Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21
Measure of the Movement,


In the month of January there came out
of Russia TO this country Il, 743 people, of
which 2, 156 were from Finland. During the
same month of 1904 the number of Russian
immigrants was 1902, showing an increase
of more than 100 per cent The total this
year is larger than one of the divisions of
fierce CosSacks shattered by the bullets of
grim old Nogi and his veterans of Port Ar
thur, near Fushan.
The bureau of immigration has recently
compiled the count for six months ended
with the month of January, showing a total
of S7,2S2 immigrants from Russia landed
in this country. In the corresponding pc
riod of 1904 the number was 62,5S9, and in
1903 1t was 81 2S3 This statement shows
that the flood of incoming aliens from the
Russian dominions was 10 per cent greater
in the six months referred to than for the
same period two years ago The reason
attributed by the officials of the bureau is
the growing unrest in Russia, which re-
Gently burst forth in strike riots. which
drenched the streets of St. Petersburg with
blood on that fateful day, January ~
which history will probably record as the
beginning of a revolution which may sweep
the Romanoffs from their tottering throne
and scatter the Russian nobility TO the
corners of the world.
These who see the coming of the storm
and can do so have fed, or will fee, before
it. By thousands they are coming to Amer
lea. The first movement of such mmisra-
ton startIes the observant men here with
its magnitude, but Commissioner Sargent
has already indicated that it is but ripple
as compared with the tidal wave which
may be expected to roll over the Atlantic
ocean within the next twelve months
Vast as an Army.
The figures presented for the three half
years aggregate POI, 154, or nearly one-h half
as many human beings as composed the
forces which faced the victorious army of
Japan under command of Kuropatkin.
To follow the immigration data a little
further In the calendar year of 1904 no less
than 161, $40 Russian immigrants landed in
America almost Il 600 more than were re-
ceived in 1893. Wherever in the last three
years the facts examined there is the
same evidence of flight from the land of
the car
In the last fiscal year the total immigra-
ton from Russia was 145, 141. OF these.
77544 were Hebrews, 32,o1 were from Po-
land IO,077 were Firms, i2707 were Lith-
uanians 1928 were Germans, and 1907
were native SiaYS.
The distribution of these aliens was no
less significant than their number and ra-
cial character. Among the 106, 236 Hebrews
coming to the United States in the last iis-
cal year, including those from Russia, S.,
693 remained in New York, ,691 grounded
in Philadelphia, 6,222 went 10 Massachu-
sets chiefly 10 Boston; 53S to Chicago
and 8 AS to New Jersey. The others were
somewhat widely distributed through the
eastern and middle states.
Poland in the same period added 81, 75T to
the population of the United States. OF
these 2o,770 went to Pennsylvania, many
of them TO the mining districts; 1875
found their way to New York, S,2H went
to Illinois, 6,2T3 to New Jersey, and 5,s23 to
Massachusetts.
A Serious Problem.
This pisture of Russian immigration,
which is now probably in its beginning,
makes a viva impression. That it is in
dicative of a large movement of population
hither is apparent Its continuance and