Saturday, Mar. 31, 1923

From Great Britain

With reports now in on the number of immigrants to this country for the first seven months of the fiscal year which began on July 1, 1922, it is possible to foresee the general trend of the entire year's immigration. Three-quarters of the countries from which immigrants come to the United States have already filled their maximum quota under the 3% law. Great Britain, Germany, Russia, Sweden, France and Austria are the principal nations which have not yet filled their annual quotas. But of these, all except Germany have filled more than seven-twelfths of their allotment, and will probably complete their quota before the year is out. Germany, with an allowance of 67,607, landed only about 21,500 immigrants in seven months. The remarkable case, however, is that of the United Kingdom, which for the first time since the passing of the restrictive immigration law promises to fill its quota--the largest of any nation. English, Scotch, Welsh and Irish immigrants are now arriving at the rate of 2,800 a week. If this immigration should continue, it would twice fill the British quota of 77,342 in the course of a year.