The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-11-20
President Issues Proclana-
ton Covering Movements
of All Germans
MUST KEEP AWAY
FROM WATER FRONT
Even Prohibited From Ap
preaching Within 100
yards of Terminal
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

Washington, Nov 19.-Alien enc
mics are required to register and to
obtain permits for travel under a.
proclamation issued today by Presi-
dent Wilson. Enemies also are pro-
hibited approaching within 100 yards
of water fronts, docks, railroad ter
mlnals or storage houses, and are for
| hidden to enter or reside in the Dis
| trict of Columbia.
The proclamation issued as a sup
plement to the one declaring state
of war with Germany, provides fur
ther that an alien enemy shall not
except on public ferries be found on
| "any ocean, bay, river or other wa
ters," within the United States. They
are forbidden from flying in air.
| planes, balloons or airships and from
entering the Panama Canal Zone.
Only Germans will be affected by
| the proclamation, as it specifies "ene-
| mics" and not "allies of enemies"
The proclamation orders registra-
tion as follows:
All. alien enemies are hereby re-
quired to register at such times and
places and in such manner as may be
fixed by the Attorney General of the
ItJnited4 States, and the Attorney Gem
eral is hereby authorized and DIRECT
| ed to provide as speedily as may be
practicable for registration of all
alien enemies and for the issuance of
registration cards to alien enemies
and to make and declare such rules
and regulations as he may deem nee
| esSary for effecting such registra-
tion.
"And all alien enemies and all 9TH
er persons are hereby required to
MI with
| tions and the Attorney General in
| carrying out such registration is
| hereby authorized to utilize such
| agents, agencies, officers and depart
ments of the United States and of
the several states, territories. de-
Tendencies and municipalities thereof
| and of the District of Columbia as he
may select for the purpose.
"And after the date fixed by the
Attorney General for such registra-
tion no alien enemy shall be found
within the limits of the United
States, its territories or possessions,
without having his registration card
on his person.
The registrations were imposed on
,, free travel in the following section:
can alien shall not change place
of abode or occupation or otherwise
CraVel OF move from place TO place
without full compliance with any
such regulations as the Attorney
General of the United States may
from time to time make and declare;
and the Attorney General is here
by authorized to make and declare
from time to time such regulations
concerning the movements of alien
enemies as he may deem necessary"
Germans will be barred from en-
ployment on all vessels on the ocean
or the Great Lakes and even from
travelling on private motor boats of
their own.
The section forbidding alien enc
mics to approach shipping centers is
as follows:
can enemy shall no sapproach or
be found within one 4undred yards
of any canal, wharf, pier or dock
used directly by or by means of light
ers by any vessel of over 500 tons
gross engaged in foreign or domestic
trade other than fishing, nor within
100 yards of any warehouse, shed,
elevator, railroad terminal or other
terminal, storage or transfer facil-
ity adjacent to or operated in connec-
tion with any such wharf, pier or
dock"