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Show I MRS. GMO Hfill ID 10MER MEMCAN i White Girl Who Weds Japanese Renounces Allegiance to Her Native Land. I SEATTLE, Wash., March 20. Mrs. L Gunjiro Aoki, by her marriage to the ; Japanese last Saturday, renounced all ; rights as a native born American wo man when she stood at the altar at, (lie Triuitv Episcopal church. The laws of ' the Tjnitcd Stales providn that when an American woman marrios a foreigner she becomes a sub.joct of the governing power to which her husband owes aP iegiance. In this case Helen Aoki becomes be-comes a subject of ihe .Emperor of Japan, licv. II. H. Gowon of Trinity Episcopal Episco-pal church has been severely criticised for uniting the couple. lie says he opposes op-poses Japanese, but 'with the consent of f the girl's parents and a license to wed, jj he considered it his duty to perform I the ceremony. Ill OAKLAND. March 20. Archdeacon Emery, who for almost a decade has presided over the missionary field of , this jurisdiction, has resigned. His formal for-mal resignation and a letter explaining his reasons for desiring to sovcr his con-' con-' ncction with the dioccso of California, have been placed in the hands of Bishop Nichols, who has, however, not yet seen fit to act upon it or to make flic letter public. Tho notorict' coming at this-time through the marriage of his daughter, Helen Gladys Emery, to Gun-; Gun-; jiro Aoki, has been a sonrce of great ' worry to the clergyman, and because I of the interest and criticism it has excited ex-cited throughout the stale, he thought it ljcst to resign. SAN FRANCISCO. March 20. When asked regarding the resignation of Archdeacon Emery, Bishop Nichols would say no moiy; than; j "T see no rcasoAi at all why ltis resig-3 resig-3 nation should cjtcr into this trouble." i |