The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-07-23
ONE ALIEN ENEMY y.
BECOMES Citizen
Sergeant Klein Is First To Be
NaturaIzed Under New Law;
Is Anxious To Fiqht Huns

America "took y an alien enemy yes
tCrdav, who has bcer I.ry4nG f6t YEN
mouths to have this happy fate befall
him. Capture Of the willing prisoner
was not made on the West Front in
the successful French American often
sive, but here in Honolulu, after he had
PersistNntly importuned government
officials until he could no longer be de
nied his wish.
Sergt Gustav Klein, is the happy
prisoner. Yesterday he was an
alien enemy, hut today Sergeant Klein
is an American citizen for he had the
distinction of being the. first alien
enemy naturalizpd in tho Hawaiian Isl.
ands since war with Germany began.
ny birth Sergeant Klein is BOhe.
milan, and was subject of Astria,
Hungary, and n thorough KAISER and
Emperor hatcr.'
Until very recently any hopes that
Sergeant Klein formerly had Of becom
ing an American citizen, seemed very
distant of realization. Then congress
, passed amendments to the naturaliza-
| ion Inv, which before barred the nat
uralization Of an alien enemy while the
| United States was at war with Ger
| many anu austria hungary.
Sergeant Klein was among the first
to apply for this privilege after this
news reached Honolulu. He has been a
most persistent caller at the federal
| Offices ever since, but did not have his
wishes granted Immediately because of
the delay in the arrival here of blanks
from Washington. These blanks have
not reached here yet, but the federal
officers decided to give the Bohemian q
| chance to become a citizen, and make
out the necessary forms without wait.
ing for the printed ones.
Anxious To Fight
care you willing to fight against
Austria hungary the sergeant was
asked yesterday during the course OF
his examination by Judge Horace Vau
CHAN. His reply was that he was not
only willing but anxious to do so, and
had been so for many long years.
After this reply the oath was ad
ministered, and then the sergeant re
ceived the congratulations of all those
in the court room. The first two Il
congratulate him were two army Off
GERS, who had appeared as his wit
nesscs
AS proof that he wants to fight thu
Germans and the Austrians, Sergeant
| Klein is to be transferred from thu
QuartCrmasters Corps, with which h
has been attached, to the infantry to
day, for which he had made application
so as to stand n better opportunity Of
getting cover there
| Sergeant Klein was recommended 70
a commission at the beginning of the
war but was barred from the promo
tiOn because Of his alien enemy citizen
ship. With this bar removed he will
Likely very soon be given his delayed
promotion. 80,
! Dcsorted Hun Army
Sergeant Klein came to Americf
about five years ago, after he had sue
ceeded in deserving from the Austrian
Hungarian army and escaping from thai
country. But it was not army lif
from which he had deserted, as h
showed by joining the American arm
two weeks after he had landed il
New York.
"Thcy treat a man like a dog il
hat country. It's different here" h,
commented yesterday after he had be
come an American citizen.
Petitions for the naturalization o
other alien enemies now in the arm,
will not be fled by the federal officer
until after the regular forms reach her,
from Washington, it was said ycSter
day. Arrival of these forms will b
announced as soon as they reach here
'ThcrC were exceptional reasons 70
accepting the petition of Sergean
kIrln, it was explained by the Ills
trlct attorney yesterday.