Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-07-23
GERMANY STUNNED BY
GRAFT REVELATIONS

Until a couple Of years ago Germany
vas believed to be practically free from
graft throughout the whole range Of
IT'S bureaucracy. Since then, however,
Icandals have developed thick and fast.
FIRST came the police cases Of grating
n various towns, then the Krupp scan
aal, then the charges Of corruption i'll
me colonial office, and now DR.. Karl
Liebknecht, a member of both the
!eichstag and the Prussian diet, has
nnearthed a document alleging to prove
that even high officials in the army
we're not above selling their influence
10 secure posts for those who would
pay for them.
1t concerns the late Lieut.. Gen. Won
Lsndenau, who long stood high in the
Imperial favor, who, at the time Of his
death a few months ago, was governor
of Metz, and who was more than once
mentioned as being on the list of prob
able candidates for the war ministry.
Ih1s officers signature is appended
to the following remarkable document:
Il hereby acknowledge the receipt
from DR.. - Of - marks in cash,
with the condition that this sum is to
be forfeited to me If DR.. - is, before
Prussian professor of medicine through
the grace Of his majesty the king.
IF the nomination of DR.. - does
not take place before this date, I will
at once repay to DR.. - the sum of
- marks in cash without deduction
or interest"
DR.. Liebknecht's second revelation
also concerns a doctor Of medicine and
Is based on a copy of a letter alleged
to have been written by a certain DR..
Franz Ludwig, in which the recipient is
Informed of the conditions he must full
fill in order to purchase the title of pro-
lessor. This title Of professor does not
necessarily mean in Germany that the
holder is a member Of the medical fac
ulty of a university. 1t is also granted
by the emperor to medical men who
have distinguished themselves or whom
his majesty wishes especially to favor.
The writer states, according to the
copy Of the letter published by DR..
Liebknecht, that it is no longer pos
sible, as hitherto, for medical men to
purchase the title of professor at non
| Prussian courts in Germany, while such
| q purchase Is a matter Of extreme diff
ticulty in Prussia, because members of
the medical faculty at each university
are striving to put an end to the prac-
lice. Such a purchase is, however. the
writer declares, still possible in Prussia,
though the cost is great.
The conditions which must be full
filled are, the writer states, as follows:
A medical man DESTROYS Of purchasing
the title must publish an article ON q
scientific subject in q medical journal,
and nave copies Of the article printed.
though this is a pure fcrmality. In the
second place, he must deposit the sum
of $40, 900 with an Intermediary, and
1915 for expenses, but the whole Of the
money will be refunded II the official
decree appointing him professor Is not
handed to him by the ministry by a
certain date. The writer finally re-
minds the recipient Of the letter Of the
great commercial value to a medical
him to observe the most profound dis
erection. The alleged letter has addi-
tional interest for socialists, in that DR.
Franz Ludwig is a leading spirit in the
Imperial Anti-Socialist league.