The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-28
NOT ENTITLED TO PASSPORTS.
NaturaIized Citizens Who Return to Their
Nntiye Country to Live.


WASHINGTON. March PA circular to dirlo.
matic:and consular officers. calculating the law
governing the issue OF passports to American
citizens, was issued to-day by the State l,e.
partment. The document discusses the mat
ter OF issuing PASSPORTS to naturaliZed citizens
who return to the country OF their origin. tho
regulation Of which has frequently perplexed
the department and:been the occasion OF much
diplomatic correspondence. especially with
Austro. Hungary and Germany. the Govern
rents Of which insist upon returned natives
performing the military duties. to ESCAPE
which. In numerous instances, the indt,t1,sA
in question came to this country. The circ.
lar says:
This Government does not discriminate DO.
tween native born and naturallzed citizens in
according them protection while they ara
abroad, equality of treatment being require | Ivy
the laws OF the United States. But in deter
mining the question OF conservation OF Amer.
lean citizenship and the right to receive a
passport. 1t is only reasonable to take into ac-
count the purpose for which the citizen shin 10
obtained. A naturalized citizen who returns
to the country OF his origin and there resides.
without any tangible manifestation Of an in
tention to return to the United States, NAV
therefore be generally assumed to have lost
the light to receive the protection Of tho
tnlttu DyhtSb. IlIb llilLullbn III inc
United States cannot be used as a cloak to pro-
tect him from obligations to the country OF his
origin while he performs none Of the duties OF
citizenship to The country which naturaliael
him. The statements Of loyalty to this Cow
eminent which he may make are contradicted
by the circumstances of his residence and are
open to the suspicion OF being influenced by
the advantages he derives by avoiding tho
performance Of the duties, Of citizenship to
this that naturalized American citizens H.
turning to the country oftheir origin are to he
refused the protection OF q passport. on ,hs
to them until they manifest an effectual abau-
donmsnt OF their residence and domicile in tho
"A condition precedent 10 the granting ot
a passport, Is that the. citizenship Of the appIt.
intention to return to it with the purrose Of
residing and performing the duties Of citizen
ship. shall be sotisfaet2rily established, one
fore. receive a passport. But, even where eN.
patriation may not be established. a person.
outside OF the United States cannot receive a
passport.
they arise must depend largely upon attend
ant circumstances, When an, applicant has
completely severed his relations with the
erty here. has married and established a home
in 9 foreign l.nd. has ENGAGED IN business or
tries. has so shaped his plans as TO make it i'm
possible or improbable that they will ever IN
clude n domicile in this country. these and sim
liar circumstances should exercise al adverse
influence in determining the question whether
or not a passport should issue. On the other
hand. a favorable conclusion may be influenced
bv the TACT that family and property connec-
lions with the United States have been kept
up, that reasons, OF health render travel and
return impossible or ineXpedient and that
pecuniary exiGencies interfere with the desire
to return. But the circumstance which ia.
perhaps. the most favorable OF all is that the
applicant Is residing abroad in representation
and extension OF legitimate American enter
prises."