File No. 351.117/22.
The Secretary of State to Ambassador Sharp.
Washington, December 31, 1914.
442. Your 390, December 18. Request release Peralme as instructed. Emphasize fact that he emigrated before reaching military age and has wife and children destitute in this country. Say that apparently provisions of Article 17 of French Nationality Law of 1889 should not apply to naturalized Americans who emigrated before reaching military age, and that this Government cannot concede the principle if the law is applied to such persons. Express earnest hope of this Government that cases may be differentiated and Peralme and others in same situation allowed to leave France.