to him. but also of all the un-
savory offenses that had been laid at
! his door by Harden.
! iGold mining at Kildonan, on tho
I Dulgo of SutherIand's estate In Scotland,
has resulted In failure. That is to say.
| prospecting by an experienced ISlondike
| miner, of the name of william Heath,
a former tenant of the Duke OF Suther-
| land. has demonstrated that while tho
Il ~ L. 49, L.