The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-06-17

the criminals sent to this country by
the oficial brooms Of European gov
ernments.
Horror Of the Situat tom.
The awful horror of this situation
may best be realized when 1t Is known
that immigrants land in this country
at the rate Of thousands daily.
In 1903 immigrants from Russia
Slavonia and Poland came In at the
rate Of one a minute for every working
hour of Ellis Island.
During the last fiscal year undersir-
able immigrants arrived at the rate OF
two per minute, tens Of thousands OF
them criminals, tens Of thousands OF
dissolute women. and hordes of them
with diseased baggage bearing coun-
terfeit stamps Of certifcation.
Broughton Brandenburg, the we'll
known Investigator of immigration,
who was on the continent pursuing
lines of work parallel to Mr.. Braun's,
gave the following statement to the
New York World regarding the causes
leading to the arrest of that investi-
gator In Buda- Pesth:
1T seems to me as though the Hun
garian secret police have got hold of q
report, or. rather. an advisory fore
cast of his formal report, which Mr.,
Braun should have mailed from Buda-
Pesth about the time of his arrest.
These advisory letters he has al
ways sent at frequent intervals. They
contain opinions and fragmentary
facts, which are usually eliminated in
the formal report he makes on his
return from his tour. l fancy the Hun
garian police would be more edited
by such a letter than by the report
even though the last report made was
of so sensational character that after
whether 1t should be printed or not
in the annual 1t was referred directly
to President Roosevelt There are four
copies. One is in the hands of Mr..
Sargent, another in the care of Secre-
tary Metcalf, and third on the presi-
dents desk, while the fourth, retained
by Mr.. Braun, is in New YORK in very
safe hands
''Inasmuch as my agents and corre-
spondents operating on the continent
have at several times crossed trails
with Mr.. Braun, am not violating a
confidence in disclosing some OF the
things which Mr. Braun Unearthed.
They are but fair samples of the
whole, and show in a startling man
ner how we are being duped as peo-
pie by the immigration mediation
agencies of Europe-not alone steam
ship agencies and immigration agents.
but continental governments and
charitable societies Differed by people
OF high reputation.
Exporting Criminals.
For instance, Mr.. Braun learned OF
the practice In communities where the
jails were overcrowded of iiberlting
prisoners and giving them assistance
to go to the United States. thus treat
ing us as If we were no more than
a penal colony sustained for their ben
eft. In one community in Hungary
where he conducted Investigations he
found that in the past three years
$50 prisoners had been liberated either
at the expiration OF thsir sentence or
before their terms were served. and
that the police records showed $50
of them to have been sent to the
United States. In connection wi h this
a member OF the Hungarian parlia
ment, In making speech deplored
the laxness OF the government In al.
lowing criminals who had teen de-
ported to the United States to re-
turn with their pockets filed and wits
sharpened for further nefarioas opera
lions.
"Mr. Braun also made specific dlsclo-
sures concerning institutions near
Buda-Pesth from which parties o.
pauper children were sent in the care
of fictitious parents. p:id for the lob.
When this family was safely passed
Ellis Island the father and
mother divided their ready-made
progeny. and going from city to city.
abandoned the little ones on the
streets to he licked up by the police
and placed in American asylums.
"Of violations OF the contract labor
law he found abundant traces. Agents
presumably one OF the
large railroads with terminals in New
York was busy soliciting Austrian la
borers around the head OF the Adriatic
and shipping them in small parties to
New York. They we're conducted to a
small town on the line of the rail-
road and sorted out into the gangs
which the railroad supplied TO con-
tractors, manufacturers and others
along the line in need of cheap labor.
Nominal Hustands.
ION one occasion Mr.. Braun was
sitting eating his lunch in railway
station at Frankfort, when group OF
women entered and sat down near
him. From their conversation he was
appraised In a very short time OF their
disorderly character, and by paying
close attention learned that one OF
them was even then on her way to the
United States, with the intention of
going to st. Louis to join a large party
of women recruited from st. PAUL., In
Hamburg. She had letters from scores
of others who had entered the United
States In defiance Of the laws. describ-
ing their adventures and relating how
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