Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-06
PRESIDENT PROCLAlMS WAR
BETWEEN U.S.. AND GERMANY
CALLING CITIZENS TO COLORS

camp. arsenal. aircraft station. gov
ernment or naval vessel, navy yard.
factory or workshop for the manu-
facture of munitions Of war or CT
any products for the use of the army
or navy.
5. An alien enemy shall not write.
print or publish any attack or threats
against the government or Congress
of the United States. or either branch
thereof, or against the measures or
policy of the United States. or
against the person or property of
any person in the military, naval
or civil service of the United States.
or of the states or territories. or of
the District of Columbia. or of the
municipal governments therein.
6. An alien enemy shall not COM
NIT or abet any hostile act against
the United States. or give informa-
ton. aid or comfort to it's enemies.
60 An allen enemy shall not re-
side in or continue to reside in. to
remain in. or enter any locality
which the President may from time
to time designate by executive or
der as prohibited area in which
residence by an alien enemy shall
be found by him to constitute a dan
ger to the public peace and safety
of the United States. except by per-
nit from the President. and except
under such limitations or restric-
tions as the President may pre-
scribe:
(S) An alien enemy whom the
President shall have reasonable
cause to believe to he aiding or
about to aid the enemy. or to he at
large to the danger of the public
peace or safety of the United States,
or to have violated or to be about to
violate any of these regula tons
shall remove to any location desig-
mated by the President by executive
order. and shall not remove there
part from the United States if so
required by the President:
go No alien enemy shall depart
from the United States until he shall
have received such permit as the
President shall prescribe. or except
under order of court. Judge. or JUS
tice, under sections 4069 and 1910 of
the Revised Statutes:
(1O) No alien enemy shall land in
or enter the United States, except
under such restrictions and at such
places as the President may pre-
scribe:
ID If necessary to prevent viola
tions of these regulations, all alien
enemies will be obliged to register:
(12) An alien enemy whom there
may be reasonable cause to believe
to be aiding or about to aid the enc
my, or who may be at large to the
danger of the public peace or safety,
or who violates or attempts to vo-
late, or of whom there is reasoua BILE
ground to believe that he is about
to violate any regulation duly pro-
mulgated by the President. or any
criminal law of the United States,
or of the states or territories there
of. will be subject to summary ar
rest by the United States marshal,
or his deputy. or such other officer
as the President shall designate,
and to confinement in such peniten-
tiary, prison. Jail. military camp.
or other place of detention as may
be directed by the President
This proclamation and the regula-
tions herein contained shall extend
and apply to all land and water, con-
tinental or insular, in any way with
in the Jurisdiction of the United
States.
In witness whereof have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.
fSEALI Done at the city of WASH
ington this sixth day of
April. in the year of our
Lord one thousand nine
hundred and seventeen, and
of the independence of the
United States the one hun
dred and forty first.
WOODROW WILSON.
BY the President:
ROBERT LANSING.
Secretary Of 1tata.