Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-13

Impatient to reach America, fretting
at the quota that permits only hand
full of their countrymen to emigrate
legally, hundreds of Poles, too, are easy
victims these days of smugglers' syndi-
Gates.
American consulS abroad are waging
constant warfare on the conSpirators.
1t was the American consulate general
in Berlin which, year ago this month,
exposed a widespread plot to smuggle
Poles and LithuanianS into New York.
The Berlin police arrested the leader
of the gang and four accomplices.
They are in prison now.
Forged Passports Uncovered.
This gang demanded 5000 apiece
from emigrants, then forged German
passports which entitled the bearers to
vlses at the American consulates. Thus
the piotters intended to get their CHI
ents into the United States under the
German quota.
Their scheme failed because the
American officials in Berlin became
suspicious and obtained the aid of the
police. immigration officials here adj
NIT that forged passports have admit
ted many aliens.
At the instigation of American off,
eA~A' eAAs ou5OoldFidIl EIILllSTdtlOIl LIE
partment is campaigning against the
smuggling of aliens into the United
States through Cubas The Jugoslavian
government has exposed certain ship
ping agents which were cooperating
with the smuggling organization and
charged that the smugglers promised
to land the emigrants in desolate spots
on the United States coast, but in
some instances they threw their victims
INTO the sea when Coast Guard vessels
approached for a rum search.
Portuguese, too, are striving to evade
the quota and join the hundreds of
thousands of border jumpers. Four of
them made their way to Rio de ia
metro and paid 81 900 to stow on ship
which landed at Philadelphia. They
made their way to New York, where
they were arrested by Patrolman
George Donnelly because he didn't like
the looks of their "foreign-looking
Some of the persons smuggled in are
refugees from European political per-
secution, willing to endure hardships
and risks to reach America, traditional
haven of refugees.
Plea Made for Refugees.
In 1926, when the Government was
deporting aliens at the rate of TOO
month and an annual cost of $4,000
"a total of 10000 were deported that
year-the Anti-Fascist Alliance of
North America sent this protest to
Senators and Representatives in Wash
ington:
Regarding the bill for the imme-
diate deportation of all aliens illegally
landed in the United States, we beg
to remind you of the presence in
America of many Italians, refugees who
have escaped Mussolini persecution.
1.-THE deportation of any of them
means sure death. We warmly appeal
to the noble sentiments of American
hospitality SO generously bestowed on
Garibaldi and Kossuth to uphold the
magnificent traditions of the United
States in preventing the deportation of
political refugees"
It has been charged that Sicilian
courts have given criminals the choice
of Punishment to a penal colony in
the Adriatic or voluntary fight to the
United States. These criminals prefer
the adventure of border jumping.
Meanwhile the traffic in forged visas
and passports goes on. The documents
are sold for anywhere from 500 to
$780, One scheme cropped out when
seven Italians arrived on the North
German Lloyd steamship Dresden. In
spectors challenged the validity Of their
papers. The men admitted having
bought them. Shortly after four visa
customers" were taken off an Italian