Salt Lake Telegram | 1911-02-22 | Page 1 | Former Consul is Now a Man without Country

FORMER CONSUL IS IS' NO NOW A t MAN 4 WilD OUT COUNTRY The rhe Peculiar Situation in W Which ich Norway Born BornMan BornMan Man Finds Himself I F DI m Gade former Norwegian lan consul cage cago and form former r mayor major of Lake Forest who renounced his American citizenship citizenship citizen citizen- ship to et return rn to N Norway a and d enter eater t the tho e diplomatic ma c service is just now DOW a aman a. a man without a country Tho Thc Norwegian ian government has re refused ro- ro fused to grant rant him him citizenship until he heas has as lived Jived in iu Nor Norway aY two yea years s and so far he has failed to obtain the prom prom- is iced d post ost in tho tire department of foreign n. n affairs affair This is the now received here hare from yesterday As a a. a result of his predicament Mr Grids Gade threatens to start suit 3 against tho the Norwegian ian department of justice to test his 1 rights lights under the constitution tion of Norway According to an official of ot the thc Norway Norway Nor Nor- way department of justi justice e. e Mr Gado Gade was refused refuse citizenship on the basis of an error in the tho application and because because be be- cause if it it were granted anted immediately it would be bo n. n violation of a treaty with the United tates By terms of tho treat treaty according to the interpretation of the tho Norway de department de- de e- e of justice justic Norwegian Amen cans arc aro pr prohibited from reacquiring their Norwegian ian citizenship until after aeter a residence of two years in in Norway Mr Gade was born in Norway and aud camo calDe to the tho United States when he was 18 years vears old He lie is a n graduate of Har lIar yard aid His mother is an art American wo woman woman wo- wo I man livin living in in Christ ania