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

Mr. Leishman to Mr. Hay.

Legation of the United States,
Constantinople, July 5, 1901.

No. 51.]

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your dispatch No. 26 of June 14, 1901, in regard to Demetrius Chryssanthides, and note with much interest the Department’s ruling on the proper interpretations of the words “resided uninterruptedly,” as applied in oath of persons when obtaining certificate of naturalization, and shall be governed accordingly in future cases. In meantime I have sent for above mentioned Demetrius Chryssanthides and issued a passport to him, at same time correcting memorandum made on his certificate of naturalization.

I have, etc.,

John G. A. Leishman.