Year: 1874

THE TRANSLATION.


Bulow W. Arnim-stru9gle for tho


Missing state Papers-An Acrimonious


Correspondenco-Both Parties Invoke


the Law-Arnim Inhexible.


ESPECIAL CABLE DESPATCH TO THE HERALD


The following interesting special despatch,
sent to our London bureau from the same
source as that published the day before yester-
day, gives as its continuation the correspond
ence which passed between Won Bilow and
Count Arnim in relation to the missing docu-
ments, and will be welcomed in every circle
as an additional contribution to the history of
this weighty controversy.


LONDON, Oct %, 1874.
BuLow TO ARNM


On the 9th of July Won Bulow wrote to
Count Arnim from Berlin as follows -
s'Since the fourteen documents which were
taken from the archives of the Imperial Lega-
ton in Paris have been returned through the
medium of Your Excellency, Prince Hohenlohe
has prepared list Of the documents still
missing. The responsibility for their where
abouts rests in the first place with the former
Ambassador, and hence I am compelled to
demand from Your Excellency an official
explanation as to your knowledge of these
missing documents and the return forthwith
Of those still in your possession


ARNIM TO BULow.


Thereupon Arnim replied, under date of
July 81, that, since his retirement from the
diplomatic service, he had no longer the honor
to hold official relations with the Foreign
Office that any obligations arising from his
former official relations were circumscribed
by the provisions of the law; that he was at
the disposition of Hia Majesty, the Emperor,
but not Of the Foreign Office, and hence
the latter was not in q position to
demand official statements He begged
respectfully to call the attention Of
the Foreign Office to the fact that the docu-
ments previously returned by him were not
taleen from the archives, and that this word
was susceptible Of On Interpretation such as
he was bound to protest against Moreover,
he declined to assume any responsibility in
reference to the missing documents as the
examination Of the archives which disclosed
their absence was not held until two months
after his recall. As to the list itself, he was
utterly ignorant as to where large number
of the documents we're, as they were partly
written during his absence and partly ad-
dressed simply to attaches A few Others
however, as he avowed, much to his regret,
had been by mistake mixed up with his
private papers, and those he returned here
with. The remainder Of the documents he
regarded as his private property, as they
explained the origin of his personal conflict
with the Prince Chancellor of the Empire,
and as they would also demonstrate that dur
ing his official term he had pursued no ten
denotes opposed to the policy of the Chan
cellor. -e.,. ,a,
SEVERE ACCUSATIONS


He might safely assert that several of these
edicts would not have been written had not
Bismarck supposed that he (Arnim) had en-
deavored to place obstacles in the way of
carrying out his policy, and had conspired
with person related as closely as possible to
the Emperor. Under such severe accusations
his reputation was at stake, and he required
these documents for his own vlndication. He
believed the Foreign Office had the right to
demand judicial decision, but that it would
in question before his claim to them could be
denied in civil suit


BULow's REroRr


To this communication Balow replied on
the 5th of August that officials of the Empire
who were placed on waiting orders and had
not received their dismissal remained under
the supervision and disciplinary power of the
superior authorities. The assertion that the
civil tribunal should decide in regard to the
missing papers was not compatible with
Arnim's former position as chief of legation.
To be sure, it might be permissible under GER
tain circumstances to keep separate certain
documents, but those should always be de-
l;uo>od hc, Ahn ancoosror On fha ofhnr hand