Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-30
INSPECTORS BAR
MANY FROM ]. S.
Tragic Scenes in Foreign
Ports When Physicians Re-
ject Applicants.
FAMILY GROUPS BROKEN
Many Refugees Seeking American
Homes Reported to Be in
Wretched Plight.
By the Associated Press.

ny the ASSOcldteU IEcSSs
BREMEN, Germany, January 90
Hundreds of emigrants who came
into Bremen, Hamburg and Danzig
to seek new homes in America are
rejected before they can embark for
what to them is the land of plenty
and promise. Tragic scenes are nu-
merous when the ships physicians
announce the list of those barred
because of signs Of disease or disa-
bility which would prevent their adj
mission to the United States.
One hundred homeseekers were re-
jected out of 600 who attempted to
leave Bremen on one steamer re-
Gently. All these unfortunates were
not defective, but the the rejection
of one member of family in many
cases prevented the entire group
from sailing for America.
Pitfable Cases Cited.
The most pitiful of the tragedies
occur in the breaking up OF family
groups. when some children old
to proceed to America, while others
are detained.
One Polish woman. the widow Of
an army surgeon, and her sixteen
year-old son had been rejected at
Danzig when the steamer had
conjunctivitis. The woman came with
pleaded Tor smother enamination
here. but the physicians adhered TO
their original diagnosis and the
woman was compelled to remain with
her son. In several cases one child
In a family of five or six showed
traces Of trachoma or conjunctivitis.
This was sufficient to halt the whole
family or to break up the family
group, some Of the members Of which
might go to America, while others
could not.
Disabling Diseases Enumeratea.
affection OF the scalp, are the three
diseases for which ships physicians
seek above all others in examining
emigrants from Poland and other
war areas destined for the United
States. The United States emigra-
sons whose eyes are not normal and
force the steamship line to carry
them back to their port Of embarka-
ton. Besides, a fine of $500 may be
imposed upon the steamship com-
panies for carrying such persons to
American ports.
Czechosloyakia, Jugoslavia and Po-
land are pouring streams of prospec-
tive .emigrants into these three ports
and the steamer lines are forced to
exert every effort to check them from
congregating at Hamburg and Brem-
en- in larger numbers than can be ac-
commodated. Model. sanitary quar-
tiers are available in these two ports
for emigrants. but the conditions are
TAR Less satisfactory in panzig.
Refugees In wretched Condition.
The refugees who flock into Danzig
are generally in a wretched state
when they arrive from the devastated
parts Of Poland and the Baltic states.
Their accommodations there are old
and fnsanftary.
Storage passage from German ports
to America this winter have been ex-
actly three times tho rate charged
before the war. or the equivalent of
$11o. while a second-class passage has
cost $500.
In spite Of the increased expense of
Atlantic travel. every steamer leav-
ing for America has every berth TAX
en- and reservations are booked for
months in advance. It is expected
here that this situation may be re-
lieved by the gradually increasing
number Of ships entering the German
American service and possibly, by Inn
Emigration legislation now pending
in the United States Congress.