It simply provides for their naturalization. It is evident from the proisions of the law. and it has been so held by the courts. that theyare not aliens. It has not been settled yet that they are not citizens. but the language of the lawt is such as to preclude that idea. as we think. and it has been held that in order to become citizeins they must be naturalized. Under the law as it now stands they can not be naturalized. because The first requirement of the law is that they shall forswear alegiance to some foreign potentate or power. They do not owe any such alegiance. They owe allegiance only to us. Their condition is worse than the condition of the Spaniard who elected to remain loyal to Spain and continued to live in Porto Rico. because he dan become naturalized and the Porte Rican can not.
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