THIS WEEK'S OUTLOOK A WEEKLY OUTLINE STUDY OF CURRENT HISTORY' A BY J. MADISON GATHANY War-Impelled Migration MERICAN immigration authorities tell us that some hundreds of thousands of Polish Jews and millions of Italians have definitely planned to come to America just as soon as transportation facilities will permit. Similar statistics are true in regard to other foreign countries. What questions do these facts raise in your mind? The Outlook, in its editorial on immigration, found elsewhere in this issue, speaks of "dealing with immigration at its source. "In what respects would this help solve our immigration problem? Would such a policy be fairer to prospective immigrants than our present system? Some employers are saying that no other checks than those already effected should be placed upon the coming of foreigners to our country. Among other things, it is said that some employers want to see in the immediate future scores of thousands of men and women in this country begging for jobs, on the ground that wage-earners need this experience to teach them their place in our present economic order. Tell,. with reasons, what think of the opinions of such employers. Are they thinking soundly from the economic point of view? you Do, or do you not, agree with the opinion expressed by some that immigration from any country should be limited to a certain percentage of those already admitted? What are your reasons? What also, with reasons, is your opinion of the proposal made by Representative Albert Johnson as stated in this editorial? President-elect Harding believes that "only the immigrant who can be assimilated and thoroughly imbued with the American spirit" should be allowed admission to our shores. If so, how could we determine who such would be? What is Canada's immigration policy? The Outlook thinks we have much to learn from it. Do you? Why have we not a thorough and consistent immigration policy? Can you outline such a policy? Is the lack of it indicative of the way in which a democracy handles vital and human problems? Here are some valuable books on the immigration question: "Schooling of the Immigrant," by F. B. Thompson (Harpers); "Immigration and Americanization," by G. Davis (Ginn & Co.); "Our Foreigners," by S. P. Orth (Yale Univ. Press); "The Immigrant and the Community," by Grace Abbott (Century); "Americanization," by W. Talbot (H. W. Wilson). The Green Hyphen Can you make clear why "Irish sentiment in the United States has manifested itself in an emphatically un-American way"? Is Sinn Fein a religion or a fanaticism? If it is neither of these, what is it? What was the "Citizen Genet" incident in American history? Wherein does the 1 These questions and comments are designed not ouly for the use of current events classes, and clubs, debating societies, teachers of history and English. and the like, but also for discussion in the home and for suggestion to any reader who desires to study current affairs as well as to read about them. -THE EDITORS. position of Eamon de Valera, "President How might the Federal Government What is your opinion of reprisals? and England come together in an attempt . What is the Irish Home Rule Bill now passing through its last stages in the House In the present state of affairs in Ireland fessional propagandists, fatherland, op- Shall We Scrap the Treaty? What, with reasons, is your opinion of the two possible courses which The Outlook says are now open as to the Treaty of Versailles? Has The Outlook answered its own question, Shall we scrap the Treaty? If you think it has, can you express that answer in three or four sentences? If you do not like the answer which The Outlook has given to its own question, how would you answer the question? Is there evidence that "the United States is as devoted as ever to the principles for which the Nation really fought "? Define and explain: Lodge reservations, promulgate, intrinsically, automatically, the law of nations, international anarchy. In his book entitled "The American World Policies" (Doran) David Jayne Some other books worth while reading in connection with this topic are Who Were the Pilgrim Fathers? Read in connection with the editorial by cles by Mr. Abrams and Mr. Perrin, which are found on another page in this issue. For what reasons is it a good thing that the entire Anglo-Saxon people are cele- From reading the editorial and the arti- DURAND HERE are few in THERE dustries in which we have not solved Bars th en to store conveniently and at the same time pe compactly. The above Durand are also made to store compactly such d DURAND STEEL LOCKER CO. 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