Evening star., 1915-02-28

sonnel Of each district orgauization--tt
possesses sufficient dexibility to permit
full cooperation throughout the serv
ice.
urged. MIR. Caminetti went o
but IL has been recommended that eA
ecutive management be confded TO tive
commissioner general and that all OF
ders issue under his signature. u hs~
to its credit since its inauguration III.
OF proceedings against Sc,
enty-fve persons found engaged III the
Illegal importation Of contra band Chi
neSe, siTtG-taree of whom were arrest
ed Thirty-two have been convicted.
thirty arc awaiting trial. one has been
discharged and the rest are fusitiNes
from justice
rectly or Indirectly OF It's operations.
over 400 alleged contrahaDd aliens have
been apprehe AIDED. Ii has met witt
success al along our boundary lines
and has broken lp tho eaunts thJt
h2rhorcd smuFglers.
while so,re OF them have sought
rev scenes th-y have been followed
and watched Wit 80 .fesger orfc"
red the success achieved thus far
srezl.s volumes fo- the ingenuity.
ability and bravery eIil bited BY our
officers IL IL" ae,d and at our sta
!ions: sor il r1uSt be remembered that
danger So sn element ever present in
It's N-orls.
IT Should be er1pha sized that whila
I'll this MAJ be sat OF tie new system
i can not be asserted that IL is CON
i,leca. nor extensive enough TO cope
v-stn the organized efforts on the par
Of t-!osn who engage in the business
cs bringing a'iens into this country
contrary 20 law.
This contrabaEd traffic and illegal
entry OF aliens can be broken up only
by q general and complete organiza
tion of border patrol and by actiN..
measu-es caicula ted TO seek out, ar
rest and deport all who are i'll til.
United States in violation C law.
treaties and agreements. This WORK
should be pursued without cessatiou
in the interior well as on the
boundaries. Every alien who enters
without right TO the privilege, deter
mined by inspection as provided by
law and regulations. and every person
who aids sbets HIM in his illegal
acts should be made to feel the rigor
of the law by prompt action and enei-
eetic prosecution.
THE way 70 break Up smuggling 10
to make it Improbable and dangerous:
the way to stop the surreptitious entry
OF aliens is to make IL certain that ar
rest and expulsion will follow. No
halfway measures will give beneficial
results
The present organization should b.
made to cover all sections and places
where conditions permit access to our
boundary More officers and better
equipment are absolutely necessary
both for land and sea service. go as to
equal if not surpass at all times the
means employed by the violators of our
law.
The northern border in that part OF
the state of Washington commencing
at the Cascade mountains and continu-
ing to the ocean would be the place for
first adopting the system of signaling.
because there is the great danger point
Past experiences have shown plain
desire there TO enter the country from
the Canadian northwest
Another place would be through the
Niagara Falls region, and there are
other places on the Canadian border
the same kind of an organiza tion. It
is not intended to have the entire bor-
der so organized, there are 10 many
places where smuggling Is Impractical.
BILE, therefore this would make the need
of signaling systems OF LOOKOUT low
ers unnecessary.
"On the southern border like situa-
tion exists, for there. too. the SNUG
glers are busy watching for chances 10
bring in their contraband Chinese and
Japanese Starting at a point midway
between Ell Paso and the Pacific ocean
and going thence to the coast. the ter
ritory would have to be covered in the
same way as that part OF the northern
borner described between the Cascade
mountains and tho Pacific ocean. ana
for the same reasons.
There are also portions of the south.
arm border lying from the point men,
toned to the Gulf of Mexico that would
have to be likewise protected. On the
coast lines if we could get the per-
mission OF Congress we might make
use of the Signal Corps organization OF
che United States Army.
'It Is proposed. as far as practicable.
to adopt the means employed by the
Signal Corps Of the army in carrying
out this work OF protection on the two
borders There will be some stations
established at convenient points on
those portions of the border that are
more. likely to be used by smugglers-
To aid the agents of the immigration
service in this work they should he
provided with means OF rapid conf
nlunica wireless and
etherwise--so that notice can be trans
United from one station to the other.
giving quickly the information at hand
to show smugglers are intending 10
cross the line with parties of contra
band aliens in violation OF law.
".As to the signaling system to sur
round the nation, ii is proposed to IN
Stall 1t on the northern and southern
borders in the danger points named,
and to some extent along lakes and
rivers known to be in use by sinug-
glers pursuing their unlawful trade
II will furnish a quick way OF sighting
smuggiers in their work. will enable
the lookouts to be quickly informed of
cont emplated movements of smuggling
gangs and also will permit the agents
20 get behind the contra band as quick
~ as possible. 1t will ne possible to
reach our officers at short notice and
inform them os new methods discov-
cred by our special agents working in
foreign countries for smuggling In con-
traband aliens. and will enable US 10
follow up any information pursued by
smugslers. whether it be on land or
sea"
While it is declared that there will be-
much work in laying out the system in
tne first instance. by way of the cor
struction of necessary buildings and
the purchase and installation OF the
necessary signal apparatus, there is
enough danger involved in the illegal
traffic to warrant the outlay.
Away out in the heights of the Cas-
cade mountains there would be sta
tions They. Of course. would consist
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