The New York herald., 1922-02-13

more vicious in some of its aspects
but the truth to add that probably
Just as sincere and certainly just as
ineffective are the Cuban Govern
ment's efforts to cooperate with the
United States.
THE New York HERALD correspond
ent is tempted to say that at the no
ment. this paragraph is being read
another ship has put out from Mariel
Bay. west of Havana. or from Ma
tanzas. to the east. laden with Chinese
or eastern and southern Europeans
bound for Tampa. Tarpon Springs
Appalachicola, Pensacola or even No
bile. 1t ia ertireiy likely.
Collector Appeals for Help.
Let us go back TO December. 1921.
when NJ d. MacTarland. Collector Of
the Port at Tampa. Fla. sent to the
long report, admirable in it's detail.
calling upon his Government to go
to the rescue of its servants in the
Gulf ports who we're watching in gall
ing impotence the growing smuggling
Of liquor. habit forming drugs and
barred aliens from Cuba into the
United States.
Briefly he stated facts supplied to
him by his observers. Almost every
booze running ship, large or small.
was fetching its complement Of Chi
nese, Italians. Poles, Russians, Hun
garians, Austrians. Spaniar6s and so
on. The Orientals were being SNUG
gled In in greater numbers than the
Europeans or western Asiatics. But
along about the final days OF every
month the groups of Europeans are
seen. Leaving Mr.. MacFarland's re-
port. for the moment, consider the Sit
uafion. f j M
As every. one knows, there are legal
ibaiy against Chinese and japanese
| Immigration into the States. But when
Congress passed the latest immigration
law an entirely new state OF affairs
was created. At every European
port of embarkation thousands of
tired, hungry men were clamoring for
passage to America. The steamship
agents told them that only so many
Poles, Serbs, Croats, Germans, Aus
TRANS, Italians and so on could be en-
| tered into the United States every
month. Such was the new law.
The steamship people had TO carry
back to Europe every alien they fetched
west in excess OF the new regulations.
Therefore the steamship companies
compiled waiting lists. The lists grew
long. Those unfortunates far back on
the lists became discouraged. Months
more Of Europe. 1t was not TO be en-
6ured. And thereat arose new i'll
dustry.
Hope Given without promises.
Come with u.s." said other steam
ship agents. "Ocr ships touch West
| Indian ports-Cuba, Jamaica. Haiti
and the Dominican Republic. The
| United States is but step to the
north. We promise you nothing. but
anything lis better than remaining
where you are
And discreet propagandists went
about unoficialiy telling how easily a
man might take that step to the north.
Beginning with the new American
immigration laws the West indies
Cuba and Jamaica principallJ-began
to receive flood OF European imnri-
grafton wholly unprecedented and so
undesirable in spots that BON began
TO raise a terrific pother abou, 1t. TIE
Cuban Government appealed to the
United States to do something to
remedy conditions. II
Jamaica, sturdy dependency Of
the British crown. began acting. II
/ a. nd fa q hi N %
ton. Its local police began 70 make
matters unpleasant for the foreigners
who were landing in Kingston to be-
come immediate recruits TO the al
ready too lnrge army Of the unem-
ployed. Not to mince words, Jamaica
made it so unpleasant for the more
objectionable of the newcomers that
they got out--got out to Cuba, whittier
they were found anyway.
To tasten on, the next step Ja-
maica took was TO act against the
Increasing influx OF Chinese. Jus.
this month--on February 5. 10 be pre-
cise--the town council in Kingston
passed a resolution protesting against
the landing in large numbers OF Chi
nese who. according to the council
subsequently fed to Cuba. The coun-
Gil did not speculate upon the pere-
grinations of the Chinese after they
landed in Cuba, but II did get into
communication for the second time
with Washington and suggested that
the American Government look into
the matter.
Come to Havana to-day and amons
the first persons you observe along tho
waterfront arc operatives from the
United States Treasury Department
They will tell you frankly enough that
they arc here investigating smuggling
liquor. drugs and aliens. Stay in
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