No. 386.
Mr. Vignaud to Mr. Bayard.
Paris, May 30, 1888. (Received June 12.)
Sir: With reference to your No. 335 and to the dispatch of this legation No. 610, concerning the passport delivered to Mr. Asehé, I have to state that this gentleman, after listening to the reasons which made it necessary to recall his passport, gave it up at once. He remarked, however, that this ruling placed him in the position of a man having no nationality, as he had no right to claim either German or Turkish citizenship, whereas there was an American statute recognizing him as a citizen of the United States. The passport was canceled and the amount of the fee received therefor ($1) returned to Mr. Asché.
I have the honor to be, etc.,