§ 24. Sir C. YATEasked the Home Secretary how many of the 122 aliens who were granted certificates of British naturalisation during the month of March were Jews; how many of the 59 Russians were Jews and how many of the 59 had served in the British forces during the War; and, of those who had not so served, what special point arose to mark them as desirable immigrants?
§ Mr. SHORTTI cannot say how many of the persons referred to were Jews. The religion of an applicant for naturalisation is not relevant to the decision as to the grant of a certificate. Of the 59 Russians 46, as stated in the "Gazette" notice from which the figures in the question are taken, had served in British or Allied Forces in the War. The remaining cases appeared to me, after careful inquiry into all the circumstances, to be proper cases for naturalisation.