The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-05-17
TRAFFIC IN IMMIGRANTS
RsSEarcus Braun Tells Why They
4sAre Told to Stay Aliens.
EEaM EUROPE Is ENRICHED BY THEM

gxxasSecsorrs of Immigrants Says $780,
<sxsxaes OO0 Earned In the United States
SAxleS Sent An One Year to Austria
Hssanded as Merely q Foreign Colony.
"saa2e report of Immigrant Inspector
M&areas Braun, recently received by
aE.ae Mouse, is structure upon the gov.
e=xrEment of Italy and Hungary, says
NSsK<ashington dispatch to the New York
NNorld. ''Hungarians and Italians" he
<xays, "are encouraged to refrain from
gzlaecoming American citizens and urged
Gssa adhere to the principles OF their
Es2ome governments. Hungarians are
advised to establish their own schools,
>&-asurches, etc, to avoid the terrible
Hanger of becoming naturalized in
america
Mr Braun declares that while some
E.Nuropean governments have laws Os-
tsssnsibly intended to restrict immigra-
yssaon they actually encourage it by keep
&SlaEg alive 'the patriotic spirit for the
@nAfherland in the minds of their colo
Eas8es'' by representing that unless they
aEs1here to the principles Of home patri-
-Gs&xsm their governments will leave
e9Easem without protection in Nbarbaric
america" This is especially true, Mr..
rS5raun says, in Italy and Hungary. He
INSERTS that these countries regard the
Omitted States in the attitude Of adj
+suncts or colonies of their own, and by
S,os~ fna oI,; To
migrants benefit accrues to the home
government to the detriment Of the
TDnfted States.
Speaking of emigra ton from Turkey,
Asia Minor and Syria, Mr.. Braun says
~a51e Armenians have invented scheme
whereby they can stay in Turkey and
lat the same time can defy Turkish
laws. This consists Of large number
1T Armenians emigrating to the United
Estates, and as soon as they have earned
sufficient money for their need they re-
GMrn supplied with American citizen
z=ship papers and continually conspire
against the Turkish government under
s@he protection of American citizenship.
The same is true in Syria and Pales-
tine, he says, and he quotes the gov
szsxnor Of Mount Lebanon as saying.
sLf this constant travel from Syria to
=sHsnd from the United States does not
s2sease soon the United States had better
xsSsanex the province of Lebanon, as at
garesent there are more American citi-
2sens there than Turkish subjects"
In Jerusalem alone Mr.. Braun found
rm0re than 1000 American citizens"
sxsad he declares that 90 per cent of
a&Saem speak not word of English, and
GRost OF them do not know the street
2ssf ethe city in which they claimed to
gxraye resided while in the United States
AastE. Braun declares upon the authority
oad5 bankers and steamship agents that
she amount annually received in Italy
El5rom italians In the United States
beverages 81 day for every italian ia
Gzaaes United States.
1T Is openly stated, he says, in the
export Revue, q semiofficial organ OF
22tzae Austrian government, that three
Atgiourfhs Of the immigrants leaving that
country for the United States come un-
Eaaer contract, and that paper adds.
God forbid that the American govern
e,1nent should read thisr'
Both Austrian and Hungarian gov
.zsrnments keep watch over their peo-
gsle in America, and every effort is d.
g-rected toward two objective points
namely, ito send us all the emigrantS
sa@qg1aey possibly can for a temporary So
-Jsourn here to earn money with which
vasx, enrich the land of their nativity
Upon their return and, secondly, to pre-
4zaaent such emigrants from becoming
american citizens" He cites the fact
s1aat $5O,OO0,000 was sent last year
t1fsaum the United States to Austria
Hungary alone from these immigrants.
Violations of the immigrant law are
@fzot 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-
as&fon and are equally interested in the
lssetnrn traffic. Among foreign priests
&zx has become a favorite expression to
s~speak of 'our colonies in America"
Concerning the Russian Jew, howev-
&s=E, Mr. Braun says, "Once he becomes
"a resident of this country he stays
and his children become among the
E-snost patriotic of our citizenship
Based on the results Of his investiga-
tsGsea, Mr.. Braun recommends that the
ET3aited States maintain abroad a sc.
~scsset surveillance Of undesirab BILE immi-
grafton, that statute be enacted re-
ss4uiring aliens to produce at landing 4
certificate of origin from the nearest
fgsnited States consul to be issued only
sssmdhe event of satisfactory information
koeinge furnished the consul regarding
f@1he applicant by the secret service OFF,
Sfals, that bond Of not less than
$4,000 be required from all persons in
tine United States engaged In the sale
asdf steamship tickets. forwarding mon