The Washington herald., 1909-07-18

London, July 1T-European immigra-
ton 10 this country is steadily increas-
ing. according % the latest report upon
the subject Last year 1850 such aliens
arrived IN England. as compared with
1900 the year before-insignifcan fg-
ures when compared with those Of the
United States, but England IS q land.
already oyercrowded. its labor market.
dIied The United States. according 70
the standards Of Western Europe, has.
only just begul- 10 be populated A.
Blue Book deals with the workings cf
the aliens act. a law that provides for
the exclusion OF undesirable immigrants
II is noted that 100 people were barred
from entry. the majority OF them Tor
want OF means. and the rest. with few
exceptions. because Of physical disacih-
ties. or the different natiOnalities. Ger
mans head the list. and Germans as
a rule. stay IN the country and nsl1s
good living out 9f IL
Small as the immigration returns are
as compared with the total population
Of the British islands. II IS. nevertheless,
being asked what the effect OF q con-
/ tinued Increase VIII be upon industrial
and social conditions here New YORK
l has been called the most cosmopolitan
city IN the world. Attention IS often
I drawn 70 fits crowded and frequent for
I eign quarters. but he who wanders a
Z little out Of the beaten tracks OF Lon
don vii admit that here the foreign
/ element must be very considerable A
great part Of the Old center OF the town
that quarter where IN years gone BY
I fashion congregated-is now largely
I given I'D 10 the alien Soho and the
surrounding area incloseG between Re-
gent street. Oxford street, and other
great arteries Of traffic and life have
many OF the characteristics Of a foreign
community Around Bloomsbury. FUR
ther toward the city proper, one may.
az night meet more foreigners than Eng
+ Hsh But these are the common PLACES
I Of London that are apt 70 pass without
/ notice.
The Census OF 1901.
I According 10 the census OF 191 there
we're just under 3o0.eo5 aliens IN tho
7 United Kingdom. This reckoning. how
ever. is not exhaustive IN the first
place, children Of foreigners born here
are counted as British. and. secondly,
many aliens. bitten by a Iaudsble desire
not unknown n the Uni;ed states, are
anxious 70 De reckOned as natives ard
adopt British names. and I'll - the cen
sus forms accordingly II was esti-
mated officially that 200.000 foreign work
men were employed in 1853 A royal con-
mission issued reports which prove that
the alien population. even as shown n
the census returns. had increased BY
/ I5l.2S5 In twenty years. IN other words.
/ had more than doubled itself IN the time
They also show that While the proper
ton OF the whole population sentenced
20 Imprisonment FOR the year ended
March g. 1872. was % per 100. the pro-
portion Of aliens so sentenced was 1LS
per Loo Of the alien population. snd that
I crime was increasing among aliens both
absolutely and relatively 20 the popula-
ton As a result. probably. OF the aliens
act. the figures for alien crime, which
/ reached q maximum IL 1904. have since
then shown an Improvement. but even
IN 1907 there were 2665 alien prisoners
Striking figures were given in evidencs
BY the senior Official receiver IN bank
ruptcy. While foreigners IN the metropO-
lis during the three years ended March.
Isus. represented 29S Per cent OF thu
population. the receiving orders against
aliens were 1s5 per cent OF the total
+ issued in London, AID the unsecured la
bllities represented upward Of Is per
cent Of the total IN the metrOrssis. No
less a sum than e1,E $50 vas lost 10
creditors in these bankruptcies This. TO
gether with the disproportionate urban
element in the returns Of aliens brings
out q fact which makes immigration
here compare unfavorably with immi-
grafton 20 the United states Practically
no agriculturists come from Europe 70
England
Evils OF OvercrOwdfng.
Il has been argued n favor OF ths
aliens that a very small proportion OF
them are in receipt OF poor relief To
this the answer Is given that this mere
" means that they underbid the Brit
ish workmsn- In this connection the
royal commission reported that while
II was not proved that there was any
serious displacement of skilled English
labor. still apart from skilled labor. X
was proved that the Industrial cOndi-
1 tions under which a large number OF
aliens work in London fall below the
/ standard which ought alike IN the n
teresss OF the workman and the CON-
munity AT large 70 30 maintained"
I Finally, lis members spoke in tones OF
the gravest concern OF the evils OF
overcrowding IN East London. which
they found were greatly increased BY
the continuous gravitation into the dis
]
Eastern Europe
During the last year the government,
has been attacked for the way IN which,
its officials allow the diseased 70 enter
the country Two, at least OF the in-
fectiOus diseases which are treated IN
the London hospitals seem &c be con-
fined almost snurely 70 Immigrants r
J. Bland, secretary of the Royal London
Ophthalmic Hospital has said THAI az
the Hospital FOR TraChOma. q special
room was provided for the reception OF
these patients Ninety per cent OF th6
Z sufferers who receive attention thera
admit their alien origin IN this respect
Il Is said that the strict American regu-,
latjons react unfavOrably here. Pros
pective immigrants 10 the United States
get as far as Liverpool or even as New
York They stay IN. OF return. 10 Eng
land. instead Of going home. The recent
Blue Book. however. tends 10 show that
the British health regulations are now
being better enforced.
! The Anarchistic Tafnt.
The accusation Of the anarchist talnt
is more real and more interesting. that
there are many anarchists here cannot
be doubted. Lettsh revolutionaries. for
instance. co8greeate In the East End.
II is a curious thing that the European
anarchist is kept under only slight and
Intellectual international Supervision.
The matter was broaght CD, but vas
left IN statu quo. at the last police cor
ference al Rome IN THIS country t-e
police do their best 20 watch anarchists.
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