Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-28
SHAHFFER NOT SHREVD.
He Should Have Gone to Mr.. Bay
ard as a Friend, moi or
fclalIy, You Know
Then the Austrian Autocracy Would
Not Have Insulted Free Amer.
lmissionnr r'aa. You Sec.
Aud tho Ausfa ingary American treat,
Would Not Now he In Danger
Of Repeal.

] NHw YORK., Dec. 27.--The Tribune WIN
! publish tho following tomorrow: John
NJ. Francis, lately United States minister
at the court OF Vienna, TO which Kelley
was appointed as his successor by Prcsi.
dent Cleveland, was seen YESTERDAY biz
! Tribune reporter az the house OF j. C.
! Hayemeycr, at lonkers. Francis with.
I drew from The mission on August 8, since
which time, owing 10 the refusal OF
the Austrian government 70 receive
! Kelley, the duties of the Office have been
4 performed by James FeHnerlie, secretary
of legation and charge de affairs ad
interim. "Dld you understand the Aus
ftrian government to base its objection 20
( Mr.. Kelley either ON the fact that his wife
was a Jewess or on the fact that their
marriage WAS only civil contractyn
asked the reporter, 81 did notl'' replied
Francis, emphatlcally. "Neither OF these
considerations was looked upon By Aus
tia officially as grounds for rejection,
and It was never for moment intended
that this government should be so adj
vised. had long conversation with
Count kalnoky on the subject, at the
] time the difficulty arose, and while he
! pointed out that u Jewess, or even a lady
OF proximate Semitic origin, could
have no social status in Vienna, he never
once limited TO me, officially, that that
would IN any way influence the judgment
OF the Austrian government. know that
Hebrews are not received in aristocratlo
society In Austria, or az least OF the capt.
tai, yet am sure the government takes
no notice Of this fact officially. while II Is
/ quite powerless 10 alter IL even II IL so
| desired. am aware, also, that civil
ma tYin mo 10 M In Atu frtn
| They have civil marriages there, it Is trne,
| though these require 70 be sealed by the
sclemnity of an ecclesiastical ceremony
before they are looked upon as valid, vet
! even this fact would not exclude the only
accredited representative of one OF the
foreign countries were he IN other re-
/ spects qualified. | think, for instance,
/ II u Hebrew had been appointed ms cad
OF Mr.. Kelley he would have been received
and recognized in his official capaclty.n
"W hat led 70 the current belief that Mrs.
! Keiley's origin was the cause of her hus-
bands reicctonYn
4 "Simply the unfortunate mistake on the
part Of Baron Schaeffer, the Austrian
representative az Washington. Count
Kdinoay fclegiNpheG 80 hIEs Ia Icplg tu
I his announcement III the appointment OF
I Mr.. Kelley that his government
would like TO have an opportunity
Of considering the appointment
before finally consenting TO IT,, as is She
lcustum in such cases, and cOnndentially
I limited at Mrs, Kelley's being q Jewess
/ Baron Schaeffer's action IN giving pub
| Lefty TO this confidential communication
I was gratuitous ON his part and certainly
/ ill-adyised. II was only natural for Mr..
! Bayard TO protest under the circnm-
stances, and Of course he did only what
any American would be likely 20 do In his
place H,as Count Kalnoky remarked to me,
Baron Schaeffer had simply directed the
attention of Mr.. Bayard In friendly way
to the fact that Mr.. Keiley's nomination
was surprise and that there were some
reasons why time should be allowed the
Austrian government to decide on In the
premises, and this Count Kalnoly assert
ed was what he had In mind when he sent
the dispatch, no publication would have
been made OF the facts and Mr.. Keiley's
marital relations would not have been
made the subject OF discussion and all
this trouble would have been avoided"
as there any truth in the statement
that the rejection was due TO the inter-
ventlon OF Italy?"
mot a shadow, Count Kalnoky says
never alluded 70 the subject In conversa-
ton with him, and Mr.. Szogyeny declares
the Italian government never interiered
in any way whatever. Both OF
them, in giving the reasons for the re-
lection, spoke of the want OF political
tact Kelley had manifested In his speeches, !
and 1t was plainly thought unadyisable 10 |
have so lmprudent person as the Ameri- |
can representative
'Did the Austrian government seem TO
have any feeling Of uniriendliness towards
the United SAtes?h
"No: was always reminded In my In |
terviews with the Austrian foreign office OF
the fact OF the friendly relations existing
between the two countries, and II was a
sincere desire OF the Austrian govern |
ment TO maintain these relations without |
interruption or misunderstanding
"What harm conld result If the dlplo- |
matte relations should be broken of be-
tween the two countriesf"
"Suspension OF diplomatic relations
would operate injuriously 70 our interests
in that lhe Austrian government would
be very likely 10 give the usual twelve /
months notice Of the termination OF the
treaty, and that treaty affords the only
real security we have for the protection
OF Austro-American citizens"
"Who would be the losers by the abFo'
CATION Of the treaty."
eve should. Austria might assume,
as Germany is assuming, the doctrine,
'once subject always subject, and
therefore on the return OF an Anstro- Amer
lean citizen to Austria be would be ar
rested aud impressed Into the army,
when by discrimination against our
products, Of which enormous quantities
are used IN Austria. they could be driven
out Of the market by imposing heavy 4
duties, which would amount absolutely
TO prohibition"
would II be In easy thlag FOR the
United Stptes 10 yet another trel tsf"
"wlth the CONDITION Of the feeling pro-
yoked by the Kelley episode Il would be
extremely difficult, and this con-
dltlon Is not flikely 70 cease until