Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-08
REMAIN ALIENS
Light on Traffic in immigrants
Given by Marcus
Braun.
UNITED STATES INSPECTOR
Declares S5o,oooooo Earned in United
States Sent in Year to Aus
tria-Hun9ary. :.

| the house, Is 4 structure upon the gov
eminent of Italy and Hungary, says Il
| Washington dispatch to the New York
| World. "Hungarians and Italians" he
| says, 'are encouraged to refrain from
becoming American citizens and urged
to adhere to the principles of their
home governments. Hungarians are
advised to establish their own schools,
churches, etc. to avoid the terrible
danger of becoming naturalZed in
| America"
| Mr.. Braun declares that while some
| European governments have laws oS-
| tensibly intended to restrict immigra-
| ton they actually encourage it by keep
ing alive 1.-The patriotic spirit for the
| fatherlaHd in the minds of their colo
MES" by representing that unless they
adhere to the principles of home patri-
| otiSm their governments Will leave
them without protection in 'barbaric
| America" This is especially true, Mr..
Braun says. in Italy and Hungary. He
asserts that these countries regard the
| United States in the attitude of ad
| juncts or colonies of their own, and by
| their instructions and teachings to i'm
migrants benefit accrues to the home
! government to the detriment of the
| United States.
| Defy the Laws.
| Speaking of emigration from Turkey,
| Asia Minor and Syria. Mr.. Braun says
| the Armenians have invented Il scheme
| whereby they can stay in Turkey and
ut the same time can defy Turkish
| laws. This consists of Il large number
of trmenianS emigrating to the United
States, and rs soon as they have earned
sufficient money for their need they re-
turn supplied with American citizen
ship papers and continually conSpire
against the Turkish government under
the protection of American citizenship.
The same is true. in Syria and Pales-
tine, he says, and he quotes the gov
ernOr of Mount Lebanon as saying
IF this constant travel from Syria to
and from the United States does not
cease soon the United States had better
annex the province of Lebanon. as at
present there are more American citi-
zens there than Turkish subjects"
In Jerusalem alone Mr.. Braun found
more than 1000 american citizens"
and he declares that 30 per cent of
them speak not word of English. and
most of them do not know the street
of the city in whiclr they claimed to
have resided while in the United States.
Mr. Braun declares upon the authority
of bankers and steamship agents that
the amount annually received ia Italy
from Italians in the United States
averages 81 Il day for every Italian in
the United States.
1t is openly stated. he says, in the
Export Revue, n semiotticial organ of
the Austrian government, that three
fourthS of the immigrants leaving that
country for the United States come un.
der contract, and that paper adds.
God forbid that the American govern
ment should read thiSr'
Both Austrian and Hungarian gov.
ernmentS keep watch over their peo
pie in America, and every effort is eli
rected toward two objective points
namely, Ito send us all the emigrants
they possibly can for Il temporary so
journ here to earn money with which |
to enrich the land of their nativity |
upon their return and, secondly. to pre- |
vent such emigrantS from becoming |
American citizens" He cites the fact |
that $50,000,000 was sent last year |
from the United States to Austria |
Hungary alone from these immigrants. |
Fragrant in America.
Violations or the immigrant law are |
not confined to Europe, but are fla |
grant in America. Bankers, publishers |
of newspapers in foreign languages, |
foreign clergymen and others doing |
business here are ardent missionaries, |
inducing immigrants to come to the |
United States for purposes of eXploita- |
@<~I ~.
return traffic. Among foreign priests |
it has become a favorite expression to
speak of "our colonies in America
Concerning the Russian Jew, howev-
er, Mr. Braun says, "Once he becomes |
resident of this country he stays. |
and his children become among the |
most patriotic of our citizenship
Based on the results of his investiga
ton, Mr. Braun recommends that the
United States maintain abroad Sc
cret surveillance of undesirable immi-
grafton, that statute be enacted re-
curing aliens to produce at landing a
certificate of origin from the nearest |
United States consul to be issued only
in the event of satisfactory information
being furnished the consul regarding |
the applicant by the secret service Off
Gals that a bond of not less than
81, 500 be required from all persons in
the United States engaged in the sale
of steamship tickets, forwarding mon
ey, contracting for labor: that it be
made criminal offenSe for any resi-
dent of the United States to travel |
abroad to entice immigration or to adj
wise against naturalization and that the |
alien contract labor law be amended |
so that priests. ministers. clergymen
and lecturers shall be eliminated from
the exempt class unless they are bona
tile visitors"
Fire Department Saves Train.
The fire department had to be called
out at Iowa City yesterday to extin-
guish a fire in the dining car on train