In Re Fisher

ST. SURE, District Judge.

The applicant has fully met every requirement of the naturalization statutes except that stated in section 2169, Revised Statutes (8 USCA § 359), relating to racial limitation. Applicant’s grandfather was a full-blooded Portuj gese, and1 Ms grandmother w'as a native Chinese living on the Island of Macao, a Portugese possession near Hongkong, China. His father married a Chinese native of Macao. Applicant claims to be a “free white person” through Portugese strain on the paternal side.

“Free white persons” includes members of the white or Caucasian race, as distinct from…