The chronicle=news., 1914-06-19
TITLES 8OUGHT
AND SOLD N
PRUSSIA

it~sitn. Jun. is.-kari i.i-bknsehi
the socialist leader aud member III
ih- Rsirhssax whose revelations last
year resulted In tn. conviction at =
number of krupp officials and army
officer. of bsil,es,. ha. sxsin un-
-~Tth.d affairs that ss- -akSsin. the
a,i-alioa of the prosecuting siiosa-,
sna seen, likely tn srsait In rsinaihAi
prosecutions,
iI-hncrhi rhassr.. and sapi.osts
his charges With sssoae ssia-ns-.
that lssffi.kins In lili-s oa . rou,.
nis.ioa Lasis il carried oa In rsus-
ala. aha that certain title. arr. ar
WEIR. ap To i~o ysaIs ssn. granted
fof hsoa-y considerations The min.
is'-s af -dusAiiaa has made . public
i-nisi of the latter rass nf the ~
sasAiinas. d~riasins that iili-s. or 81
i~asi. that of professor. arr md io IT,
had fas money. lie has. ho~es-r.
directed ss ins~siissiion of the other
shsfss.. sni II is nos under way.
t.i-bn-~hi tried In make his die.
siosnsrs 81 the sansiu.ssa at hi.
si--.h In the Wrirh.sas ea the ss.
nianssass trust. but ~as ruled oas al
ass~r by tho st-Abrs. Two ns three
aass later hr i'ahiish.d the first in-
.ssisn~st al ~ ~hssr~s 10 vos~s~sss.
the s~essal ossas ot tho sorisiss,
rarity u had In ID With the lsis
T~sessi toe t.inaesaa. na~ ot ih~
most distinguished military mca in
tho ~nris-. Won i.isa.ssa ~ss tae
= taar sias- chief ot the xrra, x.n.
esst sesff: he ~as srr-nihsrsa xnsss-
nas of Nsss shortly h-fas. hi. death.
ssd II il DECLARED that b. might have
i.~~oms rsussiaa var minister had he
issr-ss Tie caj.y-d the especial eos.
fJd~ser and esteem NJ The .mrrtor.
t.ibksevht Published extracts fsun
ottssiaI documents shaving that the
srsrfst t.is ','i'ss exceeding l.s". 400
and rsassssaii, no sssrsas it- ai.n
i'ssiiishr-i = copy Al . t~si~s fsusu tho
svaesai In = erstsis rhy.tsiaa. ss.
kao~tc-ixlse the svsrirs of = tassr
sum cf moSc,. ITO h. srIssi in sas~
,ca ao NOT receive the title at pro.
fc-sas within mr. y-ar." In = fur.
,bsr article. t.i-hhnrvhs DECLARED
flsti, that son t.iadcasa had fof
years dealt in orders and sisi~s.
Tho noo-."siaiiss pres found II
imrs,seihir In deny tho pso,,ait,c
force of t.l-hN-chts documents. hut
declared that tho essr vas a ''soli.
lary sad Instance Thcsrupoa t.irb.
kne,hs r,stiishrd a facsimile of a lot.
ter ffpm a certain br. t.pd~te 4" an
unnamed rhys,staa. dealing with the
ob,aieins ut sh- title ct professor Tor
Tho latter. In this letter. written
morv than two Year, sso. Ludwig dc.
eiasrd that the matter was difficult
and expensive. the cost being "hi9h.
.s for foreigners than for Germans.
higher for Jews than for Ccnti'cs.'
Tho following conditions. he said.
must he observed:
"un You must. in or'icr tn oh.
srrvc the psupstc,ica. submit a print.
-d treatise. This need not bc cs-
hausiivc. u ts only a matter of form.
For example. you publish an article
in . scientific magazine and then
have copies printed Of II as a mono.
graph. or you can have printed. an
article written especially for this
purIuec. This Is only q matter of
form. 80 that II can he said that yv',
have published some scientific ar
tictc.
"6,p In a certain quarter YOU will
pay $4,000 and Sa;, as commits
sion
i.icbknccht followed this article
mn with two other letters Of Lud-
wigs. one dealing with the obtaining
cf the title Of professor. the other
that ot court dentist. The former.
Ludwig wrote. involves mectins
"hish financial Demands The lat
ter would cost from $4,000 TO
$4,000.
The disclosures. painful enough in