[21] Revised Statutes, sec. 1993. See House Document 326, Fifty-ninth Congress, Second Session.

[22] See discussion of this question by Borchard—The Diplomatic Protection of Citizens Abroad, p. 583 et seq., and footnotes.

[23] See Department of State, Circular notice, January 9, 1914.

[24] In former times, even the American-born child of parents of Turkish birth has gone to that country at his peril. This was under the old conditions; what the postwar reconstruction will effect in this regard remains to be seen.

[25] See Hall, International Law, 7th ed., p. 247.

[26] See Hall, International Law, p. 246.

[27] These treaties may be found in Malloy’s Treaties, 1910–13; also see Edwin M. Borchard, The Diplomatic Protection of Citizens Abroad, p. 548 et seq.

[28] Edwin M. Borchard, The Diplomatic Protection of Citizens Abroad, p. 549.

[29] Hall, International Law, 7th ed., p. 241.

[30] See Dr. jur. A Romen, Reichs und Staatsangehorigkeitsgesetz, Güttentag Sammlung, No. 111.