Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-10-06

Austria Tor the cxtrodiiion. would ~.
gwen such advice if they could have f.. nave
exisfing treaties any authority ftrthat d.r, ' IN
or any obligation on the part Of The Su, land
yield to It. Lord Palmerston, the, h. .an 10
ianc MaJesiy's Principal Secretary n bH
Tor Foreign Affaires. carefully examined ;, I'a'e
treaties, and expressed his conclns;ons u 'hese
in letter 10 Sir Stralford Canning Ja,o n'ereon
September. 1919. In this letter VIII <4lh
tanned an extrac; from one of these -, con
that OF Belgrade.snd referring 10 the 81 ,ea'es,
Austria founded on them. Tor the snrraa ,'j''S OF
these refugees. he saws: "the u,,,a., oi
coul1 be demanded would be ;ba, ,t, t Una
refugees) should no, be allowed 10 re.,j. The
manen'ly in the Turkish Empire" '''s pr
Coming down to a later period-to,h.
transaction al Symrna-aoundant reasons -.
found Tor denying that Turkey was ,bon arg
der any treaty obligation to deliver Kosa,. uh-
Austria, or that her Consul General baI 10
,hority TO s., ize HIM. On This suhject i an
lowed to resort TO the declarations of tho III
lie men of the Porte as evidence In REQ. p"o'
an issue of this kind Their expcit d. 10
may be fairly considered as equivalent IA 'J ha
ira affirmation without proof where nus
lift existed could be so easily adduced r''''
In despatch to this government q :,
18th of August, 1853, Mr.. Marsh, tn. Ana "e
can Minister Resident at Cons,ap,;na.sII.'
says r''
Il have had several conversations y. A..
subject with the Minister of Foreion Az. @.s
and with Ahli Pacha, Governor of Smvrna ,'''
The time the affair took place Thesr d,.;n
gushed persons are very far from expressing
any dissatisfaction with the course pursued bv
us. lhey sustain the view the legstion bss
taken of the legal character of the question
and Ahll Pacha informs me that few Years
since the Austrian Government refused 70
surrender to the Porte Turkish rebels WIN
had fled into Austria, on the very ground now
taken by the Porte-namely, that the treaties
did not provide for the extradition of political
offenders"
Mr.. Brown, the Charge d'Affairs ad interim
oi the United States at Constantinople write.
hat in an interview with Chehill Efhndi. also
a Turkish officer Of high rank and great ex
perlence. in which the affair at SMYRNA was
discussed, he observed that the "Ansrriap gov
eminent does not possess tbe power b. treaty
10 arrest any one on Ottoman soil for nol,ticaI
offences There is now, however, some,iiqg
more decisive from Turkey than the opinion
OF her public men in opposition to this treaty.
claim of Austria. TIE government of HE
Porte has pronounced judgment in relation
10 the seizure Of Koszta, " hich Austria her.
sell is bound TO respect. 1t has protested a.
gainsl the conduct Of the Austrian agents in
that affair unlawful and violation Of its
sovereignty; but not one word Of complainant
a murmur of dissatisfaction from Turkey a.
gainst the conduct Of the functonaries of the
United States at Smyrna has yet reached this
government. This is certainly an anomalous
case; Austria alraigns the u. STATES for violae
ting the rights OF Turkey in the Koszta affair
Turkey, the offended party, exonerates the I.
otates,and protests against Austria,olr accus-
er,for the very same offence.
These considerations have led the undersigu.
ed as he believes they will lead all Others who
duly reflect on them, to the confident concu>
sion that there exists no treaties between Aus
trla and Turkey which could Justify or in any
way countenance the seizure or Imprisonment
OF koszta by the Austrian functionaries.
TO BE CONTINUED