New-York tribune., 1920-12-19

up Hn!lc the Zeppelin rAidA ON LONDON
were being carried ont, and which is
entitled Copy in case OF accident tc
the first will" Both documents are &C
companied By sypswritscn EnRliah
trxnslat;ons.
The net personality in Great Britain
disposed of under tho will is 81, i,108,310
Gated persons Of moderate means, n
from = variety Of causes. Old fortunes
have been lost in the ~sr, old estates
have been bruken up. Form crly wealthy
people, "the new poor" as they sre
called in England, decide 60 invest the
remainder OF their capital in q farm,
or ranch IL America or in Cahsda
Small shopkeepers, unable tc earn =
living in 6 time of cbesp money and
high prices, are forced into hankruptcy.
Clerks and other cfFice employees csn-
not earn living wage in organizations
whose deprecated pound sterling rnuat
against the nigh Anne rican dolisr. High
salatiee and better living conditions
in the United States cxsac the emigra-
tion Of khis clans.
Girls Seek Husbands
Returning former residents Of Por-
eign birth form conotan.ly increasing
all erngrants to the United States
eventually returned to their native
lands. They had prcspered in America
and their savings would Assure them
comfortable income for life III Eu-
rope. They bought homes Ia their
native cities and established small
businesses. Nov. ruined by tn. war,
they are again going TO America. :,
There are many subdivisions Of theee
main groups. Soldiers slightly wounded
IN the var want open air work and
hope TO get employment on Western
sanehes. Gassed men wiah 70 20 to
join their sons ~io have prospered in
'he New World. Th~ cne-timc servants
O. the new poor" not liking "the
new rich.' who nov occupy .heiY mas
tsrs' hotss.. are going to the aid Of
the servantiess American housewife.
And the pretty girs-there are 5000
GOO surplus women in she United King.
dom alone-are going over 20 capture
American husbands.
In different parts of Europe varsots
reasons cause the migration In Eng
land the situation is entirely economic.
Despite Che demand :'or production and
the lack Of necessaries Of Iife, ,nany
factories are at 8 stak dstill. The Eng
heh pound cannot enter toe buying
manufacturer closes down his plant. =.
The unemployment cr;si. is grave
one. Here in London long lines of
young able-bodicd r.cn gather early
each morning before enc doors Of the
s&h0r exchanges. waiting their turn
tor any kind OF work at any wage. But
despite the efforts Of the government
unemployment bureau there is no work
20 DC had.
Little Work TO Be Had
Much criticism ot tho labor ex.
changes, which are conducted by the
government, has ariten here but the
fact remains thss they do not provide
work solely because there is none.
Nov the government is attempting TO
absorb the unemployed by the mass
constraction of dwellings, but this is IL
Sow process and only cares for small
proportion. OF the men. Ab'e-bodied
men, wearing way de- orations on their
as'oddy civilian clothes, beg II, the
1sreets. their story being that they
'hsve been promised job Saturday,"
4he unemployed have de~eloped
s.rong class spirit, and the Younger
organized rnobs. Recently such a
group Of 300 men peacefully took pos
session OF the Edmonton Town Hsil in
London, orga nized their unit on mill
1ary oasAs and announced that having
10 other home they intended 70 re-
nam IN possession until they found
work
The same day several hundred men
eclzeo "altha-nsto1 Public Baths,
wnlle other groups took possession of
the Camberwell Free Library and the
Hackney Drill Hall. They we're order
~, and said that they intended NO v;o-
lence. They merely demanded IN.
raPnt TO work FOR living. The police
ola not oppose them. Public spirit in
entirely on the mems side.
France and Italy Affected
These same conditions .x;e+ a.. &.
italy and France, but in centrs, t,n~
~ ADDED the political Impotence Of IT,
newly orga nized governments. tho con,-
pete financial breakdown and the dread
OF impending Bcishevsm. Thron.,h-
out Poland, Cxccno-Slovskia, Lithuan;.
ana Jugc- Slavis there 10 no feeling ~
national security. Every one With
money wants TO iiquidate his assets
and escape. No one dares to invent
IN England, Franc. and 1ts,x IL =,
middle class, although reduced 70 .
lower standard % living, attn hones
Tor better times, but in Central Eu-
rope they can see nothing but an en-.
.ire collapse Of their social system
lnese are the countries that are threat.
ehcd with being stripped bere OF their
population. At Prague, Warsaw. Nsules
and Palermo Che consular oficea sr+
s"Smpcd with applicants and ara onlv
physically able to handle q email ~,
centsge Of them. S~A
IT 10 an unprecedented situation.
and the ruch is going to increase" saiS
Anthony Caninetti, United States Com.
missioner General Of lmmi misration, who
IS IN London to study the problem.
10 seems as II almost every one IN
nuropr who can raise tho necessary
yyytov 70 get acroos wants to 70 10 the
United States. In the fiscal ear and
Ing July i, 1920, We received zs7 go
immigrants. Since then tney have ar.
rived at rate Of $4,000 q month. an
average Of 100000 annually. This
was our annual figure in the ten Years
De1ofc the war, and in 1919 aud 1914
We naa q ilttie more than a million an
nuaiiy But AZ that time any one was
1ree TO come. and Europ.'s people were
prosperous and ablo 20 YnaIe the ,our.
ney. Now thi2 new million a yoar mus.
represent only snsli part OF those
VITO ~ish and plan to come to America
New York Flooded
IT ir a grave problem. Tho United
Sta,es IL large country, bu. no nation
can Immediately absoro immigration