In re Duus

NETERER, District Judge.

The applicant is a subject of the Emperor of Germany, and filed his petition for naturalization on the 11th day of January, 1917. In due course the application came on to be heard on this 14th day of April. The congressional resolution declaring a condition of war between the United States and Germany was passed on April 6, 1917. Section 2171, Revised Statutes (section 4362, vol. 5, U. S. Compiled Statutes 1916), provides that:

“No alien who is a. native citizen, ~ “ * subject or a denizen of any country, state, or sovereignty, with which the United States are at war at…