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Show IMMIGRATION TIDE lURNINGOUR WAY ALIENS ARRIVINQ SAID TO BE DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF DEPARTURES. Thousands Leaving Europe for Land of Free, Many of Whom Will Un- doubtedly Not Be Admitted, Being Undesirables. New York. The tide of Immigration fiom Huropu Into the United Stales Is rapidly mounting toward prewar IcvoIr. Six mouths ago more aliens wero milling away from America than there were calling In, but now the flood has turned and there are more than twice as many alien arrivals as departures. With the sudden influv, the Immigration problem has become one of the most serious tpieMllous the next congress will have to deal with. Kor weeks Kills Maud, Hie great gateway, has been choked. Tho detentions de-tentions me so many that the Island Is congested to double Its capacity. One night a week or so ago IKHO Immigrants Im-migrants were detained in quarters with sleeping accoinuiodatlons for iriOOthv largest crowd In the history of tho Island. A night with I1000 Is nothing unusual now. Ships have been forced to tie up for days before discharging Moerngo paBJongers. Thousands of examinations examina-tions have bad to be made at the docks Instead of tho Island. Cots are still being Installed to take care of tho ecess, and a staff of extra Inspect-urs Inspect-urs Is being recruited. Tho- destitute and the diseased aro clamoring for admission In numbers not before equaled. On the other side of the Atlantic thu bars seem to lie all down and passengers are taken ilioard ship without regard as to whether the United Stntes will regard llicni ns "undesirables." The hospital hos-pital on the Island, with n capacity f (l.r)0 beds, now linn fi7"t patients, inaiiy with diseases that will lead to lliolr exclusion. |