The Washington herald., 1917-11-21
ENEMIES
GIVEN WARNING
BYU.S.MARsHAL
Must Comply with Law to
Live in District Of Colum-
bia, Says Splain.
500, 900 ARE TOLD TO co
Federal Officials Throughout Ma
ton Round Up Foreigners Liv-
ing and Working in Vicinity of
Barred Zones-Department of
Justice Co-operates with Local
Officials in Enforcing Law.

All day long yesterday 'alien en-
emies" flocked to the. Office of United
States Marshal Maurice Splain. seek
ing a means whereby they might
still reside in the District Of Colum-
bia. And they got just such an an
swer as they really expected: Com
ply with the edict Of the President
or take the consequences"
However. all were given some un-
derstanding as to just what they
must do and how they must do it.
Instructions were issued to each ap-
plicant.
Rules Issued.
Marshal Splain issued a page OF
rules which follows:
Regulations and Instructions Re-
garding the Exclusion of Alien En-
emies from the District of Colum-
bia. Pursuant to Proclamation OF
the President Issued November 16,
1917"
Acting under the authority con.
ferred upon him by Regulation No.
4067, the President has issued q sup
Elementary proclamation In regard tc
alien enemies, Section Is OF which
reads as follows: An afien enesLS
shall not enter or be found within
the District of Columbia. .
THE enforcement of this proclama-
ton has been delegated to the Attor-
ney General and the following in
structions are issued under such del
egation:
The Department of Justice has per-
mitted alien enemies who have been
residing in the District of Columbia
since April s. 1917, a period of grace
extending until midnight of Decem.
ber 10, in which to remove from the
District, of Columbia. NO OTHER
ALIEN ENEMY SHALL BE FOUND
WITHIN THE DISTRICT ON OR
AFTER NOVEMBER q. 1917. This
regulation and the above instructions
under 1t will be enforced without ex.
ception and an alien enemy violat-
Ing it renders himself liable to sum-
mary arrest and detention.
The following instructions are
made regarding the, removal OF
alien enemies from the District:
(a) Every alien enemy residing in
the District must before he removes
therefrom, fill out and swear to in
duplicate, a supplemental paper
furnished by the department giving
correct details as to his future
movements. The marshall will then
transmit one copy of this supple
mental paper to the department and
the other copy to the marshal of
the district to which the alien en-
emy plans to remove.
(hl EunrNy oI
port to the marshars office of the
district to which he removes, or to
that of his deputy nearest to him
Immediately upon his arrival there
in. Further. any failure to observe
the above restrictions or require
ments will render the alien enemy
liable to summary arrest and in
ternment.
The department suggests that the
marshal for the District of Column
bia inform the alien enemies ex-
cluded from the District by this
regulation of the other regulations
of the President and of the neces-
sity of their understanding and
obeying the :. same.
Further, the marshal should in
form these persons that if they
should be arrested summarily the
United States government will not
undertake in any way to care for
or support their dependents.
1t must further be understood
that the issuance of this procla-
nation automatically revokes any
permits issued to alien enemies to
work. or reside within forbidden
areas previously existing under
Regulation No. of the