No. 19.
Mr. Delaplaine to Mr. Evarts.
Legation of
the United States,
Vienna, December 6, 1880.
(Received December 27.)
No. 392.]
Sir: I have received from the United States consul
at Buda-Pesth a note inclosing clipping from the Pester Lloyd, published in
that city, which I herewith append. It is a notification to British subjects
resident in Hungary and the territories belonging thereto from Her Britannic
Majesty’s consul-general at Buda-Pesth, wherein is suggested the entry of
their names in a register at his office, in order to avoid difficulties
which might arise in establishing their nationality.
Mr. Sterne informed me that the Swiss consul had published a similar notice
to his countrymen, and asked whether a like action on his part would be
advisable.
Not having received a reply from the Department to my No. 377, on the subject
of the law relative to Hungarian citizenship, and in view of the brief
interval before the law in question would come into force, it appeared to me
that a similar notification might be expedient and to the interest of
American citizens in that country. Upon consultation with Consul-General
Weaver on the subject, he expressed full concurrence with my opinion, and I
accordingly communicated the same to Mr. Sterne, at Buda-Pesth.
I have, &c.,
[Inclosure in No. 392.]
notice to british subjects.
The undersigned, Her Britannic Majesty’s consul-general for Hungary,
desires to draw the attention of British subjects resident in Hungary
and the territories belonging thereto to paragraph 48 of Law L of
December 24, 1879, which prescribes that—
“Whosoever shall have resided in Hungary, or the territories belonging
thereto, at the time the present law came into force, (namely, the 24th
of December, 1879,) for a period of at least five consecutive years,
although at different places, and whose name has been entered in the
register of tax-payers in any parish within the said dominions, shall be
deemed to be a Hungarian subject, unless he shall prove within one year
from the date above referred to (the 24th of December, 1879) to the
magistrate of the place in which he resides, that he has retained his
foreign nationality.”
Under these circumstances, and in order to obviate difficulties which
might arise to subjects of Her Britannic Majesty in establishing their
nationality, the undersigned suggests the advisability of British
subjects resident in Hungary having their names entered in a register
kept for that purpose at Her Britannic Majesty’s consulate-general at
Buda-Pesth.
AUDLEY GOSLING,
Her Britannic
Majesty’s Consul-General.
26 Waitzner
Boulevard,
Buda-Pesth, November 30,
1880.
