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...Sargent does not believe in the illiteracy test for immigrants because it excludes some of the very best of them and admits anarchists and men who teach doctrines which cause distress to the country. He advocates a system of most rigid examinations and restrictions to prevent criminals, anarchists, agitators and people affected with disease iron entering the country. The inspection and examination, however, should be made, not in this country, but at the ports of embarkation...
...famine affects three of the northern provinces,--Miyagi, Fukushima, and Iwate. At least 680,000 people are in extreme distress, and official statements show that suffering will continue throughout the spring...
Several members of the University having expressed a desire to assist in relieving the distress of the Boer women and children confined in British concentration camps in South Africa, it has been decided to open a general subscription in their behalf. The money so collected will be forwarded according to the advice of the Rev. Herman van Broekhuizen, former pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church in Pretoria, who spoke at the Union last Wednesday evening. A letter from him has been promised stating the methods of distributing such relief funds, and it will be made public when received...
North American Review: "The Political Aspects of Cuba's Economic Distress," by Josiah Quincy...
...three boats appeared to be in the best of condition and rowed to the fsnish without distress. The Harvard crew rowed a good race, their time and watermanship were excellent, but the Yale men seemed to have the advantage of greater strength...