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Senator latiIner Writes From Paris

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night, and we nave not spent more 'nan t"s
Nv last letter give An account OF our trll
through Northern Itaty ana ~ S1I nnr sub COM
mittee decided that the German govern" 81
.hould be notified of our coming anu OUT IL
t~entions before entering EeTmaa sar thS
and | was deputiZed TO WISH berlin lol sna
nnrnoss There | was met by the American
AMBASSADOR. Hon. Charlemagne rover, ~no ~
PRODUCED me TO the German secretary 81 W
eign affairs and other govetn u oi,tvens and
Gsrman is very jealous OF her cltiZeDs anu
here are stringent laws against attempts 10
encourage emigration. The oficiaIs tnousn.
al first that the purpose Ut the lmnlgratIo1 US
Con- m ,ssion was 10 induce German people 10
on, iorate 10 the Uuited States, but as soon az
they understood our mission l was glVen q
corS,ai welcome and assured OF the govern.
ment's approval OF our plans. As Piooi1
this the secretary detailed Two very excel
lent gentlemen to accompany US on our touI
thronph the country and instructed them 10
Give us every facility for securing lniorma,
ton bearing on our missi on 2 1 p Won KIuck.
Mr.. Arndt is connected with the Hampuls'
american STEAMSHIP company ana MI; o Won
KIuck is with the North German LIoyu.
Roth these companies handle a great many
am;arants every year, and being familiar
viii ali matters pertaining to immigration
thew were Of great assistance 10 us. ~ :.
Al Dresden the ladies OF the parry isis us
and proceeded to Berlin TO await US while we
vIsi,ed the i'm migrant control sIatlons on tne
German frontier. l was accompanied oy
Representative Burnett and EepresentallV
Howell, the other members OF 1ne so4e OIL
siderable Interest to us, and oy seeing Lnem
we were able 10 learn more aoo9t Inc lmmI-
Grants who come to the United States from
Russia and Austria-Hungary than we could
have learned in any other way. Immigrants
rom these countries to the Unlteo states
have to pass through German territory 10
reach a port to take Q steamer. az Tue t1En,
ia owned and maintained by the steamship
Companies, but which is under government
Icontrol. There they undergo, q rlglo e8.
Elimination and inspection. In order mat those
Who are moi allowed to enter our country IN.
der our laws may not be carried further. II
they are rejected they are not allowed 70 enter
IGerman territory, as German laws as
10 admission OF aliens are even more
stringent thar our own. After passing
the Inspection the emlgrants are unoeI
the supervision OF the government ontll
they land In the United states. Inc ave
provide Tor good treatment for them while
passing through Germany and on snip
hoard and as far as we could see the transpor-
tation companies are trying TO carry out the
States and not allowed Is enter by the immi-
grant inspectors. the law requires the steam
ship company TO return him 10 MS nome
Without cost and the steamship company Is
hibitive Immigrant. For these reasons II for
no other, the steamship companies nave 70
be very careful as to the class Of immigrants
they handle. At these control stations, foI
instance, If the Immigrants are suspected OF
having been exposed TO contagious diseases
they are at once isloated and Kept under med
icai supervision until all danger has passed.
n 1t Is thought necessary their baggage and
even their clothing is disinfected.
We visited the control stations at MyslowitH,
Memel, Thorn and Insterberg, and after
inishing up at the latter place we TOOK Q
COUPLE OF days off from our regular work and
vent over TO st. Petersburg. The visit TO the
Russian capital was very interesting but de-
pressing. The country Is quite different from
any other that we have seen, and the people
reflected in their appearance and general
bearing, as we'll as In their manner OF living,
the effects OF bad and oppressive government.
There was a marked contrast between the
people in Russia and those In Germany and
the difference in the two countries could even
be noted in riding along on the train. The
farms are not as well kept in Russia. the cat
tie being poorer n smaller than In Germany
and the towns that we passed had q dilapi-
dated, poverty stricken appearance, quite
different from those in any other country
that we have seen.
Leaving st. Petersburg we came back to
ceeded to Hamburg. and from there we went
to Bremen. Both these are Important ports,
each handling many immigrants every year
FOR the United States. At Hamburg we were
given q luncheon by the directors OF the
and by q committee from the senate Of the
province of Hamburg, and at Brennan we
were given a lucheon by the directors OF the
by the senate of Bremen. The entertainments
given US at these places were very pleasant.
especially that given by, the senate OF Bre-
r3en. Bremen Is an old city, and has for
hundreds OF years had an Independent gov
eminent. The Rathaus, or city hall, Is q very
old and Interesting building. Part of 1t was
built In the thirteenth century, and 1t was
completed In the sixteenth century. 1t fs
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and even more SO on the interior. The main
hall, in which the public meetings are held, Ia
filed with rare paintings. carvings, models OF
ships, etc. In the basement OF the building
place. where wines and beers and other
drinks are sold. After the dinner we went
through the rathsk eller, where several hun
dred people we're seated at tables eating and
are TO be found in every city and town In
Germany, and are literally patroniged. I do
not admire them, but candor compels me to
say that with all the drinking there seems TO
be- little OF what would be called intemper-
ance, I have not seen an Intoxicated person
In Germany, and ] doubt III could say that
after having visited as many oities In the
United States as ! have visited here,
were very pleasant indeed. The people with
whom we came In contact were hospitable
and spared no palms 10 provide Tor our COM
fort and con venience. All Of our party carry
away very udppy ISUCllCCLlOlb " 0cluuduy
and the German people.
Leaving Bremen on the morning OF July 29,
we went 10 Rotterdam, one OF the large ports
in Holland; Holland Is a low, fiat country.
but ia thickly populated and seems quite
prosperous. Stocktaising. dairying, and
grain and grass growing are the principal
agricultural pursuits, and there Is good deal
Of manufacturing. Much lof the land is be-
low the level Of the sea, and great dikes have
been built to hold the water in check, as has
been done along the Mississippi river. There
are q great many canals through the country,
they having been constructed partly for irri-
cation purposes and partly for transptrta-
lion; and in some places 1t seemed that the
boundary line of every farm was marked by
a canal. The famous Dutch wind mills were
TO be found on every side, and the fiat coun-
windmills, furnished unique out pleasing
pictures.
ride from The Hague, where the Information
al Peace Conference IL being held, and OIL
course we felt that as we were 30 near we
could not afford TO pass by without seeing IL.
On our arrival at The Hague, however, we
found that every hotel In the town was filed
TO overlooking. and We bad TO go out 10
Schevenengin, a seaside resort about ten
miles away. In order 10 get a place TO sleep,
money for which was given by Mr.. Andrew
Carnegie, was laid on tho afternoon that we
reached The Hague, but we did not get to
witness the ceremony, for the reasons stated.
On our way bere we stopped Tor q night at
Antwerp, and inspected the provisions for
the Immigrants at that port, and then went
over to Brussels, the capital OF Belgium. The
battlefield OF Waterloo, where Napoleon met
bis defeat. is fourteen miles south OF the city
Of Brussels, and we went out 10 see 1t one
afternoon. The battlefield was very interest,"
ing, but was quite different from what ! bad
expected TO nee, There il DOW no traos OF the |
trench in which 80 many OF Sapoleon's cav
airy lost their lives, for the ground has BEEN
levelled, the dirt being taken 10 build a great
mound that marks the place where the
young Prince of Orange was wounded. The
mound covers five acres at the base, and Is
probably so or 80 feet high, surrounded by q
great stone lion. We went up to the top OF
the mound and had q splendid view OF the |
battlefield and the surrounding country.