No. 232.
Mr. McLane
to Mr. Bayard.
Legation of
the United States,
Paris, January 13, 1887.
(Received January 25.)
No. 346.]
Sir: I have the honor to send herewith copy of a
letter received from Mr. Richard King, domiciled in the United States, but
temporarily residing at No. 20 Boulevard Montmartre, Paris, who applies for
a passport. Mr. Ring is not a full American citizen; he has only declared
his intention of becoming one. According to the regulations he is not
entitled to a passport. Upon his insistence that he could not do without it,
and that it would not be proper to apply for one at the British embassy, I
advised him to make his application in writing, which I promised to submit
to your consideration.
I would not have done so if your circular of June 29, 1885, with reference to
changes in Articles XI and XXIV of the Consular Regulations had not led me
to believe that in certain cases protection might be extended to one
domiciled in the United States. As in the case of Mr. King protection can
only be extended in the shape of a passport, I beg to be informed whether I
can properly issue one to him, and, if so, whether the same will be a
qualified one and in what sense.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure in No. 346.]
Mr. King to Mr.
McLane.
20 Boulevard Montmartre,
Paris, January 8,
1887.
Sir: In accordance with the verbal instructions
given me at your office this day I have the honor to request that a
passport may be granted me as an American citizen, having taken out and
declared my intention to become a citizen of the United States. I may
say that I made the declarations (necessary) the 20th August, 1883, copy
of which was handed in by me for your perusal this day. I had then and
still have every intention of taking out my final papers. For your
information I may add that I am a Canadian by birth and have resided in
the United States on and off for a period of about ten years.
I propose making a journey shortly to Russia to represent an American
firm there, and should I be unable to obtain the necessary passport I
would be (with deep regret) obliged to destroy my declaration of 1883,
and once more become a British subject. Under these peculiar
circumstances, and, further, my interests being entirely in arid with
the United States, I trust that you may be enabled to grant my
request.
Apologizing for the length of my letter and awaiting an early reply, for
which please accept my thanks in advance,
I have, etc.,
