COUNT ARNIM.

Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 1890, 23 January 1875, Page 3

COUNT ARNIM.

The friends of the incarcerated statesman make lavish use of the Vossische Zeitung for their counter statements, which are invariably that the missing papers are private, letters from, Bismarck to Arnim, which are so compromising to the honor and uprightness of the Chancellor, that he wishes toget them Tback: at any price. The last statement professes to be a full arid correct account of the whole business, from the Arnim point of Tiew, It is to this effect:—Down to

May, 1872, the chancellor and ambassador at the Roman Court were the most i *^tefffii?pel^^ tfiat tam^Bis. marck began tcsbe jealous of his subordinate, and the insinuation evidently is, because Arnim showed a more correct appreciation of the Roman intrigue and its issue than lie did. The Count was sent to Paris, and in September of ihe ( same year, when he visited Berlin, hx> was -not received by the prince. This was the first sign of a rupture. Bismarck's jealousy was highly inflamed by a most important document submitted by Count A*nim in October, 1872, wnerein the spread of Republicanism in France, and indeed throughout Europe, was depicted by a master hand, and it was shown that Germany's policy was to oppose Tbiers, and promote as frequent a change of Government as possible in France. This was contrary to the chancellor's opinions and instructions, and from that time everything was tried to get the ambassador to resign his post. This unpleasant state of affairs went on till January, 1874, when Arnim came to Berlin to bury bis daughter, and while there Secretary of State yon Biilow offered him, from the Chancellor, an exchange to Constantinople. He accepted it, and, returning to Paris to set his house in order, found there a letter stating that the offer of exchange* was not made in earnest, as they only wanted to get rid of him at Paris. The letter, and the letters which followed on this business, are those which Bismarck is so anxious to recover, but which Arnim asserts to be only private correspondence, and as such will not give up. This, is the other side of the gfcory. - .