The Iola register., 1902-01-24
MUST Fight FOR AUSTRIA
Two Allen County Boys Held in Aus
tria to Compel Them to Serve
-Four Years in the Army.

Jonn Danel, LaHarpe smelterman,
is seeking to get legal papers in the
District Court which will release his
brothers Mike and Joseph, now in
Austria on a visit to theirfa father, from
the necessity of serving in the Aus
trian army. 1t is question of whether
he can succeed, but he will have the
good wishes of all Allen county.
The three boys all resided in this
section, working in the smelters,
November %. 1901, Mike and Joseph
decided to return to Austria, their
birth place, to visit their father for
four months. The father came to this
country in 1886 and became full
hedged citizen in 1891. At that time
the boys were 13 and II years old.
About 1893 George Danel, the father,
came to Kansas with his family and
later returned to Austria, bought a
farm and settled down. II was to visit
him the boys returned.
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visited the clerk of the court and
asked about naturalization papers,
Had the court been in session it is be-
lived both could have become full
1edged citizens. But the court was
not and they were in hurry, so they
simply took out their first papers. One
was married at Fredonia me years
ago and his wife is still here. The
two went to Austria.
Tuesday John Danel got a letter
stating that they. were being forced
into the Austrian army, which means a
service of four years. The boys APP
piled to the United States consul at
Buda Pesth for help and he examined
their papers and wrote to j. S. Dean,
U. S. attorney for Kansas. Mr.. Dean
has written to the district clerk in
quiring if full papers can not be issued
legally, but the clerk is uncertain, so
has forward all the papers in the case
to Judge Stillwell. Mr.. Dean says a
late treaty lays all liable to service
in the Austrian army who were born
in that country and have not com
pleted full naturalization. To do this
the boys must appear sbefore Judge
Stillwell in person. They cannot do
this and so seem doomed to served
four years in the army of Francis
Joseph for small pittance, while the
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case.
The law says an alien who has lived
here three years prior to coming of
age may take out full papers after two
years more residence. One of these
boys lived in this country eight years
before coming of age and the other
four years. Both have lived here
sixteen years. Both have their first
papers, declaring their intentions.
Both are sons of n fully uaturalized
father.
And yet it seems likely they will
have to serve in the army for very
small wage-lessthan Uncle Sam pays
and that is but $l4 month. Isn't it
a hard luck story! And isn't it a nice
way to treat the wife waiting for her
husbands return?
There is a provision in the Austrian
law which permits father to keep his
youngest son at home, but that may
fail and may not serve to rescue the
married son.
A thought which cannot but intrude
after considering the case is this that
your Uncle Samuel is about the best
father to his children of any on the
face of this old earth. And yet there
are kickers and those who would over
throw this government because tits not
perfect!
The outcome of the Daniel cases will
be watched with interest by all the
people in this community.