Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-12-13

ASHlNG Lee. lE--AuStlO-
wv Hungarian subjects in the Uni
w ted States, most of the million
or more of whom are laborers
and are loyal to the allied war cause,
will suffer few restrictions as result
of war between the lands of their
birth and adoption.
In aproclamation today declaring a
state of war with Austria-Hungary In
accordance with the act OF congress,
President Wilson specified that unna-
turalized Austro-Hungarians, unlike
the Germans in this country, should
be free to live and travel anywhere
except that they may not enter or
leave the United States without per-
mission and those suspected of enemy
activity may be internes.
They need not register with police
postoffice officials, as Germans will
be required to do shortly. and are not
barred from the 100 yard zones about
the piers, docks and warehouses clos
ed to Germans and are not required to
leave the District of Columbia.
Motive of Distinction.
The presidents motives in drawing
distinctions between Germans and
Austians were regarded as two-fold,
first it was realized that the sympathy
of Hungarians, Rumanians, Poles. Ser
bians, Czechs, Slovaks and other i'm
migrants from the Austro-Hungarian
empire, generally is not with the moth
er country in the war and they have
not been guilty OF the muti-form cam
paign of violence practiced under the
German war system.
Secondly, such a large proportion
of labcrers in munition and steel
plants and coal mines consists of Aus
trian subjects, that it was found prac-
tically impossible to administer
against them the rigid regulations i'm
posed on the Germans, who are half
as numerous and more individualistic.
No Registration.
The department of justice even
abandoned its former plans to register
Austrian along with Germans because
of the immensity of the task and the
administration determination to min
imize embarrassment TO Austrians,
thousands of whom have demonstrate
ed their loyalty to this country by en-
listing in the army and navy.
As an indication of the presidents
difference in feeling toward subjects
of the dual monarchy it was pointed
out that nowhere in the proclamation
did he use the phrase "alien enemiesP
as was done in previous proclamations
referring to Germans Repeatedly he
referred only to natives, citizens,
denizens or subjects" of Austria-Hun-
gary.
The presidents proclamation after
citing the resolution of congress au-
thorizing war with Austria, says:
The Proclamation.
Now. therefore. /, Woodrow Will
son, president of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim to all
whom il may concern, that state OF
war exists between the United States
and the imperial and royal Austro-
Hungarian government; and / espec-
tally direct all officers, civil or mill
tary, of the United States. that they
exercise vigilance and zeal in the dis
charge of the duties incident to such
a state of war; and | do, moreover,
earnestly appeal to all American citi-
zens that they, in loyal devotion to
their country. dedicated from its foun-
dation to the principles of liberty and
justice, uphold the laws of the land. |
and give undivided and willing sup |
port TO those measures which may be
adopted by the constitutional authori- |
ties in prosecuting the war to a sue
cessful issue, and obtaining a secure |
and Just peace; and, acting under and
by virtue of the authority vested in
me by the constitution of the United
States and the aforesaid rections of
the revised statutes, I do hereby fur
ther proclaim and direct that the con- |
duct to be observed on the part of
the United States towards all natives,
citizens, denizens or subjects of Aus
tria-Hungary, being males of the age
of IA years and upwards. who shall be
within the United States and not ac-
tually naturalized, shall be as fol-
lows:
No "Alien Enemies"
"All natives, citizens, denizens or
subjects of Austria Hungary, being
males of IA years and up who shall be
in the United States and not actually
naturelized. are enjoined to preserve
the peace towards the United States
and to refrain from crime against the
public safety and from violating the
laws of the United States and of the
states and territories thereof, and to
refrain from actual hostility or giving
information, aid or comfort to the
enemies of the United States and to
comply strictly with the regulations
which are hereby or which may be
from time to time promulgated by the
president; and so long as they shall
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