Mr. Brun to Mr. Olney.
Washington, November 18, 1896.
Mr. Secretary of State: Jens Anton Edvard Sorensen, born at Varde, Denmark, in 1865, having returned to Denmark after a stay of eight years in the United States (from 1886 to 1894), has been prosecuted in the police court for violation of the military-service law.
He has pleaded his character of American citizen in producing the annexed certificate, in virtue of which he became a naturalized citizen of the United States, in the State of New York, on the 20th October, 1891.
By order of my Government, I have the honor to request your excellency to be kind enough to let me know if the said certificate is authentic, and if it has been issued and signed by the competent authority.
Accept, etc.,