Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-18
Thousands Come from Southern Europe
Every Year Under Contract
LARGE SUMS OF MONEY SENT BACK
Most Immigrants Have No Intention
Remaining Permanently.
GOVERNMENTS ENCOURAGE THESE ACTS
Active steps Taken to Prevent Immi-
grants from Becoming American
Citizens-worst Class Comes
from Turkey.

! WASHINGTON, Jan. l7-In response t.
the sulzer resolution passed by the house
Secretary Metcalf of the Department OF
| Commerce and Labor today sent to the
house the report of Special Immigrant In
spector Marcus Braun, which deals at great
| length with the CHARACTER OF immigrants
coming to this country and the attitude of
| European governments upon the matter.
Mr.. Braun declares that he has uncontro-
vertibie evidence that while the number Of
aliens shipped to this country who are
! legally inadmissible because of disease Is
diminishing. immigrants inadmissible for
other reasons are constantly brought into
the country in large numbers by the con-
certed action of some European govern
ments and steamship agencies, by bankers
and schemers OF all sorts
He declares that while these governments
have laws ostensibly intended to restrict
| immigration, instead of doing so they ac-
tually encourage IL by keeping alive 'the
patriotic spirit for the fatherland in the
| minds of these colonies" by representing
that unless they adhere TO the principles OF
home patriotism their governments would
leave them without protection In barbaric
America" This is particularly true. Mr.
Braun says. in Italy and Hungary. He
/
try in the attitude of adjuncts or colonies
of their own, and by their instructions and
teachings to immigrants benefit accrues to
the home government to the detriment OF
this country. He cites the fact that s5O.O00.-
coo was sent last year from the United
States to Austria Hungary alone from these
immigrants. Not single promise which
the new Hungarian immigrant law guaran-
toes has been kept. 1 experienced the be-
wildering spectacle" Mr.. Braun says, ''of
hundreds upon hundreds of agents licensed
by the Hungarian government carrying on
and conducting an almost unheard of cam
paign to get immigrants in direct and open
violation of their laws"
Laws systematically Broken.
These laws, he says, are nothing but
farce and systematic violation is licensed
and privileged by the Hungarian govern
ment. MY: Braun, narrates at length his in
terviews with Hungarian officials and
quotes Premier Tisza as saying that bills
introduced In congress tending to restrict
immigration are regarded as unfriendly acts
toward the government of Hungary.
He states that in order to discourage
Hungarians from becoming American citi-
zens the precaution is taken to advocate
the establishment in the United States OF
Hungarian homes, schools, churches and
institutions, the Intention of which is to
avert "the terrible danger of Hungarians
becoming naturalized.
Mr.. Braun then takes up immigration
from Turkey. Asia Minor and Syria. Speak
ing of the Armenians, he says that they
have invented a scheme whereby they can
stay in Turkey and at the same time defy
Turkish laws. This scheme consists of IA
' large number of Armenians emigrating to
the United States, and as soon as. they
have earned sufficient money for their
need they return supplied with American
citizenship papers and are continually con-
, spring against the Turkish government un-
der the protection of American citizenship.
: Extensive Naturalization Frauds.
The same is true in Syria and Palestine.
In this connection he quotes from. tho gov
! ernor of Mount Lebanon. saying, IF this
constant travel from Syria to and from
7 the United States does not cease soon
}. the United States had better annex the
e province of Lebanon, as at present there
= are more American citizens there than
Turkish subjects"
n In Jerusalem alone Mr.. Braun found
g more than lOOOO American citizens" He
cites a number OF instances of the fraud
which these people practice and declares
c that SO per cent of them speak not word
OF English and most of them did not know
i the street OF the city in which they claimed
IS TO have resided while in the United States
o Regarding immigration from Italy, hc
y says that ain Italian subject may ieay,
that country for any place on the globs
except the United States without a passport
, He is required to pay fee of eight lir'
for a passport TO the United states. ant
= from this the government derives revenue
fufa
Of bankers and steamship agents tn,
amount annually received in Italy iron
" Italians in this country averages 81 daS
IS for every Italian In this country,
Austrians Come Under Contract.
- 1t is openly stated. he says, in the Elk
: mort Revue a semi-official organ OF The
Austrian government, that three-fourthi
of the immigrants leaving that country fo
the United States come underS contract
n and adding. God forbid that the Aneri
y can government should read this" Ther'
. is a tendency on the part Of the Austrian
government he says, similar TO the govern
ment OF Hungary 10 keep a strong watcl
and surveillance over their people in Amer
lea. and every EFFORT is directed toward twi
m objective points. namely TO send US al
4 the emigrants they possibly can for tenn
oe porary sojourn here 20 earn money witt
is which to enrich the land OF their nauvit!
"a upon their return: and secondly. 10 proven
D. such immigrants from becoming American
re CITIZENS"
er Turkish Immigration Menace.
The emigration from the Turkish domains
both European and Asiatic says Mr. Braun
T. is nothing less than menace to this coun
IN try; from there we positively get the wors
kind of people in the world. Violations o
W the immigrant law will continue, he de
-, ciares. as long as there are agents an
a; subagents Of steamship companies workn
a on a commercial basis. These violation
are not confined 10 Europe alone, but ar
nagrant in America Bankers. publisher
w OF newspapers in foreign languages. foreig
elergymen and others doing business her
are ardent missionaries. inducing immI
m grants 20 come here for purposes OF sx
- ploitatlon and are equally interested In tn
return thereafter. The foreign priest IN