Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-29
Poles Clalnor to
Emigrate toU.S.:
Prey Of Crooks
Warsaw and Danzig Passpor,
Chiefs Inconvenienced by
Fraudulent Vises Sold to
Misguided.
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Warsaw, May 2S,-One OF the new
daily sights of Warsaw is line OF
1900 Polish and Jewish fugitives
from all parts of Poland seeking per-
mission to 60 to new homes in peace
full America The line stretches
away from the American consulate,
housed in a huge market building
which has a great glass roof and re-
sembles New York steamship pier
shed.
Every one in the line must be
armed with four things; Polish
passport, $40 in American currency
for the wise, certified letter from
relatives in the United States and a
third-class steamship ticket Only
about 500 can get vises in one day.
Women and Children.
The majority of the applicants
are Jewish women and children, de-
pendents of persons now living in
the United States. Many of their
men folks went to America before
the war, intending soon after their
arrival to send for their sisters,
wives and children, but the war cut
them off. In one day recently there
were 500 women applicants from the
town of Cholm. Most of their hus-
bands had gone to New York be-
fore the war and Hester street was a
common address.
The Warsaw line forms early in
the morning, long before the light
is up, and most of the people in it
are prepared to stand there all day.
Food is hawked to them in the
course of the day on trays much
like ice cream cones or refreshments
at American base ball games. Mat
tresses on which women and chill
dren sleep are also common sights.
Weed Out Frauds.
Attempts to sell fraudulent vises
to the unsuspecting in the line are
frequent and are giving the authori-
ties a great deal of worry. Coming
from the devastated lands OF Poland,
the ignorant refugees fall easy vic
tins to the false tales of easing their
way to an American wise and the
steamship for the promised land. The
practice has become so widespread
that it has resulted in numerous ar
rests and cancellations of passports.
In an effort to discourage the prac-
tice, American Vice Consul Huddle
stepped out of his Office in the TOP
tier of the market building the other
day and delivered a speech to he
einigrants in which he warned them
against those who were preying on
their ignorance.
Emigrants Arrested.
"Thirty-four emigrants,' he said
have been imprisoned i'll New York,
where they were trying to get into
the United States with false Ameri-
can vises. Thirty people are being
sent back from Goteborg, Sweden.
where they were stopped by the
American authorities They cannot
80 to America because they had false
vises.
Many other emigrants have been
arrested in Danzig, Rotterdam and
Amsterdam because they were trying
to get on ships for America with
false passports and false vises. All
of these people will be prohibited
from going to the United States.
Some Cold Advice.
Hundreds of swindlers are in
| Warsaw trying to steal your money.
They say they can get the American
wise for yod. They are liars and
cheats. They will only make trouble
for you and you can never 60 to the
United States if you deal with them.
Tell all your friends to beware Of
passport cheats and wise swindlers.
Tell them the American officials
know all about their game and that
everyone who possesses these false
documents will be caught and will
not get to that land of their heart S
desire"
Crowded With Fugitives.
The Hebrew Sheltering and Immi-
grant Aid society for America is CO.
operating with the American author
tiles in their efforts to run down the
false passports and vises, and their
agents are working both in Warsaw
and Danzig, where most of the emf
grants embark for the United States.