Show How Europe Deals With Scandals in High Places BY Y ATTACH K Germanys Germany's press i is just at nt present nl In Inthe inthe the tho throes of or u n discussion slon as us to the hue wisdom of if according a n full Cull me raced meed of publicity to scandals such as ha s those Involved Imol h by tho the suit uil for criminal libel bought by Ly General Count Kuno von on Moltke COlm former I governor SO of oC Berlin and ond camp aid of or the emperor against I Maximilian Harden the editor Ill tor of oC thu That the tue people ople at large huge have havo been not only disgusted hilt but even O lIC nauseated ate h by liy thu details havo hoJ print la lit tho ti of journalistic cora um- um j ment v l. i. i h ij i p li as l iO as 11 here re relf reflects reflect H popular ent 16 to hot latter hatter and to perceive that thata u a rt reaction n has I set In iii a against what has been so BO graphically described te In this l cO country as muckraking even the theer er very German newspapers which showed the thc least reticence nce In furnishing to their ren readers unexpurgated reports of the evidence nce are now busy In denunciation atton of ot the tho Judge for having abstained abstained ab ab- ab- ab stained from trying ying the hue suit in camera intimating that the lie scandal was one which a n magistrate with a greater amount of or tact and experience would woul have found means of suppressing quietly and without offending the lie popular popular pop pop- I ular sense ot of morality Of oi course the conditions in the United States SLates are arc somewhat different from those in the Ol Old World for Cor whereas on this side of or the Atlantic the principle of equality is deeply rooted in the breast of ot every American Amen Ameri can citizen on and Is is perhaps the first finet notion that the tho newly arrived immigrant immigrant grant imbibes 8 after landing on these shores In Europe despite the thc spread of democracy and anti the phenomenal of the 01 old progress of oC socialism much urns Ume l and rever reverence on tin tin- hi art Ht of ot the masses for the classes remains It Ii takes the form of or a readiness read read- iness Ine ness and of or an un anxiety on the part of or orthe the people of ot the middle and onO low lower r gra grades e of society to follow blindly Inthe in th the len lead of those whom they Ic regard orO t as their superiors in rank runk not alone alonen in n Ihs dress manner anti and speech but even en eveni evenin In i conduct To ro such an extent is this hi- hi case CUSO that the hue most eminent crim- crim of oC the Old World orld the time Itt 1st st as uS w well lI as M those exercising magis- magis t and judicial authority are I kall unanimous In their opinion that publicity accorded to the thc misdeeds of or any ny person of rank and position affects the lie moral tone of or the el and b becomes not nol only a n cause caUl e hut but ui also ulso an Incitement to crime Allowed lIo Tutu to It is on the strength of or these arsu- arsu m that distinguished lawyers om- om dais entrusted with the administration nn of cf f Justice and even the royal and anil irn- irn ial arbiters of or society abroad com com- bloc in an cn endeavor to hush up Ull crime Lu to o an extent of which the people In lii his him country have but little conception Means Mc-ans arc ure usually found Cound of ot giving the offenders their deserts but public morality Is protected b by the avoidance a If f undue publicity In the case caseS In England for instance the crown cro prosecutor the functionary who ik Hk lIke the district attorney in America Is b virtually charged charge with the duty of det de tie- t what cases shall shull bo be prosecuted prose prose- on behalf of or the he people has been heen for Cor years ears an un Irish peer namely Lord LOI Desart whose brother and heir Is a n. ahome ahome home ruler anti anil whose daughter Lady Sybil is lis married to W. W Daal Bayard Cutting Cutting Cutting Cut Cut- ting jr of oC New Yot I. I It depend mainly upon him hini whether a 0 crimInal of or high bight degree Is or 01 Is not to public trial In a a. of 1 in both hoth during lit the tenure of otTIce o of Lord tas Desa Well vell a W ah under the lone Ion long regime of or hi his universally respected respect predecessor the late Iole Sir Ir Augustus Augusto Stephenson no proceedings for fot prosecution prosecution prose prose- cution have hov hoven been en instituted until th the offender was well beyond the hue reach o othe of oC i the authorities anti and thin lila practice h heven baa luas even been heen c carried to such a a. point th that i In some notable cases C the police have hav ne I actually Va ned criminals cal 1 y where offenses g against morality veo concerned that warrants hall hail been U lit lit- sued teL for rw their helm arrest which would b be beheld held back 24 H hours in order to enable them thom to get ct out of or the tho country ManY Man cases of this kind could bo ho cilc cited Becomes an un Outlaw But it Is only fair Calr to Lo add that In actIng actIng actIng act act- Ing thus Lord Dot art as well weli as th other oUter magisterial and police concerned ll are arc prompted entirely entire I am anti and solely oley oel by br considerations IlS of or public weal I i t Jt j j l Q and anti morality