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Show IMMIGRATION TIDE TURNINGJUR WAY ALIENS ARRIVING SAID TO BE DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF DEPARTURES. Thousands Leaving Europe for Land of Free, Many of Whom Will Undoubtedly Un-doubtedly Not Be Admitted, Being Undesirables. New York. The tide of immigration from Kurope into the L'nited States is rapidly mounting toward prewar levels. Six months ago more aliens were sailing away from America than there were failing iu, but now the flood has turned and there are more than twice as- many alien arrivals as departures. With the sudden influx, the Immigration problem has become one of the most serious questions the next congress will have to deal with. For weeks Ellis island, lilie great gateway, has been choked. The detentions de-tentions are so many that the island is congested to double its capacity. One night a week or so ago 3319 Immigrants Im-migrants were detained in quarters with sleeping accommodations for 1500 the largest crowd in the history of the Island. A night with 3000 is nothing unusual now. Ships have been forced to tie up for days before discharging steerage passengers. Thousands of examinations examina-tions have iliad to be made at the docks Instead of the island. Cots are still being installed to take care of the excess, and a staff of extra inspectors inspect-ors is being recruited. The destitute and the diseased are clamoring for admission In numbers not before equaled. On the other side of the Atlantic the bars seem to be all down and passengers are taken aboard ship without regard as to whether the United States will regard them as "undesirables." The hospital hos-pital on the island, with a capacity of G50 beds, now lhas 575 patients, many with diseases that will lead to their exclusion. I |