PRINCE EULENBERG ARRESTED

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 119, 11 May 1908, Page 3

PRINCE EULENBERG ARRESTED

CONVEYED 10 BEKLIN. HAII. REFUSED BY Tilt JLAUISTKATE. TllE UEKJIAN COL'KT SCANDALS. Received 9th, 4.18 p inBerlin, May it. After prolonged confrontation with three witnesses, Prime Eulenberg was arrested, although autre ring intcifce physical pain, and conveyed in a motor ambulance to Berlin. Counsel bought to have the Prime released on £25,000 bail, but the examining magistrate refused. The Judicial Committee visaed the Castle of Liebenberg (the residence ot Prince Philip Eulenberg, the alleged headquarters of the camarilla) on u. 2nd inst., and examined Prince Eulenberg relative to contradictions betweeu his evidence In the Moltke-Harden libel in Berlin, and the testimony of two Munich witnesses regarding his malpractices. The Prince expressed his desire to confront the witnesses. He was unable to understand the allegations. Licbenberg Castle had been under police observation, though Prince Eulenberg was confined to his bed by illness. When Herr llarden charged Prince Philip Eulenberg with political intrigue and immoral practices, Prince Eulenberg did not take action for slander, but, talcing advantage of a course allowed by German procedure, caused a prosecution to be instituted against himself by summoning the Public Prosecutor of Brandenburg to take proceedings against him. In theße proceedings. Herr Harden w cited, but refused his testimony. The proceedings were, therefore. Stayed, in the absence of eviden-e against Prince Enlenburg. The Prime has, since then, challenged anyone to prosecute him. It was stated in December that Prince Philip Eulenberg •had given -notice of an action for slander against Herr Harden, but nothing more has been heard under this head.

Herr Harden failed to prove hicharge* against Count Moltke in the higher court, and was sentenced to tour months 'imprisonment, against which sentence he has lodged a further appeal. With regard to Herr Harden'- charges against Count William Hohenhau and Count Lynar, the court-martial in Jannary sentenced Lynar to fifteen.month-' imprisonment, and acquitted llohenhaii. "not because his innocence is established, bnt because his guilt is not proved." Subsequently (in March), it wastated that Count Hobenhau hail Ih-cii removed from the list of officer.", ami deprived of his decorations. Adverse opinions expressed by the late Prince Bismarck have been quoted against Prince Enlenberg. In his evidence at the Moltke trial, Prince Euleuberg made a statement to the effect that he attributed Bismarck's alleged utterances to the "volcanic nature" of the First Chancellor, which made him aNo a man of volcanic hatreds.* His (Prince Phillip Eulenberg's) political relations with the Emperor had always been pure, 'y official, as, for example, when he- represented the Foreign Office. Since he bad left the diplomatic service he had never sought after political influence, and had never spoken with the Enquirer about Morocco. He had not brought the Emperor and M. Leeomte (the former Councillor of the French Embassy) together On the only when tha Emperor and M Leeomte had met at Liebenberg, Prince Philip Eulenberg's counry house, M. Leeomte had been invited at the instance of the Court Chamberlain.