The Denver Jewish news., 1921-12-28
461 Jewish Refugees
Saved from Deportation
MEN. WOMEN AND CHILDREN
WHO FLED FROM THE IN
FERNO or UKRAINE, PERMIT
TED TO LAND IN CANADA.

ugceS from the Ukraine. who received
their Polish passports after having
signed a guarantee that they would
never come back to Poland. have been
saved from being deportcd from Can
ada to the Ukraine Inferno This hap
pcned after they were all ready rather
TO seek Il grave in the ocean than
again undergo the terrible miseries
from which they had escaped After
a long struggle they have been per-
mittcd to land in Canada.
This fight was wagcd by the aid of
u few of the mos, prominent Jews Of
Canada. who were interested in the
sad plight of their co-religionists by
the well known communal workers,
the Hon. Joseph Barondess. 10y the
Jewish Immigrant Aid society of Can
ada and by the Hebrew Sheltcring and
Immigrant. Aid Society Of America.
Some idea of the desperate condi-
ton of the refugees may be gauged
from the fact that prior to their lcav-
ing Poland. the Canadian Consul
warned them against going tn Canada
and warned the steamship companies
too from taking them. The refugees,
homeless and countryless. haA no 9th
cr alternative but to seize hold of the
straw which meant To them the only
possible rescue. The officials of the
steamship companies We're so touched
,l,. n1x-ae In
risk of transporting back the wander
ers
The complete story of the suffering
and subsequent rescue of these wan
derers is told in II report by the Hon.
Joseph Barondess. Special Has Com
missioner to the Board of Directors af
the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant
Aid Society of America nj its last
meeting. The story called forth tears
tears of sympathy and of fellow
feeling in the fate of the wand arins
brothers and sisters and rears of jos
that Has was enabled to bring relief
10 them. Too much praise cannot he
given to Mr. and Mrs. \. J. Freiman of
Ottawa. who untiringly and unoeas-
ingly labor for the welfare of jew
ish refugees: to Sir Mortimer Davis,
the Jewish philanthropist OF Mont
real to Mr.. S. i. Haltrecht. manager
of the Jewish Immigrant Aid society
of Canada to Mr.. j. Perlmnn. man
ager of the Federation of the Jewish
Philanthropies of Montreal to Mr..
Hugo Lederer of the Tnited-Amcrican
Steamship Lines. to the Jewish I'm
icrs of Montreal and to :nc Jewish
leaders in the 'yo great political par
tics " Canada
Canada's Rigid Immigration Regula-
tiOns.
Mr. Barondess began his report
with the statement that the main
trouble in Canada is the fact that
there are no immigration laws hut i'm
migration regulations issued from
time to time, so that it is never known
what the next regulation will he. Much
depends upon the immigration officials.
Canada is suffering from bad times
and unemployment is very great. In
antagonism towards inn
migrants has increased. \ young man
arriving in Cannda and being adj
mittcd after many difficulties, must
give bonds that for three years after
his admission he will attend school
and not go to work. In the case of
a girl. she must furnish bonds that
for three years she will be in do
nestic service. Every immigrant of
the age of Is and above. must have
$3.50 and money for every member OF
the family. In addition thereto.
man with II family must give bonds
that he and all the members of his
family will settle on farm. These
are only few of the severe rcgula-
tions.
S6O, 900. Jewish Money, Lost and I'M
migrants Deported.
The bonds are from $500 to $1,000.
Agents of the Government see that the
terms under which the immigrants are
admitted are kept. 100000 worth of
bonds. mostly given by Jews, were
forfeited in the course of three
months. because the immigrants could
rot possibly live up to the terms stip-
uIated And the wanderers were de
ported.
The Freimans All Their Wonderful
f-Sacrifice.