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MOT ELIGIBLETBCITIZENSHIPj Supreme Court Holds Jap Can ! Not Become Naturalized ; Under U. S. Law.ONLY WHITES AND SLACK RACES CAN BE ADMITTED 1-j Japanese Applicant Also Is! I Denied Right to Charter ; Land Company.! rInternational Xcws Wire) jrI Washington, 1. C., Nov. I* j j Japanese avo tun ot the ”wmult;'T j raco and under federal laws are uoii ; entitled to citizenship by naturaU-'• zation. the United States supremo I court today decided.-Ji The opinion of the supremo court j | sets at vest a vigorously contested,5)Tdispute which arose on the Pacific1 j coast and which has waged Uijve h for years. I (Assoenio Justice Sutherland dc-H liverod the decision of the court, it j f being his first opinion since bccom-ic ing a member of the court. \ -The supreme court held Hint tfoeii federal Gtaiule limiting citizenship ' f to free white persons and Afri-!lt; cy,n«, or those of African descent, ■-had not beeu repealed or modified u ' I hv any subsequent legislation andi, I that Japanese are not of the Can-j : casian race. The court affirmed a ; decision by Washington state courts']G 1 holding this opinion.e-: Jap £«ught, lt;-tij/.crs.slup.gs j Decision as to the “color” of a;ge j Japanese and eligibility to ualurali-i id i zation as a citizen of the United \ m. i States under a federal statute- limiting nnturalization to white per-] sons ntul Africans or those of Aft!-; can descent was ashed of the Unit-; ed States supreme court in the ap-i pealed cases of Tnkao Osaivn. Hono-I lulu, and Yamashita, Washington! .| state. These cases have attracted1 much attention, especially on the \ ; Pacific coast, where the Japanese) —question is acute. ['■111; Os aw a contended he was entitled! of! to citizenship because he is whim j ! a.jind bnd molded his life according-■ha,; to American ideals and customs.i ier-- He began his fight for citizenship on-- before the United Stales court in he-] Hawaii several years ago. but his jre-j contention was denied by this court len.i and-lv the federal circuit court of of] appeals in California.nor! Children Arc Citizens,Osawa went to Hawaii when a fer-' y°l,nK man and was educated at av0! .American schools. He married and ' f0r; his children are being educated as Americans and are American citi-j zens.maiming descent from the Ainu I tribe. Osawa set forth that lie was ! of the white race. Somewhat simi-! !ar arguments were advanced by ryf Yamashita, who was denied a H-; cense to incorporate a real estate i company in Washington, because he % ----- j was n o t a c i ti ze n of 1 h e U n i I ert sing] Slates or eligible to naturalization, ice!-. The government contended that akejone of the Japanese of the race. ^pUjboru In Japan, is not n white per-eme j son within the meaning of !lie fed-ight j eral statutes and may not be nni-dals) uralized. In the case the govern Hng i ment held (hat he had failed to file ight; his petition for mum all/.at.ron with-don, j in the legal limit of time and his . petition must, fail for this reason even tho held tr be eligible to nnt
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Waterloo, Iowa, US
Mon, Nov 13, 1922
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