The herald., 1894-08-13
CONFUSION OF TONGUES.
PEOPLE WHO ARE CITIZENS IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
What tho Standardization Records Show
for the Past SIX Months-Neariy
All the Races of Earth
Eepresented.

People very often refer to the cosmo
politan character of the population o.
Los Angeles, but there are not so many
who know the many different nationali-
ties entering 1t.
Representatives OF all the leading ma
tionalities on the face of the globe can
be found in Los Angeles county.
While many of them never become
citizens OF the United States. the mum ers
who do make quite showing.
Enough become citizens to set the
learned students OF sociology at work
specializing upon the effect their pres-
ence will have upon the future race OF
the coast.
An inspection of the naturalization
books in the county clerks Office shows
that from the lst OF January, of this
year. up to the present time, 272 per-
sons hsve taken out their second papers
snd been admitted to citizenship. The
nations represented in this liet and the
number of naturalizations OF each were
as follows;
s; Canada, 80; Germany, "a !; Austria, s !;
IbHiY, . CIauCSy ~, MUSLIN, = Ooh-
mark, 10; Prussia, l Sweden, Is;
Switzerland. ); Norway, s; Nova Scotia,
4 Finland, 2; Belgium. 5; Jamaica, 1 !;
West Indies, L /; Portugal, l Holland, 2.
1t will be seen that Great Britain is
away ahead in the list and Ger
many good second, while Norway and
Sweden have contributed the third
largest number of new citizens. OF the
in 1or 4 q
minor act.
During tho same period there were $40
subjects OF other countries who declared
their intentions to become citizens, and
under our laws will not be admitted I'M
til they have passed the requisite proba-
tionary period provided for by the stat
utes of the United States. This list
shows an even greater diversity of
is as follows:
England, So; Ireland, IS; Scotland,
10 Wales. 3 Australia, / Nova Scotia,
l. Canada, So; Germany, AZ; Prussia, 2 ;
Norway, 8; Sweden, 10; South Africa, l !;
British Guians, l; Denmark, 8; Portu-
gal, 8; Italy, S2 Central America, l !;
Auetria, 5; Holland. 8; France, 90; Mex
leo, 4; Finland. 4 Russia, 10; Saxony,
/; Switzerland, 8; Poland, l; Bel
GUM, ).
The same relative proportion OF Eng
lish speaking peoples is preserved in the
above, while il ia noticeable that there
are representatives of come out of the
way countries from which it would
scarcely be expected that we would draw
any citizens.
One of the most suggestive things in
,rr1ts a ri il ful al
sencs of ary applicants from Spain,
There are very few from Portugal.
and O sprinkling from Mexico. One
would expect to see more Spanish
speaking people making their way to
this country, where they would not be
strangers in o strange land. But the
record does not seem to indi-
cate that there is much of an immigra-
ton from the lands OF Colum Dus and
of Cervantes.
Southern California is certainly filling
up with strange mixture of people
from chimes as remote from each other
es can well be imagined. There are
few cities III the United States where 40
many different kinds of interpreters are
necessary in the courts. 1t 10 no ua-
common thing to have half dozen in
terpreters in single Gaze.
In addition to the natonalities men
toned are, OF course, the Chinese and
Japanese. They. although not entitled
to citizenship, are here in force, particu.
larly the Chinese.
Another peculiar people are the
Basques, whose language defes the
French and Spanish tongues, and for
whom interpreters of their own race are
necessary. although few people of diff
ierent races have mastered the lingo to
some extent.
Among the many races which have
been mentioned. aside from the English
speaking people, those who seem to as.
simulate most readily with the Ameri-
can people are those OF the Teutonic