Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1901

Mr. Hay to Mr. Swenson.

Department of State,
Washington, April 12, 1901.

No. 113.]

Sir: Your No. 197, of the 26th ultimo, relative to the detention of Sören L. Sörensen, a naturalized citizen of the United States, for military duty, has been received.

The note of the minister of foreign affairs to yourself of March 12 ultimo would seem to throw upon Mr. Sörensen the onus of showing that his acts, as recited in the note, do not evince an intention on his part to acquire a permanent domicile in Jutland, and your letter of the 16th ultimo in that sense to Mr. Sörensen has, therefore, the Department’s approval.

I am, etc.,

John Hay.