The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-30
'0UR COUNTRyMEN" IN GERMANY,
German Views Of Sohurx and Sumner-Their
Little Game Seen Through-what Il
Thought Of 1.-THE German-Amsrt.
can Consular Convention
BERLIN, April Is, 1872,

niously cover their retreat. They speak OF Mr..
Sumner as man Of honor, though, during the late
war, he was fanatical opponent OF Germany.
schurz, likewise, is man OF honor, who loved Ger@
many's cause as much as Sumner hated It, After
having, in manner similar to this, established the
good character of these heroes the leading cohser.
vative Journal heaps 'lfs," 'buts" and "nays's
about them In the following way
Both may have been Influenced by
REGARD FOR PUBLIC MORALsj
but 1t cannot be altogether denied that they, the
me o. s ~
ate embarrassment and organize new political
constellation But even II this inference did them
SAINT Impressions. 1t seems that they went to Work
with negligence which Is not to be expected from
have one after the other been refuted, and they
now are IN position BY no means agreeable
intrigue in which Senators of the United States
allowed themselves to be trapped. Even those who
started the thing may now wish that they never had
done 3d. At all events 1t must be admitted that tho
Examination bin was merely a man9uvre such "a
politicians frequently resort to In excited times
The lengthy milk-and-water apology winds up BY
saying that the whole affair nots much for the
exposure and punishment of wrong as for politis
cal purposes which, after all, failed to obtain the
desired effect.
With this prelude we now pass on to mention
ANOTHER OF "OUR COUNTRYMEN,"
q bona tide one, recently returned from Gotham,
where he was well known as lawyer and emE
grant commissioner. We speak Of Mr.. FREDERICK
Kapp who, after having successfully run for several
minor commercial and municipal Offices, has now!
brought up as q member of the Reichstag for the
Erfurt- Salzwedel district and made his maiden
speech before that body on Friday, the occasion
of the first and second readings of the
CONSULAR CONVENTION BETWEEN GERMANY AND
THE UNITED STATES. -43 !.
Mo- rccio hu ntv
Cschleswg- Hostein), who eulogized the convention
as one much needed, but he regretted that It had
been drawn up In Berlin instead Of Washington or
New York, where the German Ambassador or the
Consul General, much better versed In the pecu-
liarities Of American law, might have been c0n-
suited In It's framing This objection, however, was
at once removed by the German Plenipotentlaryy
Koenig-who, together with Mr.. Bancroft, drew up
the treaty-by stating that virtually said treaty
had been drawn under the supervision OF the Ger.
man Consul General to America Mr.. Schleidens
having remarked that 1t seemed to him as II
THE RENOWNED AMERICAN HISTORIAN
had paid but little attention to this matter, he
was replied to by Councillor Koenig, who pertly
said eff the gentlem complains that the Eng
lish wording is not precise and elegant must
confess establishment that he has not rather said
that of the German text. The convention was
originally drawn up In English, and 1t may be-
readily perceived that the German is translatlons
As for the English wording 1t is similar to that OF
other treaties between America and other powersy
and 1t is fair to suppose that the American Plenl-
SUFFICIENT COMMAND OF HIS OWN LANGUAaE.0 I
In his further remarks on the treaty Deputy
Schleiden complained that in lieu OF "real estate,
the word property" used, and that In arttcle
10 of said treaty the words che" "hs'' and him'1
are used unaccompanied by the corresponding
After making several other criticisms OF this
nature Deputy Schleiden expressed the hope that
his honorable Friend the member from Sazwedel-i
the best versed in American laws--wOuld embrace
the opportunity to enlighten the House.
This brought the new-hedged member, Mr.. Kapp,
to his feet, and gave him chance to again mani
INTENSE LOVE FOR AMERICA.
As a matter of course the astute lawyer opened
by greeting the convention as an evidence OF great
progress and, step by step, bounced upon what he
considered its defects, both to form and contents.
Schleidcn as to the difference Of meaning between
'propertyu and ''rea estate" he could not fOreg0
the satisfaction OF attempting to show that In all
the treaties concluded between the two c0untrieS
since l7S5 America had had all the advan-
tage. "We" he exclaimed, ''can acquire personal,
movable property in the United States, but no real
estate Our German emigrants and German heirs
have suffered for more than eighty years under this
disadvantage. l don't blame the Americans for
having successfully taken advantage Of our ignor-
ance, but believe the time has come to meet them
on this issue, and to show them that we know the,
At this time, when consuls are to be put on an
even footing with those Of America, false transa-
tionally. ! beg the House, previous to voting the
convention, to amend 1t by substituting the word
s'As for article 10, would have wished in It a
clause protecting the citizens OF both countries
against fraud, and providing indemnity in cases
where frauds are committed by officers OF govern
ment. Gentlemen with us such thing does not
easily happen, and when Officers OF the judiciary
commit dcfacation-though know OF no such 8
case-the Court is responsible. 1t follows that
AN AMERICAN NnERITINd IN GERMANY
M 90 N m I'M of no nfVo
no such responsibility. In case OF my own prac-
tIce in New York the administrator OF an inherit.
about I ten years. ago. with sum o Our
German countrymen lost from twenty-five to thirty
dollars 1y It and meyer recovered S cent
from the United States-and don't believe we can
concession to the effect that they shall become
perhaps, to indemnify ourselves by demanding
that our consuls, upon payment OF legal taxes,
This question Is not unimportant, because the
taxes often eat up One-third and even twO-thirds,
of the whole. Poor people suffer the most BY It.
In an instance OF my own practice an administra-
tor Of a poor servant girls property charged her
heirs i've dollars per month for storing savings
months. the legal period of his administration,
were made to pay him $780," Laughter. "Heari
hear,D M& Ml4
Mr. Kapp in closing his remarks, which in no in
stance reflected very favorably on the land which
was to him an asylum and q home for years. ex-
pressed his astonishment that article IL (protec1
ton Of trade marks and labels) should have been
embodied in this convention. THAT which ought
to have been added as of Importance to consuls is
o clause permitting them to acquire real estate.
That right, up to the present, they have had only In
part, and could name you instances In my own
experience where cOnsnls had to contend with oil
manner OF difficulties. 1t took the present German
Consul General In New York an effort OF from SIX 10
eight weeks with the state Legislature IN order a 70
culties had to be settled by committee at Albany
before he could obtain permission 30 seH-under-
stood in all civilized nations. r
WHAT HE HOPED.
~ hope that this convention may be the iorer .
OF an extensive commerce and navigation treaty
between us and the United Statcs-a treaty IN
which the various complaints here made would be
privv Conncillor Koenig replied that In the max
ing OF treaties the interests Of the two must be
consulted and that not al That one party desires
and legality OF treaties I'm the United States are
within the province of the judiciary, and 1t would
aIouf wh