Lord Stanley, M. P.,
&c., &c., &c.
[Translation.]
Within the whole compass of private rights, especially in
respect to the right of acquiring and possessing property of
every kind, landed property included, aliens stand according
to Baden law upon a footing of complete equality with native
subjects.
As regards the right of settlement and of engaging in trade
or industry, the Baden government are entitled, if they
please, to demand reciprocity as the condition of admission
to such rights. They have, however, never as yet taken any
advantage of their authority in this respect, so that in
point of fact aliens residing in Baden are subject to no
disabilities in regard to the right of settlement, or of
engaging in trade or industry.
On the other hand, aliens are of course excluded from
political rights, from offices in church and state, and from
such rights as appertain to persons as members of a
corporate community.
I avail, &c.
E. M.
Baillie, Esq.,
&c., &c., &c.
