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Show MANY ALIENS ARE TO LEAVE U. S. NEW YORK. Dec. S "Instead of our receiving hundreds of thousands of foreigners a year, Ave are to face a flat reversal of that condition. Immigration Immi-gration will become emigration," declared de-clared Frederick C. Howe, commissioner commis-sioner of immigration, today. It was pointed out that reports had been received from steamship companies com-panies that during the last four years applications had been received from upward of 1.250,000 aliens for passage to their native lands as soon as the fighting was over. Commissioner Howe expressed the belief that so far from tho end of the war inspiring an exodus exo-dus from war-weary Europe, America must face the loss of a very large number of her alien population. "I have learned from bankers," he said, "in Tittsburg, Cleveland and the anthracite regions, that the aliens are saving a considerable portion of their high wages in a plan to return to their native Russia, Poland and Bohemia because of the freedom they foresee In those and other countries as a result re-sult nf Ihn lllinrl vln(nm "We must realize that there are 15,000,000 aliens here who have not seen thoir relatives and friends in Europe for four years and are anxious to return to them and see whether they have survived the ravages of the war. Had communication been maintained main-tained throughout the war, they might now be content to remain here. But they know little or nothing of the condition con-dition to which their relatives in Europe Eur-ope nave been reduced, and, quite naturally, nat-urally, are anxious to 'hurry back and learn." Questioned as to whether .emigration .emigra-tion from America will not be balanced bal-anced by the rush to these shores of millions from the war-worn lands, he replied - "That won't be the case. In fact, you may expect to see tho war countries coun-tries of Europe passing laws restricting restrict-ing emigration. All available man power will bo necessary for reconstruction recon-struction purposes. "Even the Irish, who have furnished a large percentage of our annual number num-ber of immigrants, are likely to stay at home If assured of better conditions," condi-tions," said Commission Howe, after describing plans of European nations to provide better conditions for farm labor. Australia, he declared, is especially es-pecially kind in its treatment of its farmers, and the Australian state of Victoria even going so far as to build a house for a farmer, give him several sev-eral head of cattlo and other farm livestock and accept payment by easy Instalments. |
