In re Pfleiger

LEARNED HAND, District Judge.

[1] This case presents the case of an application for naturalization by an Alsatian born before the cession of Alsace to Germany, but at that time a child. His parents did not remove to France in accordance with the provisions of the treaty between France and Germany, and by the cession to Germany they became subjects of the German emperor. This change in their allegiance was effected regardless of their will, and was the result of the enforced consent of their sovereign at that time. Regardless of the personal feelings of the Alsatians, their status became so…