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Show Roosevelt Takes Up ' Braun Complaints Chaiges Against Austro-Hungary Regarded as Serious, and Will Be Probed to Bottom. WASHINGTON, May 13. - President Roosevelt Is manifesting a particular interest in-terest In the case of Marcus Braun, a special Inspector of tho United States Immigration Im-migration service, who is having trouble with ofiviais of the. Austro-Hungarlan Government, whom he charges -with tampering tam-pering with his official mall. Inspector Brnun complained of his treatment to Embassador Btorer who caWed yesterday to the State department some details of the case-Report case-Report Is Sensational. Inspector Braun has made several re-ports re-ports to th.- bureau or Immigration, one of which i- sensational In its Btatementi It contains allegations, backed by arfl-dayits arfl-dayits of the Austro-Hungarlan Government Govern-ment s efforts to foist upon this country Immigrants who mav not be desirable from the viewpoint of the American people. peo-ple. Pays Steamship Companies. The charge Is made specifically that the Austro-Hungarlan Government Is p ylng the steamship companies a large sum each year to bring Immigrants to this country, and also that tho immigrants are being urged not to become American citizens. Is a Serious Matter. The President today called for the reports re-ports of Jnspector Braun and will go over them himself. Tampering with the mall of an official In a foreign country Is a serious matter, and thero Is no disposition disposi-tion on tho part of the officials of tho Department of Commerce and Labor to treat the complaint of inspector Braun lightly. |