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Show HTi ! IMMIGRATION AND "AMERICA Hp FIRST" B ( Representatives in congress are an-H an-H 't nouncing their determined opposition to Hi restrictive immigration. We propound H , this question For whom do congressmen Hl legislate, Americans or foreigners? H If they are Americans elected by Am- Hj oricans and sworn to uphdld American- HJ 1 Ism they should think of America. If they Hjj rc going to represent foreigners as Hj I ! against the best interests of this country Hl! I they should not be in congress. H The debate on immigration in the B iouse has brought forth some acrid com- H . nents. It is the fairest assumption that H j ;;ho antagonists of the bill tire pleading B ulie cause of the prospective desirdable 1 lewcomer; in which position, if only de- H , curability could be assured, they are well Hi J' -rounded and we have no dispute with W I ( them; but their zeal for the desirables m 1 ! theory only, besause they cannot vouch W , Jor them is very likely to prove the hav- B J on of the undesirable's and for this reason W ! we urge them to consider the welfare of W , '.hb nation and not the inclinations of an H ( untried polyglot j J) 'The United States is eager to welcome mW . i fte desirable newcomer; but equally anx- Hj j lous, nay, more, to turn away the violent B J i ( rouble maker.' We are threatened with a m A "Teat influx of immigrants from central HL Europe. What shall we assume to be the H I eason for this movement: that they are j rager for the freedom of America; or 1 U rixious to escape the obligations they H f '".ave collectively incurred? j I If freedom, we may suggest that they M I "ife getting more of it in central Europe H ' 'an they bargained for. But in Germany H nd Hungary we see a great war debt H ' attling; they have just been assured they H! re not the supermen they claimmed to Hi T e. Yet if they are supermen let them H rove it by overcoming adversity. That Hl '. wherea superman makes good. H But suppose our bars are let down K 'nd they flock to our shores; and that Hj , i another generation we are vanquished Hi I which God forbid) in a disastrous war; mWA' J ' 'ho, think you, would first with all celer- H F V get out of America and disavow tn H r ligation? Have vou the remotest doubt H' ' iat it would be the whole souled Amen- H "in with the traditions of the nation at WWM 2art who would stav. shoulder the load, H , Pht back' and stand by when the going H , ".bad? H We do not sav that all immigrants are Hi' Seeing their obligations. Manv of them H j re inspired by noble ambitions. But H ;v ( lis particular time while it may be bad H hi "r the immigrants, is an exceedingly pro- H I " Itious time for us to look to the state H r I the nation. And we may broadly as- H 'ime that if foreigners scurry away Lmm --om European obligations they will not H ' i less nimble to quit America under H "milar circumstances. Good citizens are H j ''est in adversity. H j America certainly enjoys the right to 1 ect the members of the national house- Iild. Furthermore, bloodthirsty radicals I "e not seeking improvement under our L I ' 'andard of morals but rather to destroy. HB of is this speculation, but a fact of H f T"cn we have had ample proof through- m I L j it the war, proof which still is existent. Hn' Restrictive immigration should be H r " lopted and without delay. Radicals B , I ay not be fire, but they are fuel. If we B 4 - -lend hospitality to bolshevists, we may B I J f burn, but we'll surely, have fire. hHH " J 'Iiicago Tribune. |
