Evening star., 1924-09-26

| Argentina is soliciting Americans,
but its homesteads are located in the
| provinces or states nearest the Ant
| arctic region.
| 1t is not a matter OF unconcern that
Japan is now investigating Mexico as
| desirable country for thousands of
| Japanese farmers. Attention is called
TO the fact that they might legally
congregate upon the southern bank
of the Rio Grande and almost step
from stone to stone into the United
States, where they are barred by law.
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In view of the protests against the
| present United States law restricting
immigration into this country. it is
| interesting to note that the idea of
. selection of desirable immigrants and
| barring the undesirable did not origi-
| nate in this country, but was first
discussed in the Buenos Aires confer
ence in 1920. Furthermore, the same
sitting is now the law of Japan
against Chinese laborers, although
| the restriction bars are now lowered
| to let in Chinese laborers temporarily
to assist in rebuilding the earthquake
devastation
Canada has a similar law barring
Orientals and other undesirable" i'm
migrants. A similar restriction may
become a law in Argentina, judging
from recent expressions of Argentine
statesmen in Washington.
France is greatly concerned over
her reduced population. Although
she employs thousands of Italians as
workmen in rebuilding her devas-
tated regions, all such admissions are
| carefully guarded by a treaty with
Italy which requires the laborers to
| return to Italy each Autumn and re-
mair until Spring permits rebuilding
| to be resumed. The contracts are
made with the Italian government,
Italy paying the wages to the in
| dividual while he is in France and
France paying Italy lump sum.
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! It is said that Canada refused tc
participate in the conference at Rome
| because Italy had refused to permit
Canada to operate her system for ex-
| aminir g intending emigrants before
! they left Italy. Our Lady of the
SHOWS" has recently adopted such a
law and has examina tions made in all
countries of Europe except Italy.
| When a candidate passes the Euro
! pean test and is given certificate
ne is entitled to enter Canada with
out any examir alton at the port of
entry.
|
sist upon European examination, but
no immigrant can be considered eli
gible, even for examination at. our
ports of entry, unless he can show a
| passport viSaed by an American con-
sui in his native land. Naturally, a
consul investigates the applicant be-
fore visaing his passport. Hence,
what Canada achieves by law in re-
quiring European examinations we
obtain indirectly.
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Although the passport be visaed in
Europe, the immigrant must undergo
| a full examination as to health and
other qualifications at our gateway.
If he has contracted any objection
able disease en- route, or If additions |
evidence indicates his undesirabiaity,
there is no obligation to admit him,
as there would be under the Canadian
law.
| While our present law, after prac-
| tically less than two months opera
tion, is protested in Europe, our off, g,
cials believe it will demonstrate its
humanity in barring undesirables be-
| fore they have had the long ocean
voyage, and that ultimately, it will
be accepted by Europe as the bSst
immigration law ever passed by any
nation.
| Copyright, 1924, by Paul v Collins)