New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-01-23
BRITISH SAFEGUARDS
The Aliens ACt-hnarchiSts-- Lii
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been lneUeCtNe as protective measure
against foreign criminals through a sub.
section restricting its operation 10 imml-
grant ships carrying more than twenty
alien passengers in the Storage Tn,
methods of inspection for immigran.
ships are extremely lax and undeslra-
bic aliens do not find II difficult Z,
enter the kingdom. Anarchists and
criminals take passage by non-inmi-
grant vessels without undergoing any
examination whatever. Bremen, Ham,
burg and Rotterdam are the ports from
which Firms, Poles. Russian Jews and
the least desirable immigrants from
Southeastern Europe sail, and only
small proportion Of them is excluded.
Settling in the East End Of London, they
are speedily competing actively at lower
wages with English working people Tho
most inefficient among them are soon on
the rates; the most vicious revert TO vio-
lence and crime.
There is no effective barrier agalns.
alien paupers When legislation was
originally proposed for restricting immi-
grafton, it was recommended that no
alien should be allowed 10 land unless
he possessed to, and ~ in addition for
every dependent accompanying him No
inquiries Of this sort are made by Official,
when ships with steerage passengers ar
rive from the Continent. In consequence
OF the free entry for ignorance and pow
erty there is an uninterrupted increase
Of the cost OF poor law relief in East
! London, and there are more Russians on
| the lists than all other aliens put to-
gether. The criminal records are even
more appalling. The prisons OF England
and Wales are mainly filed with con-
victed aliens. and Russians and Poles
supply a large contingent These alien
| criminals, moreover, being accustomed
TO arm themselves against police and
soldiers on the Continent. retain the
same practice here. When arrested they
have loaded revolvers in their possess
sion, and when run to earth, as in the
recent astounding scenes IN Hounds
ditch and Whitechapel. they use tho
most dangerous weapons with the fren-
zied desperation OF anarchists.
The murder OF three policemen, thu
! discovery Of an anarchist arsenal and
the siege and destruction OF the hiding
! place Of two assassins in Whitechapel
! have been a series Of startling reveals
tions Of the consequences Of a lax admins
! istration and neglect TO exclude from thu
country foreign desperadoes and to dis
! arm those who are taking advantage Of
! the time honored privileges Of asylum.
! There are loud outcries In the press for
! the stringent application Of safeguards
AGAINST undesirable immigrants. such as
paupers, idiots and lunatics. and espe-
| cally against criminals and anarchists.
! Larger use can undoubtedly be made Of
! the powers conferred by the aliens act;
! process Of inspection can be rendered
| more effective and a higher proportion
of undesirable aliens can be sent back
! TO the Continent, and yet the door will
| be left open for new members Of anar-
| chist societies and fresh recruits for
/ gangs Of desperadoes armed with auto
matte pistols The act explicitly pro-
vides for the free entry OF refugees suf-
/ fering from religious persecution or ac-
cused Of political offences. Alien an
archists and criminals who do not cross
/ the North Sea or the Channel in vessels
not subjected to inspection can readily
enter England as political refugees.
| Neither the text OF the aliens law nor
the traditions OF asylum justify their ex.
clusion.
1t is evident that the resources Of law
must be enlarged and the methods %
administration transformed If anarchists
and murderous knights with automatic
| revolvers are to be excluded England
has hesitated 10 differentiate anarchist
! crimes against human society and all
/ government from political crimes, ana
until IT, abandons this equivocal atttuos
and Joins other civilized countries in sys-
tematic warfare against barbansm
amended legislation against aliens VIII
he ineffective. The American laws
AGAINST alien criminals are Draconian 10
comparison with the procedure here, ana
vet the immigration Commission mas
found II most difficult To prevent their
entrance and is recommending a larger
Use of the police records Of ltaly ana
other foreign countries and the leng'heH'
! ing Of the period within which suspects
! can be deported TO five years. Inc
American commissioners are conVIhce'
that aliens from countries where soe'
nuate records are kept should be az
niitted only after the production OF Ger
ufcates disclosing an absence OF coz.
yiction for crime. In England the risn'
IN deport criminals is sparingly use'
and there is no cooperation between 'h'
police authorities OF foreign coun''''
and the immigration inspectors ne''.
| Njscreants and anarchists hunteo ou'
Continental cities find in London 00,"
Portable refuge. where they can Wv
against sovereigns. play with oans',
ovpIosives and shoot the police AZ snO''
range. ,,sr.
Safeguards against incoming N,
cbists are perhaps less important Us"
protection against those who are a'.s ,n.
here. The East End. along WIN 49,"
sands of III paid and Impoverished &c. .'.s.
contains increasing swarms 81 re''. ~,
desperate, ungovernable criminals ,,-.
have learned to detest all human au
itv and to arm themselves WITH 'e'l. 81.
woarons for use against the pow.
with the coronation approacn'ne' ',,.
with long circuits of professional AN AN.
to be guarded. the necessity io ,,, ~,
trou,rg and disarmng alien crim'ns