Mr. Grant to Mr.
Blaine.
Legation of
the United States,
Vienna, August 20, 1891.
(Received September 4.)
No. 184.]
Sir: I have the honor to forward herewith, for the
information of the Department of State at Washington, the inclosed
correspondence relating to the case of Mr. Julius Kranz, a naturalized
citizen of the United States, of Galician birth, who, while making a visit
to his native town, Wicliczka, was deprived by the local authorities there
of his naturalization certificate and passport, and who was ordered to
appear on August 4 before the board of enrollment for examination for
military duty in this Monarchy.
The case of Mr. Julius Kranz resembles very much that of Mr. Alfred Janowitz,
which was reported in my dispatch No. 183, under date of August 18 last.
Through the interference of this legation in behalf of Mr. Kranz by calling
the attention of the minister of foreign affairs to his case, he has been
relieved from all liability to military duty, his papers returned to him,
and he has been permitted peacefully to continue his visit to his
parents.
Trusting that my action in this case may meet with your approval,
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure 1 in No. 184.]
Mr. Kranz to Mr.
Grant.
[Telegram.]
Julius Kranz, United States citizen, passport No. 30838, of June 30,
1891, was arrested by gens d’armes on the occasion of a visit he paid to
his parents residing here, his documents taken from him, and he was not
set free before he had given bail and agreed to appear before a board of
examination on August 4, 1891. Requests speedy and active assistance and
telegraphic orders for return of documents and bail, as well as
revokement of order to appear before the board of enrollment on August
4.
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[Inclosure 2 in No. 184.]
Mr. Grant to Mr.
Kranz.
[Telegram.]
Comply with order to appear before enrollment board. Will move in your
interest at once with Government. Send me written particulars of your
case, with passport and naturalization paper.
[Inclosure 3 in No.
184.—Translation.]
Mr. Kranz to Mr.
Grant.
Wicliczka, July 29,
1891.
I acknowledge with many thanks the receipt of a telegram addressed to my
son, from the contents of which I infer that you have acted in my son’s
behalf. He himself is prevented from writing because the irritation
produced by his arrest and the long examination of the authorities have
so affected his health that he followed the advice of a physician and
went to a watering place in Germany. The shock to his system was the
greater, as he was accustomed, as a free citizen of the United States,
to meet with a more conciliatory and affable treatment on the part of
the authorities.
I inclose herewith my son’s American passport, obtained from the district
captaincy after repeated requests, which, after examination, I would beg
you to return to me.
I must finally beg your pardon for writing this letter in German, as I am
unable to express myself in English, and my son has been absolutely
forbidden by his physician to expose himself to any excitement.
I hope that you will grant the request made by the afflicted parents,
who, after a separation of nineteen years, were only allowed to see
their son for a few hours, and to intercede with well-known energy, in
order that justice may be done.
I am, etc.,
[Inclosure 4 in No. 184.]
Mr. Grant to Mr.
Kranz.
Legation of the United States,
Vienna, July 30,
1891.
Sir: Your letter dated 29th instant, inclosing
passport of your son Julius is received. I have made notes of the
passport and return it herewith. It is desirable that you forward to me
immediately your son’s naturalization certificate, and also inform me of
the place and date of his birth, date of emigration to the United
States, date of return to his native country, and the object he had in
returning, as well as the date of his intended return to the United
States.
I have called at the imperial and royal ministry of foreign affairs, and
one of the officers there promised to telegraph to Wicliczka and inquire
of the authorities there their reasons for detaining your son.
Trusting that you will communicate the foregoing to your son at your
earliest convenience,
I am, etc.,
[Inclosure 5 in No.
184—Translation.]
Mr. Kranz to Mr.
Grant.
Wicliczka, August 2,
1891.
It is not until to-day that my repeated requests made at the district
captaincy here for my son’s naturalization certificate have been
granted, and I herewith inclose it, in conformity with the contents of
your note, in which you also inform me of the intervention of the
ministry of foreign affairs.
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The bail deposited by me has been returned to me. I would ask to have the
naturalization certificate returned to me after you have examined
it.
After having recovered his health my son intends to stay here two weeks
and then return home to New Orleans.
Rendering to you my sincerest thanks for the prompt and kind protection
offered, and assuring you of my highest respect,
I am, etc.,
[Inclosure 6 in No. 184.]
Mr. Grant to Mr.
Kranz.
Legation of the United States,
Vienna, August 7,
1891.
Sir: Your letter dated 4th instant, inclosing
your son’s naturalization certificate, was duly received, and I return
the same herewith after having taken the notes necessary for a proper
understanding of the case should further action be required.
Very respectfully, yours,
[Inclosure 7 in No.
184.—Translation.]
Count Welsersheimb
to Mr. Grant.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Vienna, August 9,
1891.
Acting upon the verbal representations recently made by the envoy of the
United States, Hon. F. D. Grant, relative to Julius Kranz, in Wicliczka,
a citizen of the United States, and the summons he had received to
appear before a military board of enrollment, the imperial and royal
ministry of foreign affairs has placed itself in communication with the
competent authorities and is now in a position to report that, in view
of the fact that the above named has produced evidence of American
citizenship, he is restored to full liberty.
The undersigned avails himself, etc.,
Welsersheimb,
For the Minister of Foreign
Affairs.
[Inclosure 8 in No. 184.]
Mr. Grant to Mr.
Kranz.
Legation of the United States,
Vienna, August 12,
1891.
Sir: I take pleasure in informing you that I
received this morning a communication from the imperial and royal
ministry of foreign affairs in this city, saying in substance that,
acting upon the representations made by the United States minister, the
foreign office had made inquiries of the competent authorities relative
to the summons sent to Julius Kranz to appear before a military board,
and that it is now in a position to report that, in view of the fact
that the above named has produced evidence of American citizenship, he
is restored to full liberty.
With the assurance of my sincere satisfaction of the final result of my
intervention,
I am, etc.,
[Inclosure 9 in No. 184.]
Mr. Kranz to Mr.
Grant.
Wicliczka, August 13,
1891.
My Dear Sir: Your kind favor of the 12th
instant duly received, for which accept my sincere thanks for your
immediate action in my case.
I remain, etc.,
