4.89.
Sir.
Vienna.
March 29th, 1926.
I have the honour to request that I may be favoured
with advice on the following matter in regard to the
guardianship of children of British subjects living abroad,
on which subject I am ignorant.
2. kre. Elena Longinotto, the widow of Mr. Leo
Lomginotto, a British subject, formerly Crown Solicitor in
Hong Kong, was of Austrian nationality previous to her
marriage.
On the death of her husband in 1923 she came to
live in Austria, bringing with her two children, who had been
born in South Africs, and purchased a country house near Graz.
where she has since resided; but had many difficulties in
respect of the purchase, and of her rights of ownership. At
present I only mention these difficulties of a very compli-
cated nature and now the subject of litigation because they
are connected with the question of the care of her children,
who are under age. By Austrian law the children of foreignert
who have lost one or both parents, if under age, have to be put
under "Vormundschaft" by the judicial authorities who have the
right to appoint a guardian or guardians "until some other
provision is made by the competent foreign authorities”.
The Right Honourable
Sir Austen Chamberlain, K.G..M.Z..
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