The Archive · 1930

NATIONALITY 'TEST CASE

San Francisco, Feb. 7.

Mrs. Frederick Edmonson, formerly of China, to-day applied for repatriation.

Her lawyers in explaining the situation surrounding Mrs. Edmonson's application declared that their ground was that repatri "the humane thing to do.

Mrs. Edmonson lost her United States citizenship when she married Mr. Edmonson, a Briton, under old laws. They subsequently went to China, A seven-year-old son, Austin, complicates the situatioz,.since he must be given benefit of a special ruling to reside in the United States in the event of his mother winning. her appeal—United Press,

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