The certificates referred to there. so far as I have been able to learn and so far as the State Department has been able to learn. exist only in Italy. They are not certificates of citizenship such as those with which we are familiar in France. which exist also in Germany find possibly in Russia and in other countries. which are mere certificates of citizenship. containing in France. at least. an extract from the register of birth. Those certificates are held by all French citizens. and have no effect or relation whatever to immigration. This is a certificate showing that a man has been sentenced for an offense or has not been sentenced for an offense. and. as I say. it exists solely it Italy. The only purpose of this clause. which was recommended by the department. was for the better exclusion of criminals.
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