Show NOT AMERICANS chinese in hawa i arc not citizens t honolulu dec 7 A treasury department part ment ruling in the matter of chinese citizenship has created excitement and surprise among the chinese population here it declares atiat the chinese who were naturalized citizens of the republic of hawaii did not become american citizens ay virtue of the provisions of the territorial act section tour of that act declares that all persons who were citizens of the republic of hawaii on august 12 1899 are hereby declared to be citizens 0 the united states under this section chinese citizens of the late republic were supposed to be americana nad they were allowed to vote the question arose here when some of ahe supposed eup posed american citizens wanted to leave hawaii for the united states collector wrote to washington and received the new ruling on tho of last month the number of chinese effected by the ruling is small out they are mostly wealthy merchants |