Show THE JUDD CASE the niwa NEWS recently made mention of the case cage of max judi judd who was appointed by president cleveland as aa consul general to vienna and the probability of his receiving an from the austrian government the the fate of a previous appointee as minister to that nation who was re fused recognition because his wife was aa a jewess was considered in connection with the subject which wark wag for a time if it to is not noi yet quite an interest ing one in order it appe appears arat that there might be no BO doubt as aa to his belne being received mr judd has published 6 a denial of his alleged judaism declaring that as heis he is nota not a believer in judaism but is a free thinker the austrian objection to him to la ground less his language on the subject 1 la explicit and he said he attended the synagogue merely to hear tile the lectures of a favorite rabbi in this denial he is sustained by the jewish jediah voice of st at louis which says mr judi jud is 11 jew ne he himself has so declared and ancl tor for all eventual purposes we wish to record this tact fact this leads the new york sun to remark that mr judd was nominated to office without any regard wha whatever teve to b his Is religion and it is in humiliating to our government that he attempts to placate the austrian enemies of J uda ism by alleging that he is not a believer tn in the jewish religion or to obviate ine ibe austrian objection to his recognition by giving any account whai whatever of his religious views As aa well might the excellent irish american Cat catholic hollo gentleman of buston boston who has been beell appointed as consul general to london undertake to do away with any protestant prejudice that may exist against him in england on account of his religion IOD mr J judd udd the sun thinks ought to have stood 01 up UD like an american against the anti semites of vienna he is an official of the american government he holds nis his place under the authority of the american america flag no foreign awer has any right to object to any ju notion ary that demay we may accredit to it ic on the ground that thai he is jew or gentile catholic or protestant infidel or pagan paean we cannot listen to any such object tion As an previously stated we believe mr cleveland appointed mr judd bebau because of the batters lai lat fitness for the place ce not necessarily to affront a foreign power J with which we ate are on good terms term but still unwilling tux to subscribe to its prejudices itis it is time those monarchies which are such in most c jaees es without the consent of the go governed vernea and which make proscription a part of their policy should take some lessons on nineteenth century life irom from the young republic of the western world we hardly think austria would a second time have refused recognition to our agent because i of his bis religion and mr ai judd d 4 had a fine opportunity for making hima him a self a name as the he one through whose agency the first basson was imparted but he has thrown his opportunity away withdrawn from the faith in which he was born and reared affronted f his friends and brought no credit to the govern government me ut arm which he be was applin appointed ted all because of the be desire to hold bold office and receive the emoluments thereof perhaps mr judd way may be able to reconcile his course with his bis conscience but not with most other peoples judgment it to is a rather sorry piece of business |