New Britain herald., 1915-10-01
DEALING WITH THE ALIEN PROF. E LEM.

DEALING WITH THE ALIEN PROB | LEM.
 Thirteen months ago had anyone
 mentioned the fact that there were nine millions of aliens in this coun- l try who had never taken step to- l ward becoming citizens of the United States, nothing would have been l thought of the matter there would ! have been no expression of alarm.
 But today, after the events of the past three or four months, we have l grown fearful of the situation, fear I full because 1t has been shown that l There is enough heat in it. but not l under it. We cannot count on the | unnaturalized persons within our land | to possess the spirit of true Amer jeans. Neither can we count on some of those who are naturalized. As a. | matter of fact, the loyalty of some of our own native born has been questioned. There is not much diff
 ference between the man who takes
 out his naturalization papers with
 mental reservation and the man who identity. Only this,-you know where the latter stands It seemingly be- ing true that many peoples cannot as- simulate their characters and nation al traits into one and live under the same principles, rules and conditions,
 then there must be radical change
 made in tpe methods of admitting
 these people to the United States. All these things will naturally be dds-
 cussed during the next month or two,
 both in and out of Congress, and the
 the immigration laws. Congressmen for the most part are beginning to
 realize that this nation needs protec-s
 tion against its very self. Tn the old
 days while we were shouting for more
 immigrants, more laborers to do our
 work, little did we think of what a
 great influx of illiterates meant. Now
 we are brought face to face with.
 the facts.
 Hundreds even thousands, who have taken the oath of allegiance have
 prE2ahfN not known what it meant; or if ley dM know, cared little. AIT ths harping and preaching from now
 until the crack of odvem's. day would naEer make the oath of allegiance
 arpeal to these people if they do not l eHfer upon the ceremony with the l p3oper spirit But there is another
 way of getting respect for it, and that
 fS1lrough recourse of the laws. It .H1tpssible to formulate some penal FtE$ to be applied when the oath is gAf Afbx3ien, or for thoughtfulness about 1 iWl significance. Nations, as a gen. I3erA rule, extend to the resident alien 7! theprotection of their laws and insti- td&Dns.# We have exemplification # 4 his .yfact in France, Germany, MHhaand, China, Japan and all the
 b uh American countries.a Amer Ni4a(Is are doing business in the cap ' 3all cities of all the nations on the 7 IsA dh and it is seldom that one of mAh even entertains the thought of
 IAhng out naturalization papers in ]. has lands. Yet they are given all [ iNhA protection afforded them in their 8 K%xtn land. Local laws are the in x a#trkuhents backing up this hospital s EitH. Every nation must take it's o 1alaWsas it sees fit, as the conditions . iobktan When nation has ten per ni elm of it's population alien it fs -I onnionted with a different and more r dtHult situation than the land that e 4sonly one per cent. alien popula- $ idbrwithin it's borders, and the laws $ +. old be drafted accordingly. Not l. hN aevery man should not be protect j. I'd but the native-born residents 70, bh1 dld be given the right of way over lg ~.l4ose who are amongst them for what ly they can get and not for what they a would give. Anyone with fair and a. open mind can readily see that our en immigration laws and few others on w our statute books are sadly in need ne of little factoring.