MATTER OF NATIONALITY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16434, 10 January 1917, Page 6

MATTER OF NATIONALITY

CLAIM FOR EXEMPTION. // 1 —■ n AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP PLE£ 7 QUESTION FOR SUPREME^;.jj COURT. v f& "'Si [BT TLLEGEAPH.—JPBESS ASSOOATIOS.] J^jrj CHBISTCHURCH. Taesdar. lit At the sitting cf the Military Service |f| Board to-day William Templeton Home, jgSj dairy expert, of Spreydcn, appealed cp&a |§| the ground that ha was an American sub* im ject by parentage and naturalisation. Jl Mr. Wright, who appeared on appli- -J|f cant's behalf, submitted that he was not Jl a natural-born British subject within the :|| meaning of section 5 of sab-section 2 of jf| the Military Service Act. The American law provided that a child bora of Ameri- <p can parents in a foreign country cocld -f|| elect to remain an American citizen when 511 he was 18 years of age. Appellant had made a declaration to this effect before ;||| the American Consul, and when lie tamed |M| 21 he took the oath of allegiance to >■$$£ America, this constituting him an Ameri- ig| can citizen. |p The chairman said he did not consider. i|| tha board should take upon itself the )kj| obligation 'of deciding a matter which >||| might- call forth a Note from the Amen- y&& can President. The best thing would be s| to state a case to the Supreme Court. and. ;J| the appeal was adjourned for a month. , %|