The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-07-23
GERMANY STUNNED BY
GRAFT REVELATIONS

Until a couple OF years ago Germany
vas believed to be practically free from
Iraft throughout the whole range Of
fs bureaucracy. Since then, however,
lcandals have developed thick and fast.
FIRST came the police cases OF grating
n various towns, then the Krupp scan
iaL then the charges OF corruption In
khe colonial office, and now DR.. Karl
Iiebknecht, a member OF both the
seichstag and the Prussian diet, has
pnearthed document alleging to prove
that even high officials In the army
were not above selling their influence
20 secure posts for those who would
pay for them.
It concerns the late Lieut.. Gen. Won
Landenau, who long stood high in the
Imperial favor, who, at the time of his
death few months ago, was governor
or Metz, and who was more than once
mentioned as being on the list of prob
able candidates for the war ministry.
This officers signature is appended
10 the following remarkable document:
i hereby acknowledge the receipt
rom DR.. - OF - marks In cash,
with the condition that this sum Is to
be forfeited to me IL Dr. - is, before
July l, 1914, at the latest, appointed a
Prussian professor OF medicine through
the grace OF his majesty the king.
''If the nomination OF DR.. n 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
II based on copy Of q letter alleged
to have been written by a certain DR..
Franz Ludwig, In which the recipient is
informed OF the conditions he must full
ill In order to purchase the title of pro-
lessor. This title of professor does not
necessarily mean In Germany that the
holder is member OF the medical fac
ulty OF q 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 1t Is no longer pos
sible, as hitherto, for medical men to
purchase the title OF professor at non
Prussian courts In Germany, while such
purchase Is a matter Of extreme diff
eiculty 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 a
scientific subject in q medical journal,
and have copies OF the article printed,
though this is a pure formality. In the
second place, he must deposit the sum
Of $4,000 with an Intermediary, and
ss75 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
certain date. The writer finally re-
minds the recipient OF the letter Of the
great commercial value to a medical
man of the title of professor, and urges
him to observe the most profound dis
erection. The alleged letter has addi-
tional interest for socialists, in that DR..
Franz Ludwig is leading spirit in the
Imperial Anti Socialist league.