The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-22
RUSSIAN JEWS POURING IN.
MANY FLEEING 10 AMERICA TO
ESCAPE MILITARY DUTY.
some Of Their Countrymen Here COM
plain That the immigration Authori-
urs Draw the Line Too Tightly $50
ordered Dcported In Two weeks

o,untry is attracting good deal OF atten-
ZION on the part Of the immigration au-
thorities M well a. from the many jewish
phanthrophic societies
The recent call for reserves in RUSSIA
caused n stampede Of all who could get
AIT Of the country in time TO escape being
sent 10 Manchuria This applies particularly
10 tho Jews in Russia who have no interest
,bat,yer i'm the war and who have little
,,,ares. for the Cars Government. Tie
T.nited States is the objective point OF the
overwhelming majority OF these refugees.
In the last six weeks CT two months they
have been pouring in here by the thou
sands
The rush in the week just ended has
been particularly heavy. On Jan. & 700
immigrants all told, arrived; on Jan .
1873 on Jan. TO- 800; on Jan. Ii, 100;
ON Jan. ~. :, 200; on Jan. IL, 500. This makes
a total Of !, 775 in six days, the returns Tor
Yesterday not being available.
And Of these thousands of arrivals an
abnormally large number are found not
10 be within the regulations az to the con-
ditjon of immigrants who may be per
mitted to land Hundreds of them, while
not technically within the definition oil tine
term 'pauper that is, those who have
been public charges in other lands-have
no money and no visible means Of support.
This brings them within the provision
excluding those who ARE likely to become
public charges.
The majority of those deported by the
immigration authorities are held by the
board OF inquiry to come within this last
named cate CORY, and they are being bun
died back ecross the ocean in droves. At
the Office of the Commissioner of Immigra-
lion on Ellis Island it was said yesterday
that $50 immigrants have been deported
from Jan Of this year to and including
Jan. l3
Il should say that fully two-thirds OF the
immigrants now arriving and fully two
thirds Of those whom we are deporting are
Russian Jews, said an immigration official.
They land here penniless and utterly help
less There is nothing TO do but to deliver
them over to the steamship companies to
be- taken back AS to those who come
here penniess having friends, why friends
for the occasion in such cases are often
only too easily provided.
There are among the. Hebrews in this city
some who think that the immigration regu-
lations are perhaps being applied too rgor-
ously in the case OF the Russian Jews who
are fleeing to this country.
Samuel Rockow OF 1894 Bergen street,
BROOKLYN, is one Of these. Speaking on the
subject Yesterday, Mr.. Rockow said
Are the officials OF the immigration
Bureau at Ellis Island paid agents Of the
Russian Government in deporing the Rus
sian Jews back TO despotic and darkest
Russia-back to the land Of oppression
and tyranny-as soon as they set foot on
American soil?
The var between Japan and Russia
has exhausted all means Of sustaining
human life: hence misery, famine, mis-
fortune and revolt are raging In Russia.
As a result Russia is on the verge Of revo-
luton.
to this land Of the free. The people are
hsrnessed under the yoke Of despotism.
The burden OF The war falls heaviest upon
the Jews. Fathers Of families are sent 10
the war; wives and children are left un-
protected and uncared for and without
any means Of earning a living
Can you blame them for escaping from
q sure death TO themselves and a slow
torture to their families2 Is Il any wonder
that so many Jews desert military duty,
refusing to become targets for Japanese
bullets. as they are placed always in the
give up their lives for the Russian Gar
who does not give them the rights and
privileges that even the peasants enjoy?
The recent slaughter OF Innocent men,
women and children in Bessarabia Is yet
fresh in the minds OF the American people
And this is not the only black spot on the
page of Russias crimes. Why should they
sacrifice their lives for country which
they cannot call their own-a country
which denies them a living?
Are our immigration officials doporting
them TO Russia in order that Russia may
pT ISL them for escaping military duty7
Errry other nation has u country, but the
Jcw has only grave.
7 hope the immigration Bureau officials
may see their error in deporting these hap
less people 70 their graves. At least why
not hold them and let them remain here
until the war Is over?'
Dr. L. h Frankel. manager OF the United
Hebrew Charities. said yesterday that he
had not a word of complaint to make gains;
the administration OF the. Bureau Of Immi-
grafton.
That there are hardshiEs involved and
that errors are made is inevitable but !
fully believe that the Commissioner of I'm
migration il doing his duty couscientiously
and according TO mis- best lights, wholly
irrespective Of bias or pre- udice OF any kind
Inc commission appointed by the Presi-
dent and on which had the honor TO serve
made thorough investigation Of the Blu
reau Of Immigration and gave the Com
missioner clean bin Of health.
At tho same time / am inclined 10 believe
that the Commissioner is Of these who think
We are getting an excess OF immigration
from central Europe and | think also the
same opinion is held in Washington. /
have understood that Mr. Sargent himself
holds it
Under such circumstances II would be
bur natural for the Commissioner to draw
The lines rigic!y and in the case Of doubtful
immigrant not to give that immigrant the
te-o't ~ the doubt.
HE conditions that surround the Jews
IN Russia are all hut Uncomfortable TO one
accustomed TO American methods. Not
only are families deprived of support when
The husband and father IL forced into the
army. but they lose their residence also
lou know that Jews in Russia are forced
WITH certain exceptions 10 live within a
Jewish reservation. A doctor or even a
craftsman Of any kind may, bv special
dlspensGion, receive a residence in some
pace outside the pale. For instance. there
are many Jews living even in St Peters
burg and other large Russian cities in that
VaF Bur tho residence Is in him, and
.Eten hs goes away the family loses IL
mus We have the astonishing spectacle OF
man forced TO leave his family and give
up MS life ia defence Of the country, while
ms family are virtually subjected TO a
penalty because Of the fact The family NAV