ARE JAPS WHITE?
NEW PLEA TO ENTER U.S.A. [A. and N.Z. Cable Association.] LONDON, June 6. The question whether the Japanese arc a white race will be argued before the United States Supreme Court. “Tlie Times” states that Mr Beck (American Solictor-General) now in London, says that a Japanese in Hawaii applied for naturalisation on the ground that the Japanese were a white race, and therefore were not barred by the colour clause. IL* traced the his- - tdry of Japan for thousands of years to the Ainu tribe. The U.S.A. Lower Courts have rejected the theory but the claimant lodged an appeal. Mr I’ ; understands that the Ainu tribe b(.•:? distinct Cau- | casian traits.
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Grey River Argus, 8 June 1922, Page 5
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