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Show WHY THE CONSUL WAS REMOVED. Thn Wholn TroubU Has !!rIy h lte-Butt lte-Butt of a Lr Suit. WAO'HMOTOir, July 13. Tha fact in the case of tho lemoval of the Un:ted States Consul r.t Caumia, Sicily, were learned at the sla'.e depaftment today : A law suit was eutcieal ugaicst Consul Con-sul Charles Heath, and tho local s'llh-orties s'llh-orties entered tlm contuiato iu nerving the process. Heath regarded this as au infringement of his right.-., and r -commended to the department of stale that tha consuls' be closed, while the house charge d'affaires at Home reported by the cable thai the local authorities r..s-sured r..s-sured him that no further t-teps vtoi.'d he taken until he had am pile opportunity opportu-nity to investigate. FurihiT, that the process was served in a private part o". the cotisnlate, therefore it was no violation vio-lation of tho sanctity of the consulate. Heath was therefore instructed by the department not to close the consulate under any circuins'.an.-es. |