The Alaska daily empire., 1921-01-01

cent. the admissions in figures being 12,86S to the mainland and 3,306 to Hawaii as against 11,404 and 3,50o' respectively, in 1919. "
 AS stated in the last annual re- port the practice then obtaining as to the admission of proxy brides as alleged brides of Japanese in this country was not satisfactory to thc department and the result was new rule which promised a solution or the question. Contrary to this expec- tation the number of arrivals of such wives increased from 3,1S9 in 191, to 3,816 in 1920 This tendency caus- es continued study of the subject. Finally Japan fixed by decree, the 29th of February of this year, the last day upon which passports would be issued to so-called proxy brides and as to the holders of such dOcu- ments. they had months in which to apply for entry, September l. 1920. saw the end of this system.
 "The granting Of passports under the gentlemen's agreement with the exception mentioned, will continue as heretofore by Japan. The immi- grafton service finds difficulty in meeting the situation when subjects of Japan endeavor to impose not only on the United States, but sometimes also upon their own government Japanese laborers are allowed to en- ter Mexico and some Central and South American countries upon pres entation of passports issued by Japan limiting to one of such countries, the holder thereof not being entitled to admission thereon to the United States. Notwithstanding this inhibl- ton, Japanese find their way into Mexico and surreptitiously or through smuggling devices enter or attempt to enter this country.
 l Enforcement Essential
 "Too general terms of the agree ment itself and ex parte determine ! ton by officials of Japan of matters arising under it's terms have not been | anticipated by both countries when the agreement was conceived, Not only is clarification of the agree ment needed if it's main purpose .oi keeping laborers from coming to tine United States is to be effected, but strict enforcement thereof by joint administrative effofts should be brought about by both nations. Frau against both would thereby be mater I tally checked if not entirely prevent ed and the rights of all protected.
 "In the last report reference Wa: made to the laws of Spain and Portu gal which permit a person native of either of those countries, who may be in a foreign jurisdiction to nam1 by power of attorney an attorney 1T fact to represent such persons ir a marriage ceremony to be consum mated in the home country in thc absence of the bride or groom a. the case may be. Proceedings have arisen where an alleged bride has made application for admission tC the United States to join an alleged husband; thus, as the proxy bride experience on the Pacific Coast k about to cease it is possible to have it continued on the Atlantic side witt the probable addition of a proxy \ groom attachment"
 Turning to alien anarchists, com mun:sts and other kindred classes Mir. Camenetti says the activity fol the last twelve months in this Her Of work has been greater than al previous efforts in this direction. H. reviews the arrest in November ant December, principally of the Union ol Russian Workers, and notes that q the 425 Russians taken into custody orders were issued for the dcporta ton of -246
 Communist Party Active
 MT Caminetti says that while these events were in progress the Commun ist and Communist Labor Party be came active and in the neighborhood of 5000 warrants were issued. Ap I proximately 5000 of these warrants were served and 556 of those arrest cd were ordered deported.
 Detailing immigration for the year l MT Caminetti presents statistics t( | show that the proportion of femait | immigrants as q whole was 42.4 pel cent of the total in 1920 as com pared with 35.5 per cent in the foul years before the war. He says thi; 1 increase is especially noted in the case of European peoples anon: whom the proportion of females was consistently low prior to the worlt war, The Commissioner. Genera adds however that this fact has little or no real significance under the circumstances unless possibly the very large increases among tnG Greeks and Italians give a hint thad the immigration of these peoples in ' tLp near future may be somewhat