The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-05-19
SONS OF SAruRAtizRD GERMANS
a Jan elo Between The Q. $. Minister 70 Ger.
many and the Ol,leiais at Issriln.


SONS OF SATuRAtiznp GERMAN.
a Janelo Between The o. $. aIini.ter 70 &c,
mauy and the ohleials Mt Berlin.
BRRLiN, May ia correspondent ha
had an interview with Minister Kasso
!, in relation to the views taken by the Gel
man Government about the SONS Of sue
German parents as have been naturalixe,
in America, and the following are til
chief points Of the conversation, whicl
J. will be doubtless Of great interest to Ger
man.Americans. For some months pas
the German Foreign o oftice has had unde
consideration the cases Of some youn,
American citizens, the sous OF parent
lnaturalized In the United States. Thu
young men were commanded by the au
Ithorities in the interest OF the so-called
"public order to leave Germany, because
Ithey, while living with their parents ID
4 Germany, could not be called upon tc
perform military service. Mr.. Kasson
protested that such o measure was in VIC.
lation OF the treaty Of commerce. and
friendship existing between the United
States and Germany. To this the Ger.
man Foreign Office replied, making the
following It's basis for future decisions oi
such cases:
First-The Foreign Office declares that
who return to Germany and then reside
there lin Germany more than two years
will be looked upon under the natufaliza-
tior treaty Of 1868 as having given their
American citizenship. The correctness Of
this assumption on tho part Of the German
foreign office was contested by the United
States. Mr.. Kasson informed the German
foreign Office that this assumption or ex.
PLANTATION Of the treaty was only tenable
when allthe circumstances showed that
the parents had given up all intention OF
returning to America. According to the
irst clause OF the fourth Article OF the
treaty, in other words, after the two years
residence in Germany this question Of fn.t
ture intentions could not be decided in
this one-sided manner.
INTEREST OF PUBLIC ORDER"
second-The German Foreign Office
ordered that minors, born in America,
and sons Of such parents as before de-
scfibed, retain their American citizen
ship, and may not be called upon to per-
form military duty in Germany, even
when the. father has given up his Ameti-
can citizenship. The principle was ac-
cepted BY the United States and is not
called iniquestion now. However, the
German Foreign Office claims the right to
refuse residence in Germany to the sons
ofsnch naturalized parents. OH the grounds
Of universal international principles, ii
the so:called ttinterest OF public order SO
demande1, and III the actual circumstan-
ces show ldafnr sprechenl that the person
inquestion made useof ftheirAmetieaucitl.
zenship in order TO 9eteape the duties,
especially military service, made obli-
gatoTy 10 the natiye.born population,
without having any intention OF taking up
permanent abode in Gefmanyor giving
up the advantages connected with such
residence" Mr.. Kassop refused to give
the consent OF his government to this pro.
position, On the contrary he asserted
that the treaty did not admit any ditier-
ence in this relation between native aud
naturalizsd citizens, and according 10 the
same treaty every American citizen was
entitled 10 reEde in Germany as long as
he wished, and as long as he obeyed the
laws In a peaceful manner. Asthe matter
stands at present both governments main
tain firmly the c1rrectness OF their con.
ception Of the treaty. The German
officials say that Il is 4 pity that
on account OF tho repeated changes
in the Representatives of the United
States at Berlin the negotiations on some
difficult questions are always delayed and
postponed. AS soon as a Minister has
made himself familiar with tho sub
ject and has brought ii up to a shape
TO be regulated he is replaced by an
otkeF who has first TO make himself ac-
quainted with the subject and the officials
and in the diplomatic intercourse the per-
sonal relations play a most important part.
Mr.. kasson stood In high estimation in
the foreign ltiGe because OF calm, Thought
ful and statesmanlike methods. His de-
payture is looked upon with regret. Here.
turns to the United States in. August alter
a sojourn at Badsildungen aud a trip
through Germany.