The Destitute Alien in Great Britain. A Series of Papers Dealing with the Subject of Foreign Pauper Immigration.

Notes

The essay by S. H. Jeyes, "Foreign Pauper Immigration" (reprinted from the Fortnightly Review, July, 1891), treats the problem of Jewish immigrants, the majority of them destitute, swarming into England as persecution of the Jews worsens in Czarist Russia. Arnold White’s "Introduction" also comments on the "Jewish Question." Contents: "Introduction" (Arnold White), "The Huguenot and Flemish Invasion" (C. B. Shaw), "Should Government Interfere?" (Montague Crackanthorpe), "The Moral Aspect" (G. S. Reaney), "Statutory and Official Provisions" (C. J. Follett), "The Imperial Aspect" (W. A. McArthur), "The Italian Aspect" (W. H. Wilkins), "Foreign Pauper Immigration" (S. H. Jeyes).