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Show Certain nntlves of Ilrltlsh India hav Ing applied for naturalization In Call fornln, It beenmo necossary for the at tornoy general to decldo whothor thej nro "whlto" In tho meaning of tin lnw. After consideration, lm has con eluded that they are not whlto onougt to bo eligible for citizenship. This, ol courso, does not apply to tho cole .1 tholr skin, but to tho rnclal Btock from which thoy are sprung, nnd Is hnsec on tho general purposo of tho law tc deny rights of citizenship to all save free white porsons and those of African Afri-can birth or descent |