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Show FOREIGN. Von Arutin's Trial. Berlin, 10. Tho trial of Von Ar-iitm Ar-iitm was resumed to-day. Tiie report re-port of Prince Hohenlohe, the Ger-m Ger-m m ambassador at Paris, on the documents doc-uments misiug at Ibe legation was re ad, also the correspondence between Yon Arnim and the foreign otfice, concerning tbe loss of several papers recovered through the count's son in a lelter accompanying them. The count said he believed other missing papers were not in his possesion, and then the report of Ibe prince was read declaring that thedocunients unaccounted un-accounted for numbered thirty-six. These referred to missing soldiers, ill treatment of German subjects and : the violations of the fiontier. The examination was resumed. Ho acknowledged the accuracy of the documents which bad been read. His former statemt nt that certain papers wb'cli he had appropriated were abroad, meant that they were not in Prussia. In consequence of a suggestion sug-gestion ma le to him he has purposely set apart some document which he considered private property and which, on account of the languago therein, wero unfit to be communicated communi-cated to third persons. As since June he bad been generally pointed out as an enemy to the empire, ho had not kept tin so document in Germany, but beyond tho Prussian frontier. The reading of the papers in the ease was continual, one was Munteuiiei s report concerning Arnim's conversation conversa-tion with Stevallier, which was followed fol-lowed by Arnim's report in which ho admitted tbe truth ol ManteufiVl's assertions. as-sertions. Tho prisoner here said he regretted Manteuflel's report had been read as it led to the fir0t stone of the conflict. I The reading of documents of tho second cUm was then proceeded j with. Tho most noticeable one was ft reply to Arnim's report on the German ambassador t-yslem, in which Bis- marck reproaches Arnim with de- fective knowledge of this own country. coun-try. The accused here explained to thr: court that he naturally took grave offense at this despatch because it questioned his attachment to tbe empire. em-pire. The court granted an application appli-cation made by the defense to call 1 professor Lewis, by whose advise Arnim Ar-nim appropriated thedocunients. German Ger-man officials testified bow they conducted con-ducted hnsineas in the Paris embassy, j Count Wesdehlen, counselor for the ' embassy, deposed that the archives t were r-cmpb te when handed to Count Arnim. Another attache deposed that it was not impossible that a few ' documents might get mislaid. At the close of the sitting the pub- lie prosecutor complaint d that the ' Vass Gazet-e of yesterday, published a report of the privato deliberations of the court, apparently emanating Irom counsel for the defense. He re-! re-! served the right to take further steps in connection with this matter. |