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Show ' i TTi . i- A, CA8E OF r r INVOLUNTARY PLfJpyRISM r'lt lias been proved; tts wpll as, charged, nnd proved beyond" tho pos slblllty of denial, or oven of question that a largo and tho essential part of an address delivered as his own production by Germany "Jrcpro9eita' tlvo In tho United Stntes Was taken wttliqut credit from an English book Tho unfortunate diplomat milst there foro endure as best ho maya,ll the pains and embarrassments vojt tho ex posed plnglarlst. In considering his enso, howover, It Is wol ,to iow n kindly charity, befitting IHV reason, to assumo that as Count von Hern storff does not lack Intelfig'nco or education, what ho did cftn hardly bo ns slmplo as it seems, and to hopo thoro is an explanation f tho episode, epi-sode, oven though ho mnyjn9l be ,In a' position to offor It A $ " t Ono highly possible theory Is suggested sug-gested by tho fnlrly well known fact that hardworked men in high official I plnees nro often obliged t2, leavo to their secretaries not only tho colloc tlon of matorlal for speeches and 1 articles, but its moro or less nearly i completo preparation for uso. This is not only customary; It Is qulto lo gltlmato, for when tho principal f)8 sumes responsibility for tho suDor-dinato's suDor-dinato's work U becomes his own for all official purposes. Ho may sign It 'too, with perfect proprioty, cxcojtt In tho lmprobablo contingency that only its literary quality counts. New York Times. |