Problem Of Aliens.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 290, 17 May 1915, Page 5

Problem Of Aliens.

ANGER IN ENGLAND. HOVLIiXMENT WAIiXKi). iTimncii riots. AiJICXS TO UK AKRESTEI). Tinicii and Sydney Sun Services. Loudon, May It. The Times, in a. leader, says there is evidence, of a widespread feeling that naturalisation should not secure exemption for Hermans. The tremendous wave "i anger which is sweeping England is evidence that the public ha., been aroused to a consciousness of the formidable character of the Herman menace. This marked development in the national temper will not foon bo assuaged, and the (ioveniment will Re wise to take heed and turn in the riimt direction. The growth of burning anger is a grave warning to tin' (loveiuinenl and the Opposition that the pifblic patience is not inexhaustible. Mr. Roosevelt's counsels for prompt action to avenge the drowned babies and women is an eloquent commentary on President Wilson's theory that a'policy of blood and iron can be met by a policy of milk and water.

Heavy rains prevented rioting in most districts. 'Where riots were'continued they developed into hooliganism. English and friendly alien shops'suiwl mg with the Herman. The lust for loot, was general. Tim crowds inehifu! women wearing aprons specially u.ade to carry spoils, and hovs followed the mob with wheelbarrows. Two lai-" furniture stores were wrecked at Barring. The rioter.; searched and dest-nv ed the account hooks. " That wipes off my little account," said one woman cheerfully.

Rakewcil. a Britisher, fearinir «> attack, barricaded Ids shop at fioldthorp* near Doncaster. The crowd, helievr," it was a Herman shop, stormed it and overpowered the police. Bakewell and his two sons used revolvers and several rioters were wounded, aho a <-er Scant of police. Two rioters were critically wounded. Bakewell and his assistants were arrested.

Orders have hen is'sued to arrest ™"" ! y « '<•»«• Many are voluntarily ;:urrendering. ■'

GATIIERIXT; Til KM IX'. Received Hay 10, 4 p.m. London, .May lo A memorial signed by J3l naturalised members of the Stock Exchange lias l>:'cn presented to the Lord Mavor, declaring their loyalty and denouncing the German atrocities' The voluntary" surI'ciu.er of many aliens continues, and the police are arresting hundreds of others. London, May 1!. Five hundred young Germans' hav • licon sent to a detention camp The roundingup of aliens i» (piiel.oning 11East End, where rioting is subsiding. INDTOXA'fIuN IX BERLIN. Received .May Hi, 3.30 pm. t, ~. * Jl>'r)i», May 15. I üblic oinnion professes to be indigent at the internment of Hermans and Austrians in Britain. Newspapers threaten reprisals on all civilians and officers in Germany:. Many of the public are surprised at the internment, believing that all Herman civilians had long ago been interned as in Germnny. POSITION IN ENGLAND. GOYERXMENTS DKCTSIH.X I

DISCUSSED. ILL-TREATMENT DEPRECATED. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) Received .May 'lli, (>.->0 p.m. London, May 15. . During the debate in the. House of Commons on Mr. Asquith's statement as to Hie inter nt of aliens, .Mr. liouar Law (Leader of the. Opposition) said he welcomed the announcement. J(, was, he said, quite evident that the country was thoroughly aroused and liable to get out of hand. Nobody could be surprised at t'.uit, however much they deplored illicit a state of affairs. Knowing these outbreaks were occurring in the country, the whole instincts of the country, however strongly it may feel, considered tliov ought to he prevented. The nation was now realising that this was not a war between armies but between nations, and that every individual, whether civilian or soldier, must throw his weight into the scale. He had persistently avoided taking any share in the responsibility i'er the action of the (lovernnieilt over which lie could have no possible control, but this question was so serious from the viewpoint of national credit that he took the liberty of discussing it with Mr. Asquith. He agreed with the flovcniment proposals, a H he could not suggest ibetter. At a time like this there could be no neutrals in Jiritain. Everyone must be either for or against lis. The claims of naturalised aliens should be dealt with justly on thei; merits. Lord Robert Cecil declared that after the recent outrages it was not right to think that the Germans were incapabl'.' of any crime, or to assume they would act as ordinary ■humans. , Sir E. A. Cooper stressed the necessity for speedy measures, owing to the danger of London being set afire, lie hud reason to -believe there was an organised plot for that purpose. Sir A. J!. Mnrkham accused the Government of interning a wretched waiter and allowing a high-placed German (liaron Schroder) to continue his business. He assumed the baron was left iree because he was rich.

Mr. Asquith denied that Baron Shrodcr had heroine naturalised for financial reasons, but for the benefit of credit in the City of London. Sir A. B. Murkham urged that German Frivy Councillors should he interned. Mr. Asquith, replying, refused to re-

gard naturalised Germans as spies and enemies. He was shocked to know that British workmen refused to associate with a naturalised German with three eon-s in the British army, and he be licved the workers would repudiate tins stain on their class. The great body of aliens in Britain were decent, honest and respectable people, and to instigate a vendetta against them would not only be disgraceful from a moral viewpoint, but inipolitic from the viewpoint of the host interests of the country. It was impossible to conceive anything more illadvised and discreditable than the recent looting and plundering. That was not the spirit or methods in which a sane, Bober, self-respeeting population dealt with such a problem. RIOTS IN SOUTH AFRICA. Durban, May 14. 'The offices and warehouses of several large German linns were totally burnt in last night's anti-German riots. The contents of many shops and hotels were also destroyedJohannesburg, Mav 1-1. Three thorsand invaded'" Park town and wrecked the mansion of Herr Rosendorf, tile brother-in-law of Sir George AUni.

[ HOSTILITY ix SYDNEY. Sydney, .May 1.1. The lluruood colliery has been rendered idle owing to the mim-is refusing to work wllli a. number of Cerinan-;. At tlie llulii mine six days were given Hermans to ]>rodn. e naturalisation 111 many other dircclions a stron" t'"'-ling I.as I'oeu shown aiming <;ermans tliroiiehoiit (lie ( 'omnionwealMi since (he sinking ( ,r the l.iiMlania. xkw >:j:ai.axd',s actiox. 11l the coarse ot an interview, Mr. Massey stated that, in view of the statement made liy Mr. regarding the inteniiiient, of (lernians, lie intends to eonimuuiiatc wilh (lie Imperial authorities to ascertain whether they now propone to liindilY the original instructions that only ("minus whose character was not known should lie interned.