Worse than that. it is proposed to pass this bill without exacting from the nation which it is intended to benefit any reciprocal benefit for our own people. Gentlemen will. remember that if this bill becomes a law an American author will have no more rights in England the day it is signed than he has now. and under thle law of England as it was read here by the gentleman from Illinois yesterday. no American citizen can secure copyright in the British dominions without committing a moral perjury. The law of that country is that a copyright may be secured upon a book which is printed in the British dominions in one of three cases: First. that the author or publisher is a naturalborn citizen. second. that he is a naturalized citizen. and. third. that he is at the time a resident of the United Kingdom or some of its dependencies and owing allegiance to the Government. That is the requirement of the English law. Where is the principle of international law under which it can be asserted that a mere temporary sojourner in a foreign land owes any allegiance to the sovereignty of that land?
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