The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-18
GREAT POWERS CALLED
UPON To RIGHT A WRONG
United States Protests Against Being Made a
Dumping Ground For Pauper 0utCaStS.
incidentally Better Treatment For the DOWntrOddsn Hebrews in
the Balkan States Is Earnestly Advocated

III AsHINGTON. Sept. 17.-With the
NJ double purpose Of protecting the
long suffering Jews of the Bal
Kan states and of averting the ever
present peril OF the immigration into
the United States Of a horde Of pau
pcrs. Secretary Hay has adopted the
unusual course OF appealing to the pow
ers or Europe 20 force one OF their
children 20 observe the obligations Of
humanity IN the case Of the Jews. The
appeal takes the form Of a state paper.
remarkable In several respects. which
has been dispatched In Identical form
t0 every ambassador and minister of
the United States residing In one Of the
countries which were parties % the ia
nous treaty az Berlin Of 1873, namely,
Great Britain. France. Germany. Rus
sia. Italy Austria and Turkey. mark
ing the termination OF the Turko- Rus
sian war, and the creation by the direct
act OF the powers Of the independent
Balkan states.
Aimed az Roumania.
Because the powers are thus response
bic for the existence OF ROumania. the
Cuiprit IN this case. the secretary Of
state has directed the note to them
On the hope that they win bring this
government 20 sense Of its duties to-
ward civilization at large. as well as to
cause Il 20 ameliorate the frightful
condition OF the R0umanian Jews. In
a measure This action by the state de-
partment may be traced TO numerous
petitions from Jewish societies and hu-
maniiarians generally. as well as 10
the warnings OF publicists respecting
the growing dangers Of the immigration
Of degenerates The document says.
In the course OF an instruction re-
Gently sent 10 the minister accredited
10 the government of Roumania. in re-
gard 20 the basis OF a negotiation be-
gun with that government looking TO a
convention Of naturalization between
The United States and R0umania. Ger
tain considerations were set forth for
the minister's guidance concerning the
character OF the emigration from that
country, the causes which constrain
II and the consequences so far as they
adversely affect the United States.
Treaty Obligations.
1T has seemed TO the president APP
propriate that these considerations, re-
lating as they do 10 the obligations en-
tered into by the signatories OF the
treaty OF Berlin OF July Is. 1878. should
be brought 20 the attention of the gov
ernments concerned and commended TO
their consideration In the hope that.
II they are so fortunate as 10 meet the
approval OF the several powers, such
measures as 20 them may seem wise
may be taken 10 persuade the govern
ment OF Roumania TO reconsider the
subject or the grievance in question.
The United States welcomes now, as
II has welcomed from the foundation Of
It's government. the voluntary immi-
grafton OF all aliens coming hitler un-
der conditions fitting them TO become
merged In the body polite OF this land
our laws provide the means for them
20 become incorporated indistinguisha-
bly, In the mass of citizens. and pre-
scribe their absolute equality with the
native born, guaranteeing 20 them
equal civil rights at home and equal
protection abroad.
Conditions Are Few.
The conditions are few, looking 10
their coming as free agents so circum-
stanced physically and morally as TO
supply the healthful and intelligent
material OF free citizenhoOd. The pau
per. the criminal. the contagiously or
ncurably diseased are excluded from
the benefits OF immigration only when
they are likely TO become a source OF
danger or a burden upon the commu~
nifty. The voluntary character OF their
coming Is essential, hence we shut out
on Immigration assisted or constrained
by foreign agencies. The purpose of
our generous treatment Of the alien
immigrant is 90 benefit US and him
Hike-not 10 afford 20 another state
Held upon which 10 cast its own OBJ
3ettonable elements.
me foregoing considerations, while
pertinent 90 the examination OF the
purpose and scope OF naturalization
treaty have e larger aim. 1t behooves'
lAr state Co scrutinize most jealouslv
the character Of immigration from a
foreign land, and, II Ia be obnoxious, TO
examine the causes which render Il so.
'u'u'a those causes originate In the act
ul another sovereign state to the detri-
Hlrnt of Its neighboTs. IL is the prerog-
At'Ne of an injured state 10 point out
tAe eNu ard 10 make circumstances.
LOT WIN nations. as with individuals.
'ne SOFA. law holds good that the right
ul ea,h S bounded by the right of a
Source Of Grave Concern.
The conditions OF a large class Of
NE inhabitants OF Roumania have FOR
many years been a source OF grave
concern 70 the United states. I refer
W tlle Ioum3nldn Jews. numbering
'.uoo. Long ago while the Danubian
Itlhcipahties labored und5r Oppressive
,o'aluons which only wIr and a gen
,F'I action OF The European powers SUI
I.ed 10 end. the persecution of the in
1'c.iouS Jews under Turkish rule
,+t.rd forth In 1872 the strong remon-
,-."I'e OF the United States. The
treaty OF Berlin was hailed as a cure
-'. lnr wrong. in view Of the EXPRESS
PROVISIONS Of its forty-fourth article
prescribing that in Roumania the dif-
l.Ieh'e Of religious creeds and confess
...S shaH not be alleged against any
I.'r"n as a ground for exclusion or in
'p''I'y I'M matters relating 10 the en-
5'y Hlent of civil and political rights
....llll'isslon 70 public employments func-
IONS and honors or the exercise of the
'1ii'as professions and industries in