and that lint not even e the most bitter opponents of or the lie system stem have over ever Imputed to any of or them dishonesty dis 1118 honesty corruption or even ln family consideration con COIl In the thc matter The Thc offender r thus thuR permitted to escape is IR rarely hearth heard of or again ag Realizing that with lii sort of rY which exists between the tIme poll police co of all civilized uia- uia na nations lIon ions he Is liable to bo Le under untie ob observation mb- mb sel in n whatever country he lie takes up hii hi hip residence bo Ito I Is opt apt to sock sek ret ret- tugs uge In some Mome remote corner of or tho time globe Klobo v hora changing his name un an outlaw und virtually dead 1 to ta ills his tot fel- I low e to Ills Ids family h his one object t 1 lr l. l lv- lv r A A. Medical f Forger r J JIt It Is only now and again that hunt the general public becomes aware of or the he degree to which the hue practice of or hushIng hush hush- lug Ing- Ingup ng up crime is carried on abroad owIn owing ow- ow In ing ng to indiscretion or violation of oC contract contract con- con tract In connection with some lar ar ca case o. o Thus Ihus n a few Cew years ears ago I linn linn- onon on- on don on society i was wa a. a startled by the news new of oC f the arrest of one of or Its most moat font ont and fashionable ladles ladles' physicians on n tho charge of or forgery During th the proceedings which followed the fart art was as brought to light that Dr Collins who was at one time connected Ina Inn in n a medical capacity with the he Royal Roal Horse lorse Junr guards s had forged th lure ure ot of a n f officer fellow and of or a member mem- mem her ber jer o of oc parliament nameh namely Captain to Selwyn-tO elwyn to a promissory note noto for tor On the forgery heln being red erod an and brought home to him he lie ha had made a n written confession thereof to he time captain and to the three friends whom time tho latter hatter had hall consulted In the time Lord matter latter namely high Igli steward of the time University of oC Cam Cain ridge bridge Colonel Sir Nigel cote paymaster of oC the kings king's household and one ne of or his equerries and Major Ather- Ather Iy y of the Royal Horse guar guards s. s Acting on n the n advice ice of or the theSe friends an and taking aking Int into consideration the thc plea ot Dr Colling that lint the tho forgery was his hk only offense of the kind antI that he be had md been en driven thereto by an nn acute crisis In his bis financial u affairs fro I 15 from tram which he be had hall subsequently emerged Captain Selwyn refrained retrained from Crom notIfying notIfy notIfy- Ing ng the lie police pollee or from prosecution on nfl the bo receipt of a promise in hum writing from flom rom Collins to lea leave o Europe for forever within the space of ot the C G or S weeks order to in be hue pleaded for 01 or which enable him to dispose of oC hl hits hla practice anti and to settle ottle his affairs III Within a 0 month Dr Collins Collin ha lund had succeeded site suc in paying oft off time the entire amount of the forgery anti and b believing II smite safe In consequence declined when y limo imo came to fulfil faith hi hl hutS pledge with regard to leaving lea Europe Europ Lord Wals- Wals were wre made so sn o nn and Sir Nigel indignant by this hIs breach of fa faith in on the part of or th the doctor that on reedy reedy- Selwyn Set bel- from Cram Captain belwyn tho tIme notification In Ing wyn of or th the ItO forgers forger's continued tl presence pros pres the tho written writ writ- ence enco In London they lucy placed ton ten confession of oC his crime In the han hands o of time the police pollee taking the tue ground that tint to relieve re- re sluice since they lucy could not manage lieve society of or the of so dishonorable a man maui quietly they lund hat no alternative but to resort to public nubile measures Fortunately Lord ort alsing ham Sir Nigel Nigol anti und Major Atherly were nU all three men of or high th character and anil of such unblemished honor that no one that they ventured oven even to suggest ha hind bad been hlen Gu l In the thC transaction by hy any other Idea than a desire to do tin what was wa-s best for Cor society and for Cor or the i public at ot large e I For or from a legal point of view iou their action In re refraining retraining ro- ro training from not notifying the authorities authorities ties of or the perpetration rif Of r a crime erlmo for several I weeks s after th thoy oy lund hall received a n written confession conCession thel thereof or and their rea readiness to connive at ut his bis escape on tho understanding that h he hue would woul leave Europe forever brought them Item dangerously danger danger- ou ly near the tho border r line lino of C the hue of offense or- or tense which la Is known leown In Jurisprudence as the time compounding of oC a felon felony Mend li l Hl Where here however there lucre Is IR the lie mO most mos t excuse for these quiet methods of Ir Ing InK with th the black sh sheep ep of or society and especially of r those thoe possessed o or of high rank or office Is w where lere offenses against mora morality lt are aro concerned concerned of of tenses the publication of or which Is LIkely likely like LIke- I ly