New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-12
MARRIAGES WITH ALIENS.
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country From now on. however. they viii he
80 70 seek redress from the tribunals az ,b.,
-s,iye land. with the assurance that its decrees
r5u no longer be disregarded in the Ola yyorld
~ refused recognition by the courts of Furone
In the matter also OF safeguarding the fort
,,rss Of American women welded TO foreigners
.bs fnal award q the arbitrator in the Ven
svpelan controversy win prove OF inestfmabla
savantage. The laws OF Europe relating TO the
rroperty Of married women subject to their i1r-
,sscti0u give 10 the husbands rights TO its con-
trol extensive that it IL almost impossible to
devise ef5cacious means for its protection. since
,be only courts 10 which the American woman
welded 10 foreigner could appeal would be
70 those OF the country OF her adoption-trfb-
unas that could not be expected TO sustain any
contention or contract that was contrary to the
shirt OF letter OF the law OF the land. The con-
,squeuea has been that the rich American wife
has been virtually at the mercy OF her alien
husband iu money matters when abroad. Now
however, after the Venezuelan award, she viii
he entitled 10 the rights in Europe OF an Ameri-
can and 10 seek redress and protection from
the authorities and tribunals OF the United
states
In fact, the clause OF the Venezuelan award
relatug 10 the claims upon the Caracas govern
nent for compensation put forward by the Ven
hsd been oorliciieG at Caracas promises 10 prove
Of SO far reaching ana radical character that II
can De- described only as revolutiouarv for II
entails r1e repeal of all those European laws
whics have until now decreed that marriage
with a foreign woman has the effect Of ipso
facto uatura.lzing her and Of endoHiug her with
the same nationality IS her husband. and were
II not for t4e fact that The powers above men
toned rs concerned in the Venezuelan claims
controversy had engaged themselves TO accept
The award OF the arbitrator chosen by. President
Roosevelt and TO abide 10y his decision. there Is
no doubt thai they would, one and all OF
them, re5e-- the verdict OF Mr.. Plumley on the
ground thar 1t was contrary 10 the principles Of
their respective codes.
People in this country. however. have TO rea-
son 20 conn lain. Tor the award Wiz have the ef-
feet of restoring 10 Jrcle sam al those OF his
daughters whom he had lost by their marriages
with foreigners. Of re-endow5rg them With that
American nationality and blr1hright which they
had forfeited at their weddings and OF investing
them once more with the protection OF the
Americaa tribunals and OF the United States
E0verrueat. some VIII regret that while the
authorities are about il they cannot go p step
further and institute legislation providing that
every foreigner WHO weds an American girl
should become thereby citizen OF the United
States and cHeuabIe TO its laws-Gnaking in
deed. the legality % the marriage conditional
upon this stipulation. Something of the kind
prevails ia 5apan. for. according 70 Baron
Suyematsu, an ex-Cah:nent minister OF the
Mikado and son-iu-law % Ito. the Bismarck Of
Japan. d japanese woman who legally marries
foreigner CCmiciied I'm the Land Of the Rising
sun invests him thereby with her own nation
atty and transforms him without further ado
into q subject Of her Emperor Only, OF course,
she is oilire5 before marrying 10 obtain the per
mission L. wed from the Minister Of the IN
terror through the customary channels
Tatura-.zatiou under such circumstance
would De robbed Of many Of the obstacles by
which It is now encompassed. Difficult as il is
here fer men TO secure citizenship OF the United
States. is infinitely more arduous when i
COMES TO seeking naturalization abroad. Ia
Ens.snC, naturalization in the case OF man
can. strictly speaking, lie obtained only By act
a. Parliament. and IA the case OF all foreign
e-s wllo have inherited English pee-ages and
beCoule English citizens. as well as of TIE late
Queen's husband and two Of her German sons
tn-law, The naturalization has been effected by
legislative means Parliament mas. however of
late years authorized the Secretary OF state for
the Home Department 10 grant under certain
conditions certificate OF naturalization. which.
being recorded IA Chsncery coufers on the
grantee. his taking an oath Il allegiance
most Of but not all the rights and capacities OF a
natural born British sUbject. The FIRST step 10
secure naturalization IN this manner is for the
applicant 10 III out AZ the Naturalization Of
Aliens Bureau Of the Home Department a form
addressed 10 the Secretary CT State for the
Home Department showing that within the
eight years Immediately preceding he has spent
Eve in England. or has been in the continuous
service Of The British Crown abroad for thar
length Of time He must likewise furnish the
sssurance thai for the future he either intends
10 serve The British Crown or TO reside IN the
British Empire. To this form he must add his
certificate OF birth and other papers and after
The Home Secretary has satisfied himself that
The petitioner is without any criminal record.
ether IN England abroad. official reply IL
sent 70 the effect that the petition is granted
and that a certificate Of naturalization can be
accorded 10 him on the payment OF fee OF $50
and on the taking OF The oath OF allegiance. An
allen who becomes BatuTalized in England be-
comes thereby a British subject throughout the
length and breadth OF the British Empire
whereas hy . legal anomaly, if an alien becomes
naturalzed I'm canada OF any other colony, his
rights a British subject cease and his disa-
bi1y alien begins from the moment that
he leaves thar colony. EX-ATTACHE.
SMOKE HEALS WOUNDS.