Evening journal., 1896-01-24

lndircction OF hy executive Interpretation
a person who is an alien by birth and ori
gin who has never been within the iur.s
diction Of the United States and who at
the timo may be dwelling within a for
rgn jufisdiouon,
The Turkish governments has on several
occasions permitted the emigration Of the
wives and children of Turkish subjects
who had come 20 the United States and
hero acquired citizenship, leaving their
families behind them IL has oven permit
ted the emigration Of other kinsmen Of n
degree not within the purview Of tho nat
urallzation laws Of the United States. It
has also, asserting a discretionary power
In the premises refused 60 permit the emil
grafton Of the families OF naturalizod Ar
monians oyon within the marital or filial
degree.
Efforts Of United States Minister.
Tho good Offices Of the United States
minister nrd uniformly exertcd on all
proper occasions 90 assist the emigration
Of such persons upon permission properly
secured from the Turkish authorities, and
when funds have been assured 20 pay the
journey, he has assisted their departure.
lie has likewise assisted the coming to the
Armenian origin. who, being IN this coun-
try at or subsequent TO the nnturaliza-
tion Of their husbands, havo returned to
Turkey, and Of the children Of such citi-
zens born abroad subsequent to the nat
uralization Of the father or who may have
acquired American citizenship by actual
presence in the United Suites subsequent
TO the fathers naturalization and in such
instances permission for the families TO
cmgrate has been demanded as Of right
These latter Instances however, are rela-
lively few i'm number compared with the
instances in which good Offices have been
exortcd, with varying success, to procure
the emigration from the Turkish domin-
ions of the kindred Of a naturallzed Ar
monian including the parents, brothers
and sisters, and oven relatives Of remoter
degree who could not become citizens Of
the United States except by individual
naturalization.
The resolution further inquiries "whath-
er natumlizcd citizens of the United Statos
of Armenian birth have tho same rights
and protection in that country as have
naturalized citizens Of Great Britain,
France, Germany or Russia" As 20 this
the privilege claimed by tho government
of the United States for such citizens by
naturalization in the country Of origin
is greater than that claimed by any one of
the four governments named
The Rule Among Governments.
A very general rule among governments
of the European continent, and ono which
obtains in principle with respect to Great
Britain also, is that no alien may be adj
mitted TO become a citizen of the state by
naturalization except upon production of
proof that his change Of allegiance is per-
mittod by the sovereign of whom he is al
ready a dependent. In the case of Great
Britain this rule is somewhat differently
applied Tho British statute of naturali-
zation prescribes that the naturalization
of an alien shall be without force and effect
should he return TO the country OF his
original allegiance unless by the laws
thereof, or by treaty between that country
and Great Britain, his change of status is
recognized, and an Endorsement in tho
language of the naturalization act is made
upon all British passports issued TO aliens,
to the following effect:
This passport is granted with the quail
ncation that tho bearer shall not, when
within tho limits of the foreign state Of
which he was n subject previous to obtain
ing his certificate Of naturalization, be
deemed British subject unless ne has
ceased to be a subject Of that state in pur-
suauco of the laws thereof or in pufsu-
ance Of a treaty TO that effect.
The United States minister at Constan-
tinople has heretofore reported that nat
uralizod Armenian or other Turkish sub
iocts Of Great Britain, France, Germany
or Russia returning TO the jurisdiction Of
Turkey, are not claimed by their adopted
governments as citizens, nor protected as
such, except upon proof that thoir change
of allegiance has been permitted or is rec
ognized by the government of Turkey.
submitted,
RICHARD OLNEY.