Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 6, 1904

Mr. Hay to Mr. Finch.

Department of State,
Washington, February 23, 1904.

No. 253.]

Sir: In reply to your No. 708, of the 9th ultimo, I have to say that the question of the citizenship of children born in the United States to aliens temporarily residing here is fully discussed in Chapter I of Van Dyne on Citizenship of the United States.

The question of granting passports to persons having a dual allegiance is treated in Chapter II, pages 42 et seq., of the same work.

I am, etc.,

John Hay.