to 10 result In n more harm than good goodby goodby oo ool l by awakening In iii tho the minds of imao people the tho notion nolon of crimes K Kot of ot the lie vcr very mery existence of or which tho they previously had hall no tin conception Decency na nay wen oven purity la is the ru rule rute e r rathe than tItan tho the exception among peppie pep Jeo- pie Il on 01 both Loth sides sido of oC the hue Atlantic cs es e's es- es In 1 the towns and rura rural districts and It may mar safely be assert assert- od oil ll that the hulk hule of o Lh hue population perhaps 80 SO or 90 per c tent tent ent thereof tJ 2 r i- i i j i would have ha remained In innocent Ig Ig- of oC s such as that which hums has Just bi en bu-en en engaging ln tho tue at attention attention at- at tenton of or th the Berlin tribunals haul hall It I not ll been en for or tho the publicity given en thereto there lucre to b by the hress Thus In 1885 the time sensational disclosures b by W. W T. T Stead In th the Clue Pall Pal Mall Mali Ial Gazette entitled The Mulden Maiden Tribute were wro to be followed I by revolutions revelations ro or of an analogous character char char- acter dealing with wih a 1 still more horrible horrible hor luor- tom form of or crime An extraordinary amount of of or a u documentary character had hud beon collected in tim 11 support sup sup- port of or tho thu the charges nut lImit at the tho last a t moment the thuc government of or time the day tiny 1 or of tle UC contemplated d expose and nd Induced tile the proprietor of or th the paper lumper r and Mr lJ to la abandon nandon the tho public lop 1 c tn on tho grounds of or public moral 1 fy its ity I am nun much mistaken the tho evidence nee collected was ivas turned waP over o to he tho authorities It I was due to lo an Inadvertence on tho the part of oC the the- authorities and antI to Injudicious cious clous pe pressure ur on the hue part vart of or certain organs of or the London pr press s that some Bore years ears later what was known as us the Clev Cleveland land street he t scandal was WI brought brough Into nto court and the Incalculable harm resulting from the extraordinary pub- pub given to the hue uns unsavory vory proceedings proceedinGs far ar outweighed an any possible good that might have been derived erl ed by lIy bringing some of oC the offenders to Ju Justice le It I has hag been the he same with the thie Harden Moltke-Harden Halden case lt at Berlin last lust week The entire affair could coul have been dealt deal with quietly and amid yet at the time same time drastically without contaminating relatively el Innocent minds by the he publication of all al the unsavory ory evidence in the case In Germany German as elsewhere In Europe scandals canals of oC this kind are as a general rule rul treated with wih comparative secrecy and amid discretion It Itis Its I Is s on only from time to time that through some come Indiscretion on the part of oC the tIme authorities or Ill considered considered i-considered enterprise e of the ho sensational press SS that tho ho affair is brought into tho the till full Cul limelight of or pub pub- lely and then lien the harm resulting there there- from Is simply incalculable ble Here In the time United States although publicity la Is regarded as the best safeguard safe- safe guard of oC public morality yet the pre press s displays aa as a general rule cull u a I reticence In dealing with certain scandals und and Uld a re regard re- re sari gard for the sentiments of oC Its Is readers which Is lacking abroad In Europe from tho time moment a case gets Into court and ond no provision pro Is ma made e for Cor ItIn itin It In n camera the time newspapers s apparent apparently consider themselves es free fee to print t e eer ery e er scrap scram of oC testimony no matter mater how re re- re Their license In this respects respect Is s Indeed extraordinary an and results perhaps per per- er- er haps from time the extreme severity with which the thc libel laws wel weigh h upon them restricting them In the discussion of or mattens matter matters mat mat- tens ter not technically privileged as theor the proceedings of or a ml court of or law Testimony is s printed In even l' l the most reputable of or European newspapers which would never appear In print In ia even the most yellowish anti and sensational of or the oran organs ant of the American press not press not because of or nn any censorship on Oil the tho part var of constituted con con- stunted authorities lucre here INe but because tho the American newspapers are aro compelled to eon conform form themselves to the tho and sense of propriety of oC their readers u Wo o 0 ha v therefore on the one ono side the tho European method metho of or hushing up scandals by the tue authorities with time tho most mot extravagant license on eu the time part of oC th the press when unfortunately and by hy wa way oC pres un exception some ot of or them get Into bite court and on time the other hand the time AmerIan American Amer Amen Ian fran way In of to hush up crimes with offenses calculated to offend orend the moral sense of or the public Which I Is time the best t I From I Iii Heart Chicago Nov No 23 A A special to the Tribune from Jefferson City Mo Io says gas While hlo In tho the Orient last summer |