Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-15
SOCIALISTS LEADER DECLARES
HIGH OFFICIAL TRAFFlcED
TITLES.
DEGREES CONFERRED IN
EXCHANGE FOR LARGE SUMS
Appeared to Be Backed by
Strong Evidence Former Chief OF
General Staff Charged With Carry.
ina on Extensive Operations = Dis.
closures Painful to Nom Socialists.

Berlin. June Is. Karl L.ebknecht
the socialist leader and member OF the
reichstag whose revelations last years
resulted in the conviction of number
.of Krupp officials and army officers of
bribery. has again unearthed anairs
tina, are engaging the attention of the
prosecuting attorney and seem likely to
result in criminal prosecutions.
Liebknecht charges-and supports
his charges with strong evfdence-tnat
trafficking in titles on commission
basis IL carried on in Prussia, and that
certain titles are or were. up to two
years ago. granted for money consid-
erations The minister Of education has
made public denial Of the latter part
of the accusations declaring that
titles. or a, least that Of professor. are
not to be had for money. He has.
however directed an investigation OF
the other charges. and it is now under
way.
Accuses Man High in Power.
Liebknecht tried to make his dis
closures at the conclusion of his speech
in the Reichstag on the ornaments
trust, but was ruled out Of order by the
speaker Two or three days later ne
published the first installment OF ms
charges in Norwaerts, the centroi or
gan &C the socialist party. 1t had TO
do with the late General Won Lindenau.
one of the most distinguished military
men in the empire. Won Lindenau was
for long time chief of the great gen
eral staff; he was appointed governor
of Metz shortly before his death. ana
il Is declared that he might have be-
come Prussian war minister had ne
lived He enjoyed the especial con-
tidence and esteem of the emperor.
Liebknecht published extracts from
official documents showing that the
general left debts exceeding s2oO,Ooo
and practically no assets. He also pub
hshed copy of letter from the gen.
eral to certain physician, asknowl-
edging the receipts of large sum OF
money ito be repaid in case you do
not receive the title of professor with
in one year In further article.
Liebknecht declared fatty that Won
Lindenau had for years iealt in orders
and titles.
| Conditions Imposed.
! The non -socialist press found II I'M
possible to deny the probati;e force OF
/ Liebknecht's documents, but declared
: that the case was "a solitary. sad in
stance Thereupon Liebknecht pub
lished q facsimile of a letter from a
certain DR.. Ludwig to an unnamed
physician. dealing with the obtaining
Of the title of professor <or the latter
In this letter. written more than two
years ago. Ludwig declared that the
matter was difficult and expensive. the
cost being higher for foreigners than
for Germans. higher for Jews than for
Gentiles." The following conditions, he
said. must be observed:
"G) You wust, in order TO observe
the proprieties, submit printed
treatise. This need not be exhaus
ii Is only a matter of form. For ex-
ample, you publish an article in sci
enticAc magazine and then have copies
printed Of ii as monograph, or You
can have printed an article written es-
pecially for this purpose. This is only
q matter of form. so that it can be said
that you have published some scien-
tific article.
"(2) In certain quarter you will
pay $4,000, and 1875 as commission"
Disclosures "Painful."
Liebknecht followed this article up
with two other letters of Ludwig s,
one dealing with the obtaining Of the
title Of professor, the other that OF
court dentist. The former, Ludwig
wrote involved meeting high ffnancia
demands" The latter would cost from
$1,000 to 81, 500.
The disclosures, painful enough in
themselves to the average German
are especially painful to all non So
cialists. for not only do they come from
a socialist, but DR.. Ludwig is vice
lpresideEt of the Imperial Association
For Combating Socialism. The social
lists naturally display no very livels