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Show United Stiles circuit court in the Federal Fed-eral building, where about two hundred hun-dred men dally renounce thp reon-archs reon-archs of the world and declare th-ir Intention of becoming citizens of the United States. The process Is an impressive one, which Inspires respect and patriotism In tho subjects. The laws governing naturalization are most strict and art rigidly enforced. Any time after arriving ar-riving In this country application may be made and the subsequent declaration declara-tion of Intention filed. With the filing of this declaration the applicant take3 an oath to renounce his sovereign and support the constitution. Two years after tho declaration has been made and five years after arrival tho final papers may be taken out. On this event the oaths of tvo citizens that the applicant Is eligible Is required. The administering of the oaths Is an extended process, and when the chief clerk has gone down the Hat of two hundred or more his voice Is ready for a rest. Nicholas II, the czar of all the Rus-tslas, Rus-tslas, Is renounced more often than all the other sovereigns. The laws of Russia demand that a subject receive permission from the government before be-fore giving up citizenship, but this Is rarely done. The applicants are, for the most part, skilled mechanics Ir tradesmen who have made the United States their home, have prospered and dtslro to obtain the privileges which citizenship citi-zenship brings. Of the urruv af immigrants only about o per cent become citizens, the majority of the others coming to 6tay only temporarily. This weeds out many undesirables, and as a result a high standard of citizenship is attained at-tained by those who become naturalized. natural-ized. There Is, of course, a small percentage per-centage of those who file declarations, but for various reasons do not take out final papers. Most of these leave America in the Interim, and probably Uncle Sam does Just as well wltaojt them. New York Evening Mall. FREEDOM Of H.S. iS AITRACTRE An average of three hundred new citizens by naturalization a day is iuri ?,r,?,t the COur,s whch have Jurisdiction in that work In New York city. The bulk of this Is done In the |