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Show v -r v v AN UNDESIRABLE ALIEN A provision ot our American stutute regulating tho admission of aliens prescribes tho exclusion ot nny who hnvo been previously convicted of a crime Involving mornl turpitude Under that section, Secretnry Nagel refused entrntico to Clprlano Castro, Cas-tro, former president of Venezuela. Castro, according to Irroftitnblo Information on lilo In tho stute department, had ordorcd the death of a constituent who disputed his supremo authority. auth-ority. Although not convicted of it In any proceeding, pro-ceeding, tho Secretary of Commerce and Labor ruled thnt knowledge of his guilt was sulllclent under un-der tho law to exclude him. and did so. Castro np- i pealed to tho United States court In New York nnd Secretnry Xagcl has been overruled. That decision of course, was a foregone conclusion since the lnw Is plain. Rut tho Castro Incident discloses the necessity neces-sity for a moro stringent statute. As an International Interna-tional trouble maker who will probably use this country as tho baso for fomenting nnother Venezuelan Vene-zuelan revolution, he should not bo granted an asylum asy-lum under the American flag. It Is true that most of his offenses nro political, which tho exclusion act does not recognize, but his character leaves, according to our Amorlcnn stnndnrd much to bo do-Blred. do-Blred. It Is unfortunato that ho must bo permitted permit-ted to remain. Wo do not need Clprlano Castro. llornld-nopubllcan. |