In re Kreuter

TRIPLET, District Judge.

Section 21,71 of'the Revised Statutes (Comp. St. 1916, § 4362) of the United States provides that:

“No alien who is a native citizen or subject, or a denizen of any country, state, or sovereignty with which the United States are at war, at the time of his application, shall be then admitted to become a citizen of the United States.”

Further on in this section the aliens referred to in the sentence quoted are called, in two places, “alien enemies.”

The question is now presented whether or not a citizen of the Imperial German Government can be admitted to citizenship in the…