Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-04-03 | Page 20 | Japanese Rush to be U. S. Citizens

JAPANESE RUSH TO TOBE TOBE I BE U. U S. S CITIZENS By Associated d Pre Frees HONOLULU ULU T. T II H. April 3 Japan Japan Japanese ese who served ser In tho the United States irm army here during the war thus becoming becom becom- becoming ing eligible for naturalization are leaving leaving leav lea ing Hawaii for tor California and antl other coast points as soon as aa the they obtain their citizenship papers according to Richard Halsey United States Immigration immigration gration Inspector here Several score already have ha left leCt or have engaged ens-agell pasS passage passage pas pas- S sage ho said To tin date te almost Japanese e have ha I been naturalized here It Is estimated ted that almo almost t were made eligible b by military service of or Japanese se still i is proceeding rapidly be before before be- be fore foro Federal Judge II IL W. W Vaughan whose stand on the question n brought a decision from Washington that ori orl- orIentals orientals who had served Yell In tho arm army were entitled to citizenship the same fiame as other aliens