New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-02
Enemy Aliens
Lone German 'Interned
In Harbor "Clean-Up"

in defiance Of the law and we know
how 10 deal with them. Before this
order became effective there was no
means of controlling Germans there.
OF course, there may be more fires.
but also there will he more burglaries.
more murders. more crime everywhere.
There Is no means o. effectively pre-
venting IT,"
THE police curb crime; cannot they
assist in curbing alien enemies ?"
What could they do" asked the
marshal.
Would it be impossible TO max! .t' a a
census Of German aliens in case they
should DC ordered interned?'
az the United States government
orders them interned I am ready TO
obey orders one way or another was
the answer.
Americans Ousted. Too
Hundreds of loyal American citizens
lost their JOBS to-day because they were
so unfortunate as TO have German
names when the order went into ef-
feet prohibiting enemy aliens from
working in any establishment front
ing on any of the city's waterways.
Apparently ali waterfront employers
have determined 10 carry out the gov
ernment's directions by wiping all Ger
man names off their payrolls. All day
long United States Marshal Power. m
the Brooklyn district. was kept busy
with complaints from native born
Americans who were discharged be
cause their names had leutonio
flavor.
o. - .....L - c.,,p;euously Cor
man name. presented credentials show
ine that he was born in the United
States. had been in one plant Tor ten
Years. had a son i'll the army and had
purchased Liberty bonds. Nevertheless.
re had been discharged. Marshal
Power said last night that he would
try 70 get the jobs of American citizens
back again.
MANY Germans in Brooklyn yestcr-
day were granted special permits en-
abling them 20 visit the waterfront IN
order TO transact affairs attendant
upon their discharge from shlpyards
ard shops in the forbidden district.
Marshal Power issued the following
notice TO all Germans in his district:
.No German alien in this country who
has not hitherto been implicated m plots
against the United states nesd heNs any
fear of action b. the department O' JUS
lice so long a. he observes the following
OBEY TIE LAW AND KEEP YOUR
MOUTH SHUT"
Don't Go Near hesWater
Two organizations composed almost
wholly of Germans. most Of them
enemy aliens. the Master Butchers As
sociation and the Master Grocers As
sociation, sent delegations TO Marsha!
Powers Office yesterday 70 inquire II
thew could 90 TO the Wailsbout Mar
ket-a stones throw from the navy
yard-for supplies. They were told
like the little girl who went to swim,
that it would be all right II they ala
not 90 near the water.
officials who talk frankly about the
situation admit that IT is chaotic: one
Of the most prominent Federal ofncia!s
in the city said yesterday;
ENEMY aliens are running a. large
because it is the policy OF Washington
not to adopt harsh, Prussian-iike
methods"
Glow about Baltimore and Kansas
CITY and Brooklyn? Wouldn't It ne
better TO adopt any kind of measure
rather than have food and munitions
destroved and Americans burned 70
death 2"
~ suppose it would" said this OIL
cial. brooklyn is still being invest
gated | assume you are referring &c
the destruction Of the Dow warehouse