The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-07-23
GERMANY STUNNED BY
GRAFT REVELATIONS

Until a couple of years ago Germany
was believed to be practically free from
graft throughout the whole range of
Is Since then, however,
sNSaaauo a! nave developed thick and fast.
tlfst came the police cases Of grating
VI various towns, then the Krupp scan
saL then the charges Of corruption in
me colonial office, n now DR.. Karl
t~lebknecht, a member of both he
!elchstas and the Prussian diet, has
nneartned a document alleging to prove
mat even high officials in the army
we're not above selling their influence
70 secure posts for those who would
pay for them.
1t concerns the late Lieut.. Gen. Won
L&ndenau, who long stood high in the
imperial favor, who, at the time OF his
oeatn a few months Ago., was governor
OF Metz, and who was more than once
mentloned as being on the list Of prob
hpie candidates for the war ministry.
rms officers signature Is appended
70 the following remarkable document:
~, hereby acknowledge the receipt
with the condition that this sum is to
be forfeited to me IL DR.. - is, before
July /, 1914, at the latest, appointed a
truss1an professor of medicine through
the grace of his majesty the king.
III the nomination of DR.. - does
not take place before this date, I will
W LIZ - Itlt u11 OIL
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 ave been written by q certain DIR.
Franz Ludwig, in which the recipient is
informed of the conditions he must full
I'LL in order to purchase the title of pro-
gessor. This title of professor does not
n~ecessar1ly mean in Germany thai the
holder is a member Of the medical fac
ulty Of a university. It is also granted
by the emperor to medical men who
nave 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
Prusslan courts In Germany, while such
q purchase IS a matter Of extreme diff
nculty 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 a medical journal,
and have copies Of the article printed,
though this is a pure Formally. In the
second place, he must deposit the sum
Of $4,000 with an Intermediary, and
1915 for expenses, but the whole Of the
will be refunded If 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 med1cal
man of the title of professor, and urges
him to observe the most profound dis
erection. The alleged letter has addi-
tiona interest for socialists, in that DR..
Franz Ludwig is a leading spirit in the
Imperial Anti Socialist league.