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Show NEW NATURALIZATION TREATY. On the 1 .ilh of last month .Minister Motley and Lord Clarendon siirtiuJ a iiiituniliz.ttiii:! treaty between tlie United States and Great Britain which IWident Grunt has laid before the Senate for ratification. The rule of Great Britain U-a been "unee a subject sub-ject ul way- a subject," which has itriused at times considerable dtfheuky, tor a subject, of the En'l sh frown naturalized in the Unit'.d States was still claimed as a subject by the British jMjveniaicnt, and his citizenship in this country was not recognized nor admitted. With so uiatiy thousands yearly transferring their allegiance from the English crown to the constitution consti-tution of the United States, it can be easily seen how much trouble could arise because of this view held by the English authorities. This is changed by the new treaty, and Great Britain gives up all claim upon a .subject who becomes a naturalized natural-ized citizen of this country. Without giving the full text of the treaty, which is short, the principal points are pimply these: Citizens of the Unit" J States naturalized in Great Britain shall be held to be British subjects by the United States, and treated as such by them, Reciprocally, British subjects sub-jects naturalized in the United States shall be held to be citizens of this country by Britain and treated as such. Citizens of the United States who have been naturalized in Great Britain may renounce such naturalization and resume their former citizenship, provided pro-vided they do so within two years after the ratification of the treaty. In like manner, British subjects who may have become naturalized in the United States, may renounce their naturalization naturaliza-tion and resume their British nationality, nation-ality, provided they do so within two years after the 12th of May, 1870. Any citizen of the United States naturalized within the dominions of her British majesty, may renew his residence in the United States; and the government may, on such conditions con-ditions as it sees fit to impose, re-admit Liin to citizenship, in which case Great Britain can make no claim on him as a subject. In like manner, any British subject naturalized in the United States, may renew his residence within the dominions of her Britianie m jesty, and the British government may readmit re-admit him to the character and privileges privi-leges of a British subject, on such conditions con-ditions as it deems proper to impose, and the United States will cease to claim him as a citizen because of his previous naturalization. The' treaty is one in which a large portion of the inhabitants of the United Uni-ted States cannot but be interested, and is the same in substance as that signed by Reverdy Johnson and Lord Stanley on October 9th, 1308, and ratified rat-ified by the Senate April 13th, 1S69. It is believed that the present one will also be ratified and pass into effect. |
