St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-03
The MiSSOurian Has Been Con-
firmed to a Soft Snap in
Vienna,
But There Are Indications
That the Viennese Will
Kick on Him.
His appointment Recalls the
Row Over Minister An
thony M. Kelly.
Western Senator's Will Be
Confirmed or Rejected
This Week.

WASHINGTON, April Gable mes
sageS from Vienna stating that the
anti-Semitic organizations and other
bodies IN that city are vigorously pro-
testing against the reception of Max
Judd, of Missouri, Hebrew citizen of
thes united States and native of Aus
tria, nominated and confirmed as consul
general to Vienna, have necessarily
recalled the Kelly incident of Mr..
Cleyeland'S previous administration, in
connection with the same country. The
anti-Semtic feeling, it will be recol-
lected, played an important part in the
refusal of Austria to receive Minister
Kelly. and resulted in the practical
suspension of diplomatic relations be-
tween the two countries for over year.
Anthony NJ. Kelly, citizen of Rich
mond, Va, was selected by President
Cleveland and his secretary of-state,
Mr.. BaYard, as minister to Italy, but
was declared
Persona Non Grata
by the King of Italy on account of some
very strong opinions he had publicly
expressed as to the overthrow of the
temporal power of the pope by the
Italian government. ReSigning as min
lister to Italy OH this objection being
made knOwD, Mr.. Kelly was almost
Immediately nominated as minister to
Austria. Here another and equally
fatal objection Was encountered. Mr..
McLain, then our minister to France,
cabled MIR. Bayard- May %, 1885, "that
Mr.. Keily's position i'll Vienna would
be difficult, if not impossible, in conse-
quence of the fact that his wife was a
Jewess." TO this intimation Mr..
Bayard replied that Mr.. Kelly
had already sailed and that "the
United States could not consti-
tutionally admit, consider or discuss
any supposed disqualification of its
officers based upon religion" Later in
the correspondence this objection was
Supplanted, according to a dispatch
from United States Minister John NJ.
Francis, dated Vienna, June II, 1885,
by the statement of the Austrian min
Ister of foreign affairs that "the alleged
fact that his (Keily's)
Wife Was Il Jewess
did not influence the judgment of his
majesty's government in the premises,
but it had been guided by the fact that
friendly government, near neigh
bor, had objected to him as the United
States representative at its court" F"
Mr.. Bayard, however. persisted in hold
ing the fact that Mr. Keily's wife was a
Jewess was the controlling influence.
In dispatch to Baron Schaeffer, the
Austrian representative at Washing
ton, of about the same date, he
said: "The only objection assigned
by Count Kalnoky to receive Mr..
Kelly, being the religious faith
of the latter'S wife, was answered by my
note of May 49," The upshot of the
whole affair was that Mr.. Kelly was
sent to Egypt as one of the judges of
the international court there, which po-
sitlon he still retaiDS; that the Austrian
minister III Washington was given in
definite leave of absence, and that the
United States did not appoint another
minister to Austria until the govern
ment of that country itself made the
first advances more than twelve months
afterward. in view of these facts, stand
ing out SO prominently i'll the diplomatic
correspondence of the United States. it
is being asked whether the selection of
Hebrew citizen OF the United States
for the important position of consul
general in Vienna was intended to re-
new the former cause of discussion, or
whether it was merely an accident.