Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-02
EASTERN NEWS.


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ASSOCIATED PRESS prsPArcHra
Hne insuit that the Pfttsburx CHE
OF Peiice offered 90 the Austrian
Flag.
fHTsBCRG, Sept. 1.-The attempt o,
Cnlef OF Police Brown some time a-c
to compel Austro- Hungarian Consu
ocnamoeTR, stationed in this CITY. "a
take down an Austrian flag, because b.
regarded u as q violation OF the m1uici.
pal ordnance prohibiting street OBJ
strnesions, has been taken coguizauce
OF by the Austrian Government and the
state Department of the United States.
AZ the following correspondence will
show:
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
CoNMDSvEALTa OF PENNSYLVANIA.
OFFIcE OF THE GOVERNOR. I
Thursday. AnR -. 1884
Hon. A"dre'e Fulton, Mayor Of ne
Cay oT PfffsbErg-SIR / have the hoa-
or 10 submit u YOU the enclosed oopy of
communication reosiyed this d Az fro a
Frederick [ Frelinghuysen, Secretary of
state. IN regard TO tue dttficslti-s exist
ing between the Ausiro Hungarian Con-
sui AT Pittsbarg and the C1ief of Police
OF the same city. and 10 request that il
receive your prompt attention and tn At
Von communicate TO me at your earliest
conVenieuce the result of your action in
the premises- RssDectfully yours.
RoBT. Z. PArTIsoN.
DEPARTMENT OF SrArg,
WAsHrSeToS. August -, 1884.
His EreelLeney Robert z. Pattison,
GoperHor Of Peansy ieania-Sir: Buon
Schzeffsr. MiaIstsr of Ausiri4-Hungary
Il this capital, recently brought to the
attention. of this department the fact
that on q recent ceremonial occ ,sion.
the anniversary of the birthd " of
His Msjesty the Emperor OF Austria
and King of Hungary, when the Austro
Hungarian Consul at P,ttsbur2 dis
played the flag OF that nation in front
of his consulate, he Was psremptorily
ordered by the Chief of Police to take
1t down, 1t being displayed in viola
ton of municipal ordinance which
prohibited the hanging of swinging
signs or street distractions. Mr.
Schamberg, the Consul in question, re-
fused to remove the flag. claiming that
be had a right To hoist 1t in pursuance
OF existing treaty stipulations between
the United States and Austria. Ia an
interview between Baron Schaeffer and
Mr.. John Davis, Assistant Secretary of
State, 1t was suggested that Mr.. Brown,
Chief of Police of Pittsbarg, might have
acted in ignorance of consular rights
under the treaty, and the Baron, having
received report that the flag had re-
manned untouched all day, seemed dis
posed to adopt that charitable view and
allow the matter to drop altogether.
Baron Schaeffer, in a note to me of the
I'D inst, states that the Chief of Police
has pursued the matter SO far as to sue
the Consul for disobeying his orders
and has asked for Mr.. Schamberg's
arrest, and under these Circumstances he
invokes the interference of the Depart
ment. The 14th article of the G bnsular
Convention of July, 1870. between the
United States and Austria Hungary
provides that Cousuls- General, ConsuIs,
Vice Consuls and Consular Agents shall
be at liberty to place over the chief en-
trance of their respective offices, the
arms OF their nation with the inscription
Of the Consulate General, Consulate,
Vice Consulate or Consular Agency as
may be. They shall also be at liberty
70 hoist their flag on board vessel EN-
ployed by them in port for the discharge
Of their duty. Il il unnecessary to Oh
serve to your excelency that under the
constitution of the United States the
treaty in question il part of the supreme
law of the land. and has the same force
and effect rs a statute of the United
States, and is to be respected
and obeyed in the same man
ner, any state law or municipal
ordinance to the contrary, notwith-
standing. / have the honor, therefore.
to request that your Excellency will
bring the subject of these suggestions
to the early attention of the superior
authority at Pittsburg. advising such
functionary, presumably the Mayor,
that any proceedings which may have
been instituted by the Chief of Police
against the Consul shall be at once dis
missed without any charge to that gen.
tleman, and at the same time that a
Courteous and fitting explanation be
made to him. American COnsuls have
precisely the same rights in Austria
hungary as are claimed by Mr..
Schamborg in this instance, and
| have no doubt that you will coin
eide with me in the sentiment that in
ternational courtesy. no less than treaty
onoriS ~ r.ea,ad 10 ' aiI ,oaaI s a,, ,s
res ~ the up;tsd ststas wil, thsnk
Won In mako tnown to ,na the rasnIt of
snch action as Won NAV DEAN nroner In
,ass in ,ha ,.at,sr Ibays ,ha hnnor 10
No al, vonr ohsd;a,t sarvsn,
Fan n Fa.,ISou,,vsvx
Navor EpIton savs ha Vas absent
whsn the a,ffersncs bstvean ConsnI
-ch hsr, and Ch,sf Rrnwn o,currsd
nd thai he will ,aLs M action mill h.
consnIts bis attornav
some Interesting Statistics.
WASHINGTON, Sept Professor J. r
Dodge, Statisti ,ian of the Agricultural
Department, has issasd hook upon the
Industrial ecouomy of the United States.
which presents some striking result, of
MS investigation of the statistics Of the
mauuf tcturing aud Agricultural produc-
ton of the country for 20 years. Within
that period, owlul u labor saving ma
chinsry. agriculture has more than dou
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