Show JAPANESE JAPAS cAN CANNOT i E A CITIZEN NORFOLK Va May lay 4 Federal I Federal Judge Edmund Waddell Jr of tho the United States circuit court for lor the eastern district district district dis dis- dis- dis of Virginia In the application for lor naturalization of nf n Am Tl a hn n A. lane n nests nese chief tS t'S steward In th the tho United ted si States tes naV navy denied the petition holding that under the federal statute no Japanese or oralien oralien oralien alien except of ot white blood or of African descent deacent or of nativity can become an American citizen even though he has seen service lIer in the navy or marine corps corp D Bessho claims the right of ot naturalization tion under the act of July 16 1894 giving an alien of the tit age of 21 years ears and upward up up- ward who ho has ha served honorably In the navy or marine corps the right of oC citizenship citi citi- z after proper court form torm District Attorney Robert II 11 Talley appearing this f a holding for that a the under government section 2169 restated resisted of s the tho g federal statutes as amended in 1873 only free se white J persons and aliens alln of African African African Af Af- Af- Af rican descent deacent arc are entitled to tion Judge addell sustaining thIs tills ruled that the act of ot 1894 1594 could not repeat repeal by Implication the statute of ot 1875 and that I there are no dl direct ct terms of ot app appeal al Is I. preparing an appeal |