, 1875-11-15

what II meant. >. wn!1 AZ under Lila excellent
A:cce4sus. str. Bancr0ft DaviH. the Legation has
nkscnt for Tits c!ahs Vi perhonF, and has
Of conrss helped many of them nut OF
stceeFvcd or ,1.ra.ervei embarrassment. But,
except III . limited number of cases. wiIcro tim
persons sn German snblccta bcfore tElo ex3,ra-
t!"H OF tho two yrRrs' grace, but !htlo couli 10
dune WlIie tbn a,ti,Drrics ct,,s!d Justify their
f!ain, 10 apiv tIIc Two Years. tesunson tho i.e-
tI'icn its n',nncuu'on In particular Instances.
according 10 my Information tue Foreign
OEllcb han always interpreted tho treaty III Il
browi. liberal, .n't conctatory spirit For s','H
himself. IL the teh4ta Of April 2, 1864 w.i!l
preceded the rataticsn Of thu treaty by tbs l'ss-
liamcnt OF tho Sosth f;etmau Confederation.
Prince fhcu County ltirmarcl; not ouIy accepted
srlattot. but he further deciaytd that It was lis
osn al vol Al tue tiosetnnent's intention u
execute tho treaty III d liberal aud friendly
spirit. "wo have hcre nothing to do with petit
.oEehg, SAID he. :. The troaly will ba haueHt-
ly carried into effect Ly both parties. prsy ynt
to iaIso no doubt about III" cpnr:hato:y
and friendly execution of the SAME" IIo co,,-
clnded By expressing warmly deHtrn to lava
Germans appreciate and maintain, tho distinction
cIuimed by oue Of the speakcre. Of being tho
firm nilr OF the American Commonwealth, tro:n
the timo Of tho Declaration of Independence.
This treaty Ferosnxej the right to elai.s ate.
which hna not hitherto tecn conceded in rsi,1ia.
Bv cltculR:B from tho Interior AND JusticH Min.
iaticH tue provincial officials were directed to
s!!rLcnd all .ploceessln;s aga'nst returning
einigrAutB. aud to regard ~ America, citi-
znnb al who could nnow regular papers Ut
naturalization. II IL worthy Of note. too, that
LII tia da1ate above mentioned alI the opport.io..
to tic treaty came frDul deputies who feared
ths: it ras not l1bctal c,,ush, that in fac: tue
guarantees Of immunity for tho naturaized emil
Kraut were not tull aud explicit nMouGh Bis
m arY[s t1n4HIf tnr tt,H fnr
tiou. Wills the debate atlp1'llod tho popular ilp-
preston OF tho treatr'a intont.
During tho 81 ast summer, h,woyef. returned
etnigrant and capabia Critic Dr. Friedrich kapp
has published Aeries uf articles, in which tie
treaty II asHsi'ed a. too LIBERAL Tho conces-
sinus. be lhclAreH. Nere all un tho Ale OF Ger
u,aur. The American Minister carried nil biz
points, and won complete diplomatic victory.
Dr. kapp seems to TO no friend OF Mt. Datl-
croft. and he wrlteH llGo relentless opponeut,
but he rays hla d,ptotna.ie tact md persistence
the highest o! sill compliments. do not need
tn reproduce tho substahcs VI h1s ARTICLES. JuKk
with his oSu GoyernuIcu.-wlth l'E1uce Bis
m..ck uho inspircd. the Foreign 0nice which
lsAfted, aud tho 1:oichstsg WHICH sattdod
tho perncluue compact. 1t 10 fimply a
Which we aIo interested purely as observers.
Eycn Dr., kapp'H adviee to deuouuco tue treaty
At tho sartnt possible da:e. January. 1878. 'ioes
not immediately concern tho uutted States at
Ln1a al1Eu VI LUG QlhEQHaltQ.
But IL, return TO the Ktfeas- ;4nzeie7' and its
Paragraph Of last WeeK. This Government Or
eau began by oxplaioiug tue difficulties wiii:h
bad never ceased 70 lr1sa in the application Of
article ". It had mover bceu formally de-
clarod by tho Government that under the
option given by that nrtlcle it would invariably
regard two yeArs' residence nfter returning M
remuneration OF ANesiean citizenship. In some
cases the ppl.co hAs obAo1ved snc1 3 ru1o aud
draw1 the victim into the army. 1u other caseI,
wAete even after the s'so years the porson c.,Nl1
prove al iuttnt to return. he had beet, released
uu tho representation Of The American
Minister to the F1roign Oalco. Dat tuir
tpetbod was arbitrary .Autt capricious.
Ii was as uuinHt to naturnsized citizeua
vito. without nny warning. aud iu absence Of auy
forirt thsnsclsos tinel for no i-porfor'uat,cc VI
military duty, as 1t waS vexarious to tho Leea-
ton md tn, Fo.cign Osice. The htieas- An1eI-
ger. Therefor announces tho rn'o by which tho
Ie man Nu thoTisles will nance!orth he governed.
On tho exrlfaston Gf tho two }eavB Of
grace lie r.. nlntnx emipranta+ will lot at onco
DO epsYsA,ed al III tap without any c5otco.
Their lulap& a ot 70 return to America after that
time will indere1 bo presumed. They will become
Theoretically laLie at onco as new loglnall sub
tects. But thor will have the alternative oi
actually leaving tho country withil, prescribed
pero1 OF Of terlafsiug "a German Rubjects.
Tie intent 70 return ID 10 be pruyeu br
tile set Of returning the Infant to remain IL
which is doubtlesH fully within tie co1,petouce
u tho German authorities, will g,esslY simplify
tho execution Q. the treaty, even ~lile II secms
to bear hardly on Que class Of 4 nericAu o!tzen5.
Whethor that class, Rs elisa, deserves ou1 ayM-
patty Ia another auction.