New-York tribune., 1920-09-21
The Plague of Anarchy
Why Do We Admit IL Freely
Through Ellis Ishnd9
To the Editor of The Tribune

TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: I have read with interest and
approval your recent editorials on "The
Crimes Origin" and "The Courage Of
Logic" also the letter of Zone Native
American" published in your issue Of
yesterday, and | think you are to be
commended for calling attention to one
OF the very obvious causes of the pres
ent social unrest in this country. But
have you not overlooked one of the real
primary causes Of the trouble, cause
which has made possible most of the
radical and anarchistic outbreaks from
which we are suffering to-day and
which, unchecked, is paving the way for
a great deal more of the same kind Of
trouble in the future? l refer to the
wide-open door at Ellis Island
The bulk Of our immigration for
years past, and practically all Of it at
the present time, comes from the South
ern European countries inhabited by
the Latin races, which are impregnated
to-day with more radicalism, more Bol-
shevism and more anarchy than all the
rest Of the world, excepting possibly
Russia. According TO an article recent
iy published in your Sunday edition,
immigrants are at present pouring in at
the rate of six or seven thousand day,
mostly from Italy, which, next to Rus
sia, is more filled with Reds than
any other country in the world. Can
any one pretend that our superficial ex-
aminations, our health tests ard liter
acy tests will prevent hundreds OF
active Bolshevists and anarchists COM
ing in every day among that six OF
seven thousand?
The question which puzzles me ana
which l would be glad to have an
swered by some one wiser than ], is:
Why do we let them come? Is this
their country, or is it ours? What OBJ
AgatIon are we under to the nations
Of Southern Europe that we mast per-
NIT them to discharge this endless
stream Of their less desirable citizens
on US? Do the immigrants themselves
deserve admission by their treatment
Of US after they get here? Any one who
reads the papers must know that most
Of our recent labor troubles have orig
mated and been matured and spread
by labor agitators among the foreign
born. The crimes of the Malta, the
Black Hand, the anarchists and the
Reds in general are committed ai'
most entirely by aliens whom we have
permitted, not to say invited, to come
to our shores. We welcome them wlta
brass bands and they greet US WIZ
bombs. We give them dinners anu
make them speeches on "Americanism.
and they blow up our citizens ana
property in Wall Street.
Who wants these undesirables 20
come? Their own kind already hefs.
many Of whom are already "citiEens
of the United States, want them 70
come. Certain large employers OF iaSoss
looking only for profits, want them "
come. Certain professional politicians
looking only for votes, want them w
come. But believe l am right IN az
serting that the overwhelming ma1oriw
Of the inhabitants of this country, aus
all Of those who really have its ih'ei
ests mt heart, do not want them
come. Would you accept as memo@
OF your family a stranger suhef'as
from smallpox, or ten strangers II sv
knew one Of them suffered from snAis'
pox?
ANOTHER NATIVE AMERICAN
New York. Sept. TO- 1880