“YOU ALIENS."

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17346, 29 September 1924, Page 12

“YOU ALIENS."

RECEPTION IN AMERICA. (Special to the ‘‘ Stnr.”'> DU N El) IN. Septem her 2S. A Dunedin man recently returned from a world tour, says that Ins experience of the American reception ot visitors enables him to give full weight to the tale told of how a Dunedin young lady was treated bv the immigration officers there. Ho travelled from England in the Aqintnnia. and, on her arrival at New York, the non American passengers were .objected lo various vexation:-. 1 The climax wa> reached." he add- ; ed. ‘when an uncivil official billed out: ‘You aliens, barge over to thief! there.’ and the whole party of visitors from other countries were compelled to stand about, in a herd, until the favoured citizen* of the United States had been put through the for--1 malities and allowed to go in peace. Jt was six hours after the steamer’s ar- • rival before ‘the aliens’ got their ; chance to ‘go over the side and put foot in the countrv that had insulted | them at its threshold. That phrase I ‘you aliens.’ sticks in my memory, and | 1 never want to go to the States again. “In America T found many nice people. and it seems odd that the land of liberty arid. equality should select overbearing and insolent officials to bounce and annov strangers. Such official sauciness would not he countenanced in the Old Country.” ’ ■