AN INDIRECT LOSS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 40, 3 October 1914, Page 4

AN INDIRECT LOSS.

Though not directly concerned in the war now raging, the United States of America is suffering in many indirect ways. One of them is a certainly perceptible loss of the population which it has gained for years past by immigration from 'Europe. A New York correspondent, writing early in August, said that it was impossible at that stage to estimate the number of immigrants who were, in a certain sense, subject to the call of European Governments. "In recent years,'? he added, "our immigrant population has been drawn largely from Russia and Southern Europe. Workmen of other national and racial affiliations have been displaced in our steel mills and mines ■by those who have come from the countries directly and primarily involved in the present -disturbance. Some are saying that a general war would draw back to Europe not less than 200,000 men, and possibly twice as many. A great number on the European army reserve lists have not been naturalised here. Now we are seeing many exhibitions of national loyalty and racial antagonism. Within two days, at South Bethlehem, State of Pennsylvania, more than 2000 passports have been issued to workmen employed by one of the companies .that compete with our Steel Trust. These men are going home bo fight. It is now expected that our labor market will be affected by the departure of many who have been working in important industries."^