JAPANESE IN AMERICA
RIGHTS OF CITIZENSHIP. ARRIVAL OF AMBASSADOR. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright WASHINGTON, March 2. M. Hanihara has presented his Ambassadorial credentials. —A. and N.Z. Cable. [ln November last the- Supreme Court of tho United States ruled that the Japanese wore not white within the meaning of tho American law. Therefore they were not entitled. to American citizenship. Tho court, while pointing out that its decision in no way established a lino at demarcation in flic matter of intellectuality, uphold the railing of several of the lower courts, which bad agreed that tho Japanese were clearly not Caucasians; therefore, they were not w hito within the meaning of the law. A cable message from Tokio, dated January 26, convoyed the information that Baron Dchida (Minister of Foreign Affairs) stated in the Diet that the newly-appointed Ambassador, 3d. Hanihara, was sailing for tho United States, and would re-open negotiations despite tho Sunremc Court’s adverse decision concerning Japanese citizenship.]
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18803, 5 March 1923, Page 5
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