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from the public at large who helped to pay his salary, he did come into the open once in a while.
 An official of the Symphony orches tra wrote a short note to pr. Muck on some official business. The doctor re- turned it with a note in German, in Which he said he considered it an insult to be addressed in English and that letter communications to him must be written in German or he would refuse to take any notice of them.
 Ills SneerS were not always reserved for Americans. The Germans in the orchestra received a few. One humble member of the orchestra, a German, who idiolized pr. Muck and whose loyalty to the doctor was second only to his loyalty to Germany. asked some slight favor of the manag cement. The
 request was referred to pr. Muck, who returned a curt refusal, adding that his fellow countryman was a 'glutton without country who thinks only of getting enough to eat" Though the entire evidence in the possession of the Department of Justice shows without question Muck S citizenship, it is evident that he was clever enough to foresee it would be an advantage for him to claim Swiss citizenship, and this was granted to l him by the Swiss legation at Wash ington on June 12, 1916, almost two years before he was interned. The astonishm ent with which the Swiss legation at Washington viewed Muck's claims of Swiss citizenship is shown in the two following letters signed by the Swiss minister: Asks for More Information. December 12, 1917: Dear Sir
 During a few days absence from Washington I read in the papers that in response to an inquiry the Swiss legation has stated that you are citizen of Switzerland.
 This statement has, as you will no doubt understand. come as 8 great surprise to everybody, as you were generally believed to be a subject of the German empire. Also, person ally, l did not know that you are Swiss
 'I looked into the matter immedi- atelE upoon my return to Washing ton and found the statement to : be correct. In view of this fact can not understand how it is that you have always been looked upon ill this country as a German. As you are well known personality in the United States and as this matter has stirred the public interest further in view of the rather peculiar situation in which this incident puts not only yourself but also the Swiss legation here, I would greatly appreciate it if you could give me some further informa- ton in this regard.
 From your papers it appears that you are a citizen of Neuheim Canton Zug. When did your family acquire the Swiss citizenship? How is it that you so far always have been looked upon as a German in this country? Have you, without renouncing your Swiss citizenship, later on acquired the German citizenship? CThe Swiss law provides that a mere naturaliZa tion in another country does not involve loss of the Swiss citizenship unless es- pecially renOunced).
 Awaiting the favor of your reply, l beg to remain,
 Dear Sir" Etc.
 Confirmation From Bern.
 "Ilonored Doctor:
 'I acknowledge with thanks your explicit lines of the 14th of Decem- Der and very much request your for giveness for not having answered them before today.
 II regarded it as necessary to pro- cure a confirmation of your citizen ship from Bern. This confirmation has just recently arrived. and, of course, is entirely in conformity with yOnr statements.
 1T have been repeatedly approached by the press for an official eXplana- ton respecting your Swiss citizenship. |. however, naturally was compelled to decline until I was in possession of authentic information from Bern. Now that this is at hand. of course, nothing lies in the way on my part to give out this explanation; before doing so. however, l consider it of ! importance to secure your concur | renee therein.
 'I would plainly state that you ! were born in Warzburg in 1859, that 1 your father acquired Swiss citizenship i for himself and his family in 1866, ] and that since then this citizenship | has continued to exist unchanged.
 "In connection herewith I desire : to remark that, notwithstanding this Verification, unfortunately you will be denied entrance into Washington by virtue of the regulations of the De partment of Justice.
 According to these regulations, every native born German is regard ed as alien enemy even though later he has been naturalized in any other than the United States. l This definition would therefore also apply in your case. If my lines of the 12th of December have created a alarming impression, I de- sire to offer you my apology. I did not wish to awaken such a one in 1 you: they were rather the expression tn, iSln, l,nt