The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-30
GERMANS WILL BE
w. REQUIRED TO REGISTER
They Must Procure Permits to Ira
vel and Will Be Closely q
Watched. =

regulaClOnS TO enable government
agents to keep the thousands Of Ger
mans in the United States under
constant. surveillance and curb the
reasonable activities of a few, will
be promulgated in several days by
Attorney General Gregory to make
effective the proclamation issued
recently by President Wilson impos-
ing restrictions on free movement
Of alien enemies. By means of the
new regulations, the department of
justice expects to be able to round
up a number of Germans who are
believed to have directed the organ
lied campaigns of sabotage and pro-
paganda to embarrass the United
States in the war. $50. s.., s
Under the proclamation unEatur-
allied male Germans above the age
of IA, are required to register with
the police or some other authority
to be designated by the attorney
genral. In addition, they must re-
port periodically to some officials if
the attorney, general so orders. They
may not travel in the United States
without a permit and may not ap-
proach within 100 yards of any
wharf, pier, dock, warehouse, shed,
elevator, storage house railroad ter
minal, Or other establishment which
the attorney general may designate.
They are forbidden to travel on the
ocean, great lakes or any river or
waterway either on public vessels or
in their own private boats. They.
may not enter. or reside in the Dis
trict Of Columbia or the Panama:
Canal zone and are not permitted to-
make aerial fights in balloons or
airpIanes. 2sfF Z q
The new order applies to Ger.
mans living within the United.
States, the Philippines, Porto Rico,
Alaska, and other possessions or ter
ritories, but does not affect sub
jects of Austria, Turkey and Bull
garia. It is effective mediately,
but lthe registration and licensing
for travelling will not be put into,
effect for few days. In admins
tering the new regulations the de-
partment Of Justice viii abide by.
the governments t's established policy
of annoying law-abiding Germans as
little as possible, and the full pres
sure of the restrictions will be inn
posed on any Germans suspected of
having evil designs against the Unit
ed States. ~, : r u! II n va Is 4
The registration probably will be
made by local police in, cities and
towns, although department. Of jus
tice officials today had not decided
finally on whom this task should be
imposed. The same authority prob
ably will be designated to |. receive
periodical reports from alien enc
mics, and to issue permits for trav-
Germans without evil intent, Off
cials believe, will comply willingly
with the arms of the new restric-
tions in the knowledge that similar
restrictions are imposed on alien
enemies by other warning nations.
Those who disobey, however, will
place themselves open to suspicion
Immediately and the government
will exercise it's privilege of intern
ing for the war any who fail to vol,
unfairly comply. r
One of the most Important fea-
lures Of the Presidents proclama-
ton, in the opinion of department
of justice officials, is the forbidding
of water travel to enemies. Much
of the damage to docks and piers is
known to have been done by Ger
man agents travelling in motor boats
In addition, German walters or stew
ards on ocean steamships, either in
transatlantic or coastwise traffic,
are suspected of having carried mes
sages which eventually reached Ger
The closing of the District of Co.
lumbia to Germans was urged by
government agents as one means of
lessening the traffic in valuable war
information which is believed to
have it's most important center in
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