Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-14
EXPECTS EUROPE TO
DEMOBILIzE IN THE
UNITED STATES NOW
Problem on Immigration y Ter The
var Far Greater Than any which
Wa1 Faced Before the War

Was Paced Before the War
Concerning the expected immigra-
ton Of hordes OF European peoples
ito this country with the coming Of
peace, the Utica. N II Observer says:
III has been long felt in America
that. when the war was over and
transportation facilities for passeng-
.ers to America had become available,
great masses Of people would seek 70
escape the hard conditions Of life In
Europe and come to America land
or plenty and Of promise,
But there has always been those
who expressed the opinion that the
European governments wOnll place
restrictions upon emigration because
Of the need Of labor for reconstruction
The greater the burden, the greater
need for producers to bear II, was the
argument and consequently strong
barriers would be placed before any
who desired To leave their country.
Ii there was any force TO this argu
meni ii has been carried away by the
great political changes which has =
taken place in Europe for We see So
cialigm and radicalisn of marked
degree rising to power and these isms
are not OF the sort thai will restrict
movements of people. X would be
easy to conceive the kaiser or the car
KEEPING their subjects al home, but II
would be difficult To expect the social
lists to make any such law Nor is It
to be believed that any Of the other
European states will adopt such q
policy, especially II they should be at
fecfed by the socialistic tendencies.
IT ii reasonable to believe mat large
numbers of Europeans will make every
every effort to come to America as
soon as possible Everywhere they
have been asking American newspa
per men. officials and others how to-
get here The Franco Prussian war
was followed BY wave of emigration
to this country, and the impetus to-
leave following this war will be far
greater.
America was little touched by the
war, and Europe sees America feed
ing their peoples, They have long
heard Of the ease Of acquiring living
here. Naturally, the desire to come
will be great
DO we want Europe 70 demobilize
ina America Following the denobi-
lization Of our own troops, which, L is
calculated, will be considerable
problem for our industries to absorb,
do we wish the process continued
through years, not with American citi-
xens accustomed to American ways,
but by horde OF alien peoples whose
assimilation under normal conditions
we have found to be beyond our
ability?
III our experience and the conditions
Iii Europe are able to foretell any
thing. they give emphatic warning that
the United States viii have an immi-
grafton problem upon It's hands which
will make the problem before the war
seem trivial.
Consider. for instance. just one
phase Of 1.-THE poisoned minds Of
those who will lock here. II they can.
There are the Russians mad with Boil
shevism, and the Germans schooled in
barbarisn. Do We want them? That
Is for us and our Congress to say.
There is simple way By which we
can keep immigration down TO d mini
mum, and that Is to reinforce our pres
ent Law with a plan which has favor
among many students of inauguration.
The scheme Is to permit an irnmigTa-
ton equal to only q certain percept
age or those already here Thus, II
there are million Russians in the
United States, We might allow an an
nual arrival Of per cent, or 10000.
The same percentage would have TO
serve for other nationalities. 20 that
all our literacy law. all would have
to have certain degree OF education.
which is Of distinct advantage in q
There will be powerful interests OPP
posed to further restriction, as they
|combated the literary test Newly nat
uralized citizens. those who still have
IA warm feeling for the old country,
Impractical idealists. and certain man
.ufacturers with an eye for Keen COM
petition for Jobs among workers
these among others viii oppose re-
striction.
And get. restriction will be good for
them ali The greater danger in the
labor situation. hi the days Of transit
Etion Cd peace times. IL In the fact that
d high percentage of the workmen- are
so-called foreigners, who are snscepti-
Bile tn wild theories
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