New-York tribune., 1920-12-10

retary Of the conference, whether the
conference had not been called under
camoutia2ed name in order to pro-
mote pro-Japanese propaganda. Dr..
Carter asserted that Japanese propa-
gahuists are at work in New York and
IN California
Any attempt to admit Asiatics with.
ouS feStricIlon on the ground that they
are assimllable would be q mistake u
SAID Or. Carter. 1--WE know that there
are two races that are not ass1miIah,e
ana those are the :Asiatic and the Art
can races" >'''
Mr.. Gulick, in reply, asserted that
eHe purpose of the conference was to
consider the whole immigration proh-
i' ish,' as was stated in the program. 1t
'rJ "~J oeen sald by other speakers tina
Tes ~ 80 Tue plan to create commission
~ pass upon immigrants before their
aomlssion, Asiatics would receive the
sane welcome as Europeans.
=. frofessor Edward A. Ross. Of Tho
SHiverslty of Wisconsin, at n session
OF the conference held last nicht as-
serted that the influx of Immigrants
rom Southern and Eastern Eurone was
80 covering wage standards here az to
make them no longer attractive tn noors
qeslrable immigrants from the Rr;t;sh y
Isles; Holland and Scandinavia. - -
Inc revelations made bv the drof+
i.'w curing the war established that
Anerlcanlzation has not proceeded at
the rate the optimists imaeineds, said
ffotessor Ross. "Unless we are willing
to see an increase of heterogeneitv y y
spread or color lines, the transplanting o
and the formation of social castes ws
must set up better standards of admis-
sion.
"The determinations being erecte 4
on the Pacific Coast against the .Iaha~
nese immigrant are most deplorable he.
cause they revive policies of internaI
discrimination which we hoped had been
abandoned forever. Yet such policies
Will appear more and more unless the
Federal government so Sits the would
be immigrants that those admitted
shall be welcome enough in anv Ameri-
can commonwealth to enjoy full civil
equality"
Attitude OF Jews
Jeremiah W. jerks, of New York
University and director of the Far
Eastern bureau, said that the fact that
Japan has a law denying ownership
of her land to foreigners was interest
ing in connection with "the Japanese
attitude toward restrictions on land
ownership in California;
Before 1910, IN Japan, the right of
ownership of land was absolutely
denied to individual foreigners" he
said. "ln that year law was passed
nominally permitting ownership by
foreigners under certain rigid restric-
tions. Up to the present time, that
law, although on the statute books, has
never been put into operation"
Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, speaking in
behalf Of Jewish immigrants, declared
that they objected to be regarded as
4 problem. He said their Judaism
should not be considered in their quail
tcations for admission because no
loyalty was worth while which was
based on disloyalty to ething else.
Frederick a. Wallis, Commissioner
If immigration at Ellis Island, sent q
message in which lie declared that Con-
gress should make two provisions in
any new legislation. These were that
the qualifications Of immigrants to en-
+ ter be passed upon before they leave
their native soil and that plan be
/ DEVISED for distributing immigrants on
their landing here to the agricultural
and industrial regions where they were
! needed.
The conference sent telegram tc
the House Committee on Immigration
asking for adequate appropriations for
the improvement Of sanitary and social
conditions at Ellis Island.