Los Angeles, Feb. 11.
"The status of marriages of more {han 100 white American girls to Filipinos hinges on the outcome of an injunction which Judge William Doran has granted to Mrs. Stella Robinson, temporarily preventing, the marriage of her daughter, Miss Ruby Robinson, a "taxi dancer," by Tony MBreno, Filipino.
Marriage licenses have been fesuod for iipino-American alliances since 1921 on the basis of an opinion by a county attorney-to the tffoct that Filipinos are Malays.
"The present action a Californian law Mrs, Robinson declared, in oh ing the injunction to prevent her duughter's marriage, that modern ethnological research proved that the Ficipinos were actually Mongo-ians and not malays as had been ipposed. Thus they came under Provision of the state law.
'A hearing will take place on February 20, Scientific opinion on the rad dhavactoristies and origin of the' Filipinos is admittedly divided and the outcome of the Robinson action will be watched wi keen interest Both here and in the Philippines.
In the Philippines there is great variety of peoples a YWnguages, the number of the latter being wally given at 87. The peoples include not only the lowland ind coastal people usually called "the Filipinos" and making up the most articulate and governing group, but a large number of others including the true Malays to the south, the primitive peoples. in the mountains and many other strains, The case iwi "only of the Fi affect the status pins as contracted with the more definitely {identified social" groups. "Many consider the mixture including Chine and Malay.—United Press.
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