STAYED BRITISH.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 21, 25 January 1934, Page 5

STAYED BRITISH.

NATIONALITY TANGLE.

U.S. DEPRESSION VICTIM.

FAMILY BACK IN ENGLAND

Mr. and Mrs. George A. Shute, both of whom are Londoners, stepped ashore from the American Merchant in London Docks, last month with their ten child-

None of the little Shutcs had ever seen England before. They have been brought to England by their parents because Mr. Shute. who left England himself a child of 12 in 1910, has doggedly clung to his British nationality.

The Shutes arrived home wearing American clothes and talking with an

American accent. Mr. Shute had. no job to go to; he landed with only 50 or 60 dollars in his pocket. y "In 1914 I enlisted in Strathcona s Horse in Canada," he said, "and fought all through the war. Nine of the children were born in America and are American citizens. When the depression came I fell out of a job. I had a certain amount of relief, but because I ha.d never been naturalised, certain people said I was not entitled to relief and should be deported. "I agreed that a children s welfare society should take my children for 90 days. They tried to get the chlidren from me by an order of the Court. The authorities then suggested that I should be better off in England amongst my own people in view of the bad times in U.S.A. To protect my family and keep my children I signed an agreement that I would of my own initiative come back here." The Shute family moved off down the dock in line, and next day Mr. Shute, the man who would not renounce his country, began his search for a job, with twelve mouths to fill.