Show T 0 f PROTECTION OF CITIZENS CITIZENS No Discrimination in Treatment of Native Born Dorn and DOlt Naturalized Dispatches from St. St Petersburg represent represent represent sent the Russian an press as commenting in ina ina inn a n dazed manner uI upon on the efforts of ot th the United States government to protect it its Jewish citizens in foreign countries The Tha Journal de St. St Petersburg editorially characterizes as stupefying an article In a recent French paper which professed le l to explain President Roosevelt's desire to gain more nore liberal treatment for tor Russian RusS Rus sian Jews naturalized In the United States and revisiting Russia with passports passports passports pass pass- ports as American citizens In his letter of acceptance President Roosevelt gave an authoritative account of the ground taken by his own administration administration administration adminis adminis- and that of President ent McKinley as regards the protection of American citizens of foreign birth or of particular lar creed who desire to travel abroad the phrase is quoted from the letter of acceptance It is alone as us an on example of ot condensed and amid accurate meaning in in in- e. e Continuing President Roose- Roose elt velt says ays Un Russia for instance refuses to admit and Jews Turkey refuses refuse to admit admit ad ad- mit ami amid protect certain sects of ot Christ Chris Chris- t thus This government go has consistently j equal il protection abroad for all citizens titi whether native or On Ou March larch 27 21 j. j 1899 1509 Secre- Secre taij tary 11 lImy lIay ty sent ent a letter of instructions to tu ill cli pili UK- UK ic and amid consular officers of lime I. I United nil Stiles States in which he said Timi Thi does not not discriminate t m it ImI Live iti born ami naturalized citi- citi 1111 1 in them protection while they ther are aie 11 equality of or tren treatment lu ing required by the laws of the United St States Hi These lhee or orders to our agents abroad lm line ye been m ed in a and ammi a again ain and aie ame tIti tn a as l time the rule of conduit I ml down for fOl them proceeding the tIme theory that tima I all citizens citi- citi zeus ens of time the United States while in forein for- for ein countries mire are entitled to and amid shall shai e from Crom this thi government o the same protection of C and property which I i is ii to native nathe born citizens He lie further declares dec that lu issuing lIt IT time the State Department never discriminates te or alludes to any mans man's religion re re- ligion and that in granting to every citizen native or naturalized or Jew the same passport so soTar Tar far as it has power it insists that all nil foreign governments shall accept the passport as prima facie fade proof that the person imerson therein described is a citizen of ot the time United States and entitled to protection protection protection tion as such It is a standing order to every l' American diplomatic and consular officer to protect every Amer American can citizen of whatever faith from unjust molestation molestation molesta molesta- molestation tion and amid our officers abroad have hate been stringently required to comply with this order er This enunciation of ot a course of action is il backed by the cause of justice The reception recently given the American idea of religious liberty in certain quarters quarters quarters on the continent of Europe attaches additional pertinence to the criticism with which Mr Roosevelt closed that section of his letter which he devoted to the discussion of the theme It is a striking evidence he says of our opponents opponents' opponents opponents' opponents opponents' op op- op- op insincerity in this matter that with their demand for tor radical action b by bythe bythe the State Department they couple a detary der detary de de- r tary establishment Yet they must know that the heed hee l paid to our prote protests ts against ill treatment of our citizens will be exactly exactly ex ex- netly proportionate to the belief belie In our ability to make these protests effective should the need arise |