Show DECIDED SYRIANS MAY BECOME CITIZENS LOS ANGELES Cal Nov 1 4 The The ri right ht of a native Syrian S-riau to b become a citizen of the United Slates States was upheld today 1 by Judge o Hulton in the tho superior court of Los Angeles count county against the tho efforts of the federal deral authorities The Tho court rul ruled cl that a R Syrian was not nol 1 t Mongolian but of the tho Semitic or Aryan Aran white raco race and nail hence could not be barred from citizenship Tho federal attorneys had har cited numerous nu an- morons authorities an and put upon the witness witness wit wit- ue ness s stand several ethnological experts in efforts effort to prove pro that George Shish Shish- him hirn a Syrian born in ID Lebanon was a of tho the Mongolian race raco and must be classed with ith th the Japanese and other orientals who Tho arc aro refused the right of citizen citizenship ship S The Tho government go will appeal to the tho federal courts It was sought to show how that owed allegiance to Turkey and md hence should bo ho classed as I. a u Mongolian More oto than fifty of 4 countrymen wore wore- in tho courtroom when the tho decision decision deci tied sion shun was as rendered and great gratification tion was wait aM expressed led by them when the court called him to the tho bench hench an and administered administered ad ad- mini ministered the time oath of citizenship Judge hutton held heIr that thousands of Syrians had been granted ranted full rights in inthis inthis in inthis this country and aud that if it wore were desired de lc- sired to exclude exclude- them now cou congress would woul havo have to take action |