JAPANESE STATUS.
AMERICA REFUSES CITIZENSHIP. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Washington, Nov. 13. The Supreme Court ruled that Japanese are not white, within the meaning of American law, therefore they are not entitled to American citizenship. The case aroze out of an application by Takuji Yamashita. and Charles Hio Kono for naturalisation for the purpose of forming a business partnership, also an application by Olawa for American citizenship on the ground that he was a descendant of a white tribe, the Ainus, in Japan, which he claimed was of true Caucasian stock. The Supreme Court, while pointing out that its decision in no way established a line of demarcation in the matter of intellectuality, upheld the ruling of several lower courts, which had agreed that Japanese were clearly not Caucasians, and therefore not white within the meaning of the law.
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 November 1922, Page 5
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