The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-09-12
FOREIGN CONWCTS
MAY BE DEPORTED
The Examiner says:

| Inc examiner says:
| ANY foreigner who within three
years OF his arrival in the United
States shall be incarcerated in anv
prison or Jail or be confined in any
State or federal institution shall be de-
ported to the country whence he came
| This is the substance of a decision
just reached by Secretary Cortelyou of
| the Department of Commerce and La
Dor. It is a far-reaching decision and
| IS rendered under the new law passed
at the last session of Congress. 1t is
also one of the most imoortant rem
dered thus far by the new department
since the jurisdiction of all matters re-
lating to immigration was changed
from the Treasury Department to the
Department of Commerce and Labor.
Hart North, the local commissioner of
immigration, is to a considerable de-
gree responsible for the change in the
law, as it was largely on his recon-
mendation that the time of residence of
the deportable foreigner was increased
from one to three years.
The Interpretation placed on the new
law by Secretary Cortelyou is the
broadest the words will bear, for it in
cludes all foreigners who become for
any period, however short "a charge
upon the state" or federal government.
1t affords the readiest means of getting
rid of criminals almost as soon as they
land and also prevents those sufferine o
from disease, mental or physical. from
becoming burden on the government
In the case of criminals, as soon as the
sentences have been served they viii
be deported.
Under the new order Mr. North was
instructed to deport two japanese who
are now serving sentences in the coun-
ty Jail.
The action of Secretary Cortelyou in
constituting the new immigration law so
that all aliens who become a charge
on the State shall be deported is clearly
a correct Interpretation of the law as
1t stands, and will have a very good
effect" said Assistant United States.
Attorney Banning, who is in charge
in the absence of Mr.. Woodward. 'It
VIII remove most undesirable class of
aliens from the country. Tt will be the
means of getting rid of that class of
seamen who desert and in consequence
lose their pay and have to resort to
crime to get a livelihood That in
itself will be very beneficial Most of
the crimes of aliens on their arrival in
this country are the result of poverty
The new law will cause the removal
from the country of a large proportion
who resort to crime to sustain life.
Another class who will be deported is |
ne chinese women who are taken from |
he disreputable houses and are kept |
1t the expense of the Govrnment They |
ire public charge. Take the case of |
20 All Fow, who was the cause of Tom |
Dicks conviction on a charge of hold
ng her in involuntary servitude. 1t
will be good deed to send her back to
Ter people in China.
I'm this district there are between |
twenty-five and a hundred persons
Who will be liable to deportation under
he new ruling. The most recent case |
8 that of the five English sailors who
re in the County Jail serving senten-
es, having pleaded guilty to snug
ling. They are Tim Symmetry, John
'helan, s. A. Patterson, John Wilson
nd Tilly Jorgensen. They preached |
he cargo of the British ship Dumfries-
hire and stole 100 pounds of white
Fad. This they sold to a dealer on
'acif1c street.
Thomas Johnson and Emil Daniel
on, who deserted their vessel and as
aulted Frank Driscol, deputy collector
internal revenue, will be added to the
st, and deservedly so. Samuel Pat
erson, the Filipino sailor who Is in Jail
Or stealing; Tomas Pinzon, the Mexi-
an who was caught smuggling cigars;
'ictor CriZon, who assaulted the cap
ain of the steamer San Mateo and a |
lumber of alien stowaways can be de-
orted.
1.-The immigration bureau will have
lenty to do if they deport all who are
Untitled to be classed in the list made
ossible by the action of Secretary Cor
elyou."