Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-13
KEI1rY,s Rr1EorToM.
Austria's Eenson and tIae Alleged
Reply OF Secretary RRYRrds


Reply OF Secretary BaYRrds
WASHINGTON, Aug. GA cablegram to
the state department from the secretary
Of the American legation at Vienna says
the Austrian government has positively
declined to receive Kelley as United
States minister. They give no reason Tor
this decision. Mr.. Lee has been desig-
mated TO act as charge d'affaires for the
present.
WASHINGTON, Aug. Minister Kelley
will return home. It is understood he
will soon resign the mission TO Austria
and will not be appointed to another
foreign office.
New York World special
WASHINGTON, Aug. I'll have learned
from high official source the true story
of the rejection of Kelley by the Austrian
government, and the action taken by the
administration in reply. 1t has been
widely published that the Austrian gov
eminent gave no reasons for the rejection
of Kelley. This report is incorrect. One
reason was given in diplomatic note
submitted by Secretary Bayard ct the
cabinet meeting yesterday. This message
came from the Austrian foreign office
through Baron Won Schaetfer. This note
gives as a reason for declining to re-
ceive Kelley TINT his wife is
Jewess, and according TO Austrian
etiquette she could not be re-
ceiyed at the Vienna court. This
court does not recognize the legality OF
marriages between Jews and Catholics.
The note is very polite but equally
decided. 1t carefully ignores the strongest
reason for rejecting Keiley-his having
given offense to the italian government.
This epistle from the Vienna authorities
has given Mr.. Bayard his opportunity.
He has prepared very spirited reply,
which he read at the cabinet meeting
yesterday. He takes very high ground
and gives the Austrian government a very
severe diplomatic document He ex-
presses great surprise in this day
of religious liberty at the exhibition of
religious intolerance shown by the Aus
trian government. He dwells upon the
fact that the objection made is one that
this country cannot recognize as good
one, las this government is one TINT knows
no religion in its dealing with men. The
implication in his note, therefore, is that
the act of the Austrian government in re-
jecting Kelley upon the ground stated is
an act of great discourtesy, and will be SO
| regarded. 1t is the intention of the
| administration to leave the Vienna mis-
sion vacant, for some time ut least
| II will not ask to have Baron Won Schaeifei
recalled, but will be content to leave
| matters as they now are if the Austrian
government is satisfied with one-sided
| diplomatic intercourse. Mr.. Baymd'i
| note, when il is called for by Congress
will be published. Under the etiquett,
of the state department, this plea in favo
| of religious liberty cannot be given on
until then for general publication.
The President agrees with Mr.. Bayart
fully in his letter of determination I,
leave the Vienna mission vacant for a time
Philadelphia Ledger.
It is not worth going to war about o
even getting into serious quarrel abou
this refusal of the Emperor of Austria I
receive Mr.. Kelley as American ministe
at his court but it is matter concernin
which the American people, who are NJ
muzzled by diplomatic nsagea their GOV
eminent is, may express TO Franz Jose
frankly, bit of their mind. The fir
point upon which they can properly e!
press themselves is their surprise thi
: there can be in this age civilized M
i Christion country actuated by sue
: illiberal, un-Christian prejudice ms is sal
to be the prime mover in this exclusiC
of Mr.. Kelley, because his wife being
Jewess and he being Catholic, the
marriage cannot be recognized by Il
;, Austrian court. That is their first feelil
their wonderment that such n thii
: could come to pass in the year 1885 d!
n might have come and gone like n SUNNI
y cloud in the eighteenth century, but is
y marvellous annchronism 80 near the clio
u of the nineteenth. Then they should s.
= they would no more think of inquiril
!, :, whether the wife of one of their ministe
y is Jewess than they would of aski
:" whether the minister himself was
p thcosoph or an evolutionist and that
= they cannot have n minister Mt Wien
p without asking such questions, or withc
=, taking some risk of aiIront if they do |
y they would prefer to have no minis
" there, and TINT in fact they don't ci
81 much about having one anyhow.