Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-30
THE IMMIGRANT FINDS A BACKER-By Frederic j. Haskn.

proved Tor MIN. For one Ln1ng, ne IS no
longer cast off like deadwood from his ma
tive land and left to drift for himself by an
alien government. In the eyes of both his
mother and foster countries he has become a
figure Of Importance. While the United
States is proceeding industriously with it's
Americanization campaign, European nations
are building up strong naturalization pro-
grams.
The Homeland Helps
Before the war, the chief European ma
lions were too powerful and self-complacent
to worry over the emigration Of their sur
plus population. The Western Hemisphere,
they felt, was more than welcome to it..
There was, they decided, no necessity for a
definite emigration policy. The war, how
ever, revealed two disagreeable facts: that
each nation was harboring disloyal aliens
within its borders, and that it's own loyal
sons on foreign soil had been ignored until
they were beyond retaining.
Every important European nation now has
an immigration policy inflenced by these
two discoveries. Every nation is encourag-
ing the emigration of alien nationalities from
it's borders; which explains the tremendous
exodus of Hungarians from Czecho-Slovakia
and of Jews from all Of Europe. Every ma
ton is refusing to receive back in its fold
aliens who left it during the war to fight
for their mother countries. Every nation is
determined to keep track Of it's own native
emigrants; to see that they are we'll pro-
tected in foreign lands, and thus win and
keep their loyalty. Holland has already
called a conference of European states to
consider uniform plans for affording such
protection, and it has been one of the first
countries to open immigration aid bureaus in
foreign cities.
According to Frances Kellor, an American
woman who recently toured Europe with a
view to studying it's emigration policies, many
countries have enlarged the powers of their
consulates in the United States to protect
immigrants, and they are supporting socie-
ties and homes and movements to look after
their nationals 'They are encouraging them
to apply to their consulates for advice and
assistance" she says. SIN this work they
have able support from a considerable part
of the foreign language press in this coun-
try.
"They mean to control the interests of
their immigrants by advancing their Geo.
nomic interests; by the establishment of
parish schools; by supporting the foreign
language press through advertising and by
fostering the establishment of cultural So
cieties-all for the purpose of perpetuating
the language, ideals, culture and interests
of the native land.
"They mean also to keep in touch with
their nationals by social events and, so far
as the United States is concerned, it will see
more and more distinguished members of
these races visiting their nationals here as
guests of honor, for the purpose of preserv-
ing home ties. They mean at least to con-
slider the advisability of giving their nation
ais abroad representation in the home coun-
try. They favor the establishment of i'm
migrant banks and of the branch banks in
immigrant countries where the native Ian
guage is spoken to stimulate the transmits
sion of money home and investments in the
home land
In other words, in the future no Euro
pean nation is going to lend it's man power
to promote the development of COMPETE
tive country. 1t will let its men go to re-
lieve an economic strain, but it will demand
them back, with interest, when the proper
time comes. This definite policy may not
be pleasant for the United States, but it is
fine for the immigrants. No wonder our
latest alien newcomers are not worried about
finding jobs. They have the strength of
their respectiYe nations behind them