Middletown transcript., 1917-11-24
ALIEN ENEMIES RESIDENT IN US!
PUT UNDER DRASTIC RESTRICTIONS
President Wilson Issues Proclamation Restricting Every
.' Alien in the United States

Washington. - President Wilson
dealt smashing blow to the enemy
alien within the boundaries of the
United States.
All alien enemies are required to
register and to obtain permits for
travel under proclamation issued by
the President.
Enemies also are prohibited ap-
preaching within 100 yards of water
Fronts, docks, railroad terminals or
storage houses and are forbidden to
enter or reside in the District of Co.
tumbia.
Only Germans will be affected by
the proclamation, as it specifies "ene-
mics" and not "allies of enemies"
The proclamation, issued as sup
element to the one declaring a 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 to fly in aeroplanes,
balloons or airships and to enter the
Panama Canal Zone.
The proclamation orders registra-
tons as follows:
"Au 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 United States, and the Attorney
General is hereby authorized and di-
rected 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
necessary for effecting such registra-
hon.
"AN alien enemies and all other per-
sons are hereby required to comply
with such rules and regulations; and
the Attorney General in carrying out
such registration is hereby authorized
to utilize such agents, agencies, Of
f1cers and departments of the United
States and of the several States, Ter
ritories, dependencies and municipali-
ties thereof, and of the District of
Columbia as he may select for the
purpose, and all such agents, agen-
cies, officers and departments are
hereby granted full authority for all
acts done by them in the execution
o6 this regulation when acting by
the direction of the Attorney Gen.
eral, and after the date fixed by the
Attorney General for such registra-
ton no enemy alien shall be found
within the limits Of the United States,
It's Territories or possessions without
having his registration card on his
person"
The restrictions were imposed on
free travel in the following section:
IAN alien enemy shall not change
his place Of abode or occupation or
otherwise travel or 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 hereby
authorized to make and declare from
time to time such regulations con-
corning the movements Of alien enc
mics as he may deem necessary in
the premises for the public safety,
and to provide in such regulations
for monthly, weekly or other period
ical report of alien enemies to Fed
eral, State or local authorities: and
all alien enemies shall report at the
times and places and to the authori-
ties fixed"
Germans will be barred from en-
ployment on all vessels on the ocean
or the Great Lakes and even from
travelling on private motorboats of
their own, under the following pro-
visions:
can alien enemy shall not, except
on public ferries, be found on any
ocean, bay, river or other waters
within three miles of the shoreline
Of the United States or it's territorial
possessions. or on any of the
waters of the Great Lakes, their con-
meeting waters and harbors."
The section forbidding alien enc
mics to approach shipping centers is
as follows:
IAN alien enemy shall not approach
or be found within 100 yards of any
canal, wharf, pier or dock used d.
rectly by, or by means of lighters by,
any vessel or vessels of over 500 tons
gross engaged in foreign or domestic
trade, other than fishing, nor within
100 yards of any warehouse, shed, ele-
Ivator, railroad terminal or other ter.
mfnal, storage or transfer facility
and adjacent to or operated in con-
nection with any such wharf, pier or
dock"
The Attorney General is given addi
tional authority to declare prohibited
zones about other establishments
whenever he deems it advisable to do
SO. The proclamation does not inter-
fere, however, with existing regula-
tfons forbidding enemies to live with
IN a half mile Of munition plants,
shipyards and other Government es-
adjustments, though all previous
special permits to allow aliens to ig-
more the zone restriction are revoked.
Where 1t Applies.
The proclamation applies to con-