The Washington times., 1901-10-07
WATCHING ON THE BORDER.
Special Care to Inspect Immigrant
From Canada

QUEBEC, oct. 5.-The United State
Immigration office in Quebec. of which
the staff has lately been considerably in
creased. is in receipt Of such special in
strUctions from Washington regarding the
necessity for greater stringency in the
matter of permitting foreign Immigrants
to pass through Canada to the United
States that the impression prevails here
that much of the undesirable immigration
J of recent times into the United Stetes has
passed through this country.
T. Ever since the assassination Of Presi-
dent Mckinley extra precautions nave
/ been taken here by the American officials
/ to ensure the exclusion of any suspicious
/ characters attempting to enter the United
I States by way of Canada. There is a
strict surveillance of every Immigrant
landing here and all are questioned as to
their destination. Those who express the
intention Of going to the >United States
are subjected to a special scrutiny.
Should any of the immigrants landed here.
whether or not they admit they are bound
for the other side of the boundary line,
be deemed suspicious characters by the
American commissioners, every possible
effort is made to have them deported. If
the Canadian authorities do not consent
to this the kodak is brought into play
and the persons are photographed either
on the wharf or in the commissioners
office and copies of all such photographs
are distributed with all the other infor
nation obtainabla concerning the suspects
to all the points at which they may renew
the effort To cross the border.
In Montreal the foreigners who get so
far are subjected to another rigid eXami-
nation. Tnirty-five Syrian immigrants,
who arrived here this week by the Was
sau, and were passed by the local authors
oh ~
II seems that they succeeded in reaching
Montreal by telling the authorities here
that they We're going to friends IN the
other city The Montreal officials were
communicated with and found that the
Syrians We're really bound for the other
side of the line.
Syrians and Armenians from Havre ar
rived here on board the Garth Castle.
These. ike the previous consignments,
denied that they were going TO the United
States SAYING that they, too, We're going
to friends in Montreal. However. they
were asked for proof of the correctness
of their statement ana detained unth
they admitted that their intended destina-
ton was the United States They We're
not permitted to proceed without the
proper qualifications. and are still de-
tained here. awaiting replies from friends
to whom they have teleSraphed for
money.
officials here fully to establish the fact
among a large class Of undesirable Eu-
ropoau immigrants to eVade the Ameri-
can immigration re gula tiOns by entering
the United States through Canada. The
fact that exactly the same story has been
cuncucted by both parties Of ArmeniaTs
and Syriaus is pretty good evidence Of
this
Meanwhile the Canadian steamship and
railway men. who have been doing
good business in transporting this class
of immigrants. are making great hue
and cry now that il seems to be slipping
away from them, and are imputng all
kinds Of motives to the American Gov
ernment.
Their newspaper organs here are assert /
ing that the necessary inspection Of all !
for the United States is being [
used as an excuse to injure the passenger !
tratfc OF both the Canadian railroad and |
steamship companies. These corporations. |
say the Canadian papers, handle thous- |
ands of immigrants every summer, who |
come from Europe by the st. Lawrence |
route to reach their final destination in |
the United States. to the bitter diSap-
pointmeut of the American steamship
lines ana railway companies, which. be-
cause of the loss of business. do not hes-
tate through their influence at Washing |
ton to place barriers in the way of all |
entering the United States by
way of Canada.