New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-10
Out of $4,000 Requesting
Blanks Only $4,000
Sought Zone Liberty
Alien Rule in Force
First Arrests Expected on n.
Waterfront; Real Round.
Up July l

The Federal rule prohibiting enen,
aliens from entering barred ,o,.,
without permits, became efec,iv. q, :
o'clock last night, when the time "a,
filing applications for permits e,nir.,
To accommodate few straeplsr. :,
this district, United States Mar,h,,
Thomas D. Mccarthy held hi, OFF,.
open fifteen minutes When the h.,
German had passed in HE papers a.
marshal estimated that $4,000 apug,,
tons had been fled.
As 10000 blanks were taken on, h,
Germans here, it appears tina. n,,v
thousands failed to file application, p,
permits to live or work in the barrel
zones.
From now on, Marshal McCsr,hv
made IL clear last night, any Ge-mas
found in the districts about armori.,
or the water front. who has not flea
an application, will be subject 10 Ar.
rest and internment for the duration q,
the war. Such persons will not be en-.
titled 10 any hearing IN court; tho
nere fact Of their being found in the
prescribed districts without having
complied with the terms Of the Pre,i.
dents proclamation will be sufieiien,
for their immediate commitment.
No Last Minute Rush
The last minute rush for which N,
marshal and his staff had prepared did
rot materialize. Eight comtrooms
with stats of aids were used 70 &C.
ccmmodate the late corners, who. after
a rush about noon, drbbled In few a,
time until toward the close, when
there was plenty to do in all egh,
court rooms.
There will be no immediate general
roundup Of aliens who have failed to
get permits For this there are several
reasons. One is that the United
States authorities as yet have no very
clear idea as 70 the number that hay.
not fled applications or where they
are 10 be found Another is lack Of
instructions from Washington, withou.
which the local officers Will not move.
Yet another is the practical exhaustion
of the marshals force, which, since
April 6, has been on almost continuous
duty.
a few arrests may be made to-day,
but these. if they occur. will be in
cpcos that require immediate action
Il is expected that tomorrow arrests
will begin along the waterfront.
The real roundup will in all proba'
bllity not begin until the first Of next
mcnth, by which time the permit card:
will have been issued. The first OF
these will not issue much before July
1. Meantime n staff of 200 men will b.
checking up the statements made y
the applications. About 5000 have 81
far been investigated, and the number
which il is expected will he rejected Is
not over one-ffth Of per cent
Looks for Little Trouble
Marshal Mccarthy said last nigh,
that he anticipated no serious trouble:
He deprecated sensational reports OF
wholesale arrests and liability Of men
without permits being shot. He SAID;
"The Germans In New York for the
most part have been here many years.
They have been our friends and neigh.
hors. and good neighbors they have
been. They are going TO be here siter
the war. we will have 20 live win
them. they with us. And 10 is very
much to be regretted Il slap-stick pa
triotism is going 10 make their 10Y
more unpleasant or unhappy than II u
bound to be under existing circum.
stances. II ia a fact that IS per cen'
OF those to file applications have taken
out their first papers.
THE real danger Of trouble IS no'
with the Germans, but with irresponsl'
BILE Young hoodlums, who may seek 70
annoy and harrass them. Against suc ~,
I am sure Commissioner Woods WI,
give the German who behaves himsen
every protection, and know this o''''
will. .A
con the other hand, a close wa'en
will be kept on all Germans who nav! .
come here since the war. Ny sdyice -
all Germans is 70 keep out Of all oarrea 90
zones other than those IN when ,hs;;
live or work. 20 minimize the danger o.
,rouble for themselves and otnetsi'
And no alien enemy will be perin'''''
ON docks or piers