Prince Bismarck, surprised and annoyed at the acquittal of Dr.
Geffeken, has asked and received permission to publish the "Act of Accusation " against him, so that the Governments of Germany may see and appreciate his grounds of action. A long synopsis of the Act is published in the Times of Thursday, from which it appears that the extracts from the Emperor Frederick's Diary are genuine ; that the Emperor lent it to the Professor; that the Professor copied some important entries; and that, with certain excisions, he published these in the Deutsche Rundschau, partly-to prove that the Crown Prince had. borne a great part in making the Empire, and partly to create a deep sensation. Prince Bismarck' accuses him of being a conceited person, whose motive was principally hostility to himself, and associates with him Baron von Roggenbach, a statesman now employed in Baden, whom the late Emperor greatly trusted, and Sir Robert. Monier. Professor Geffcken denies the charge of plotting against the Prince ; but in any case, an effort to remove the Chancellor from the counsels of his Sovereign, or even to diminish his reputation as the maker of Germany, is not high treason. Prince Bismarck is, how- ever, profoundly irritated, and it is fully expected in Germany that he will make a speech to the Reichstag upon the subject.
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