Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-16

The annual summary for the last fiS-
cal year of immigration into the United
States shows marked decrease IN
number coming from both Mexico and
Canada, although both are non-quota
countrieS--~a decrease of about 5000
from Canada and about $500 from
Mexico. At the same time, there was
an increase Of some 10000 from Great
Britain and Ireland. and l500 from
Italy But Germany failed to use up
her quota by 1000. We admitted a
total OF 500,63l aliens while 274,356 re-
turned to their native lands. so that
our net increase of aliens was ONLY
about 225 900. OF the gross incomine
immigrants, 85.3 per cent came from
Mexico. Germany, the Irish Free State
England, Scotland, Italy and the Sean
dinayian countries.
We deported IL 625 undesirable
aliens, of whom 1911 were criminals
$50 insane. epileptic or mentally unfit
and 500 immoral Half Of the deporteeS
were from Europe and the rest were
almost equally divided between Canada
and Mexico, aside from 297 from the
West Indies, 2l3 from Central and
South America and 232 from China, l0e
from Japan and 304 from other coun-
tries
CuCIi are TIE UIy SldliStlCS VI ouA
| immigration. There are other phases
Of the story not half so uninteresting
One of the most prominent journal
! lists Of England has been visiting the
| United States and studying It's institu-
| tons with practiced eyes-Mr j. A
| Spender, former editor OF the West
! minister Gazette He is particularly i'm
| pressed with the marvellous power OF
| assimilation Of alien races manifested
| by the United States In an article by
! Mr.. Spender. which has Just appearec
in the New York Times. he says
| THE travelling Englishman is struck
| by the existence Of as yet unassimilateo
| chunks in what Is called the American
| melting pot He finds certain quarters
| of great cities and certain areas else
| where which strike him as purely cosmo-
| politan and seem to contain greater
| number OF different kinds Of people thar
| any similar area In Europe. But, on tht
| whole, as ] have already said, ne i
much more impressed by the extraorol
! nary success with which the process O.
| assimilation goes forward than by th'
| resistance to it of certain stubborn ele'
ments He Is conscious of national
! genius at work over the whole area
| and making all the time something
! which transcends the different nationah
! ties and Is Enthusiastically American
| The courageous American experiment o
| keeping doors wide open for at leaS
| the first century of the national III
seems to him To have been wei luati-
! fed and he wishes that the brltlhi
Dominions could be induced TO repeat 1t
American anxietics on TINS SuDlec'
are natural. but get the impression ina
| they are somewhat exaggerated AK
! old settlers whether British, Dutch o'
| 'Nordic' as the modern Wofd is taVt
a long start, and the general Americas =
pattern is predominantly theirs. IL VII
no doubt be modified, as time goes on
but 1t win not be Italianized or Balkan
lied or Polified 1t will sim be Ameri'
can, IL Is already sufficiently dlstiii'
guished from Anglo Saxon TO aIlofo nc
reasonable ground for jealousy 10 the
other races. all of whom have tneii
| opportunity OF contributing 10 IL acs
cording to their character ana ability.
= y
Discussing the above expression OF
| establishment at our assimilatlon oi
aliens with the well known ethnologist
DR.. Hrdlicka, the scientist declared tnal
most of the credit must be ascribed tC
our wonderful public school system
Nowhere else in the world IN there any
such an institution The alien chic
who enters an American public school
finds himself uncomfortable So long as
he knows only his foreign tongue anc
alien manners He Is laughed at By
American youths for his peculiaritles
until within remarkably short time
J he picks up some OF the language anc
joins In the American games. 1nme-