NEWS: OF THE WEEK.
IMHE world does not yet know whether the arrest of Count
Arnim, lately German Ambassador at Paris, is an "event," or only a scandal. What is certain is, that on the 5th inst. the Criminal Court of Berlin, moved by the Foreign Office, arrested :the Count, charged him with the retention of official documents received by him from Prince Bismarck, and ordered him into :strict confinement in the Newgate of Berlin. His house and that of his son, a lieutenant in the army, were searched for papers, -which, however, were not found. It is stated officially that they -were 100 in number, that some of them referred to the Count's Roman Embassy, that others were confidential letters from Prince Bismarck, and that a few related to Count Arnim's private affairs. All, however, were registered. It is further alleged that Count Arnim intended to publish some of them, seven, it is said, being in type in the proof-sheets of Herr Windhorst's forthcoming book, "The Revolution from Above," which is to be issued at Geneva, anla is expected greatly to damage the German Chan- cellor. Count Arnim denies the " removal " of some of the papers, and claims the remainder as his own, and asserts that he had no intention of publishing any of them. The Emperor had not aanctioned the arrest, and his approval is still doubtful.
