The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-11-15
THE LOUNGER ON THE AVENUE.

=, s'.i i''"p'c " has TAKEN rauicai grounds
-. o"posou W '"e system OF naturalization which
wa, oounuy nus auopteu. !" once German always
oermah Is the cpitomlzed opinion OF Prince MS
marck' ana Notwithstanding the Bancroft treaty In
'e,a.oh 10 'ns matter aerman'born citizens who
,o'u'n W .neir fatherland arc liable to be imme-
"'"'eS uraleu INTO the army TO ilnsh out unexpred
o"s u. hhaty service, winch all citizens are COM
peneu W give me state under the law. There are
iour instances Oh ths sort now claiming admlnlsra-
i've attention Two OF those thus detained arc from
Wisconsin, ana are constituents OF the Hon. Joseph
RANKIN NJ. u, representing The Fifth District OF
mat STATE. the forcble arrest OF these people, and
their transfer to the barracks at Posdam 10 serve
OUT tue paance OF their term OF duty under German
.aw' occurred WINE MT. Arthur was Presidents aud
tnougn MI. Frelnghuysen made tho usual dlplo
nac protest, u received no attention at Berlin and
thcse unfortunate persons are still doing military
naturalization according TO law. 1T.
ihis IL likely 10 prove a very serious question:
faid welknown New York Democratic Congress.
man, replying 10 my question, which In relation
the status OF one OF these cases. I" II was before
Tue last Coneressin seml-oflcia sort OF way. The
country IN 10 q very delicate position In this very
ihauer' we nave protested time after time to the
German government against such treatment, and Il
does no good. Bismsrck receives our protcstatjons
with sardonc smile, and-sil keeps our citizens
III Tue ranks. There Is no use Of any more letter
wr"'hs IL mas done no good, aud will do none.
no not overrate the Incident when tell you that
the PRESIDENT is very greatly puzzled In relation TO
whet nc ought TO do. We are beng laughed at all
over EUROPE Tor we make laws which both Germany
ana Austria, that has joined with her, openly src-
earu ana DEFY us to execute Only fortnight ago
the Austrian governmental the suggestion of Ger
many, am sure-issued decree relative TO Ameri.
can naturalized citizens who were born IN AustrIa
and happen to DO residing there now. have seen
copy OF this imperial order. It is dated October VI,
and expressly declares that the entire American
theory concerning naturalization is renu,,Iated and
Its validity denied. We never had any treat touc,
Ing this matter with Austria and now that Count
halnoKy, the Prime Minister, intends following the
Blsmarcklan example, our foreign born citizens
abroad are in very unfortunate pos,tlon.''
"Have you ever talked with the President about
this?" sail j. "Oh yes, only few days ago. Some
German constituents of mine were present." he re-
Piled "rhe President realizes that something must
be done that will compel these empires TO resncc,
the rights of our citizens. There will be no more
lettcr-wrlting, I think, for It does no good WIN
these people care no more for America or AmerI.
cans than II they did not exist" "wii Won tell me
what UW be done then?' inquired the writer
"There are three open The first is TO ,llIly
daily and let these Imperial bulc, tramplc upon
our international! laws. which Is just what we have
been doing for twenty years. The second is to
make an explicit formal demand for the release from
further service OF every naurazed American in the
German army, with proper indemnity for his lille.
eal detention, and II this Is refused, then our
Minister at Berlin should ask for his pasaports and
come home, AMI let our Government retaliate by
| -, w. "''' w" man ei'p 'h"t COMES INTO New
na,',, 80 ".l "o,u.is IL ""'h inc proper de-
,h,.., vi Wv oo' S."es ",e colipheu WIN The
49, 49, .'e ''..n'' nu'e iearu suggestea OFTEN
sS., 20 " nav" '"e ue'aneu PERSONS VINO are not
ee'N'e" any h''te ''an so'ulers usually are come
on oo'i" u" Aheficah niah-of'war In some Austrian
,n,, pot' anu .nea ho.y the local governor
,a. ,.ey ale hneicahs anu under the nag Of their
T,s , n'. s. .na' my arc gong 10 DC taken home
.a. "ouiu o''nS matters 70 an Issue at once and
.sas ,"e e'ss' "hu. reputation some young COM
,nso on,'ei y, 'ae un''eu sates Navy vii! make
mnon' ioiio"iuG the brilliant example OF gallant old |
t.n inetanhh' commanding the United |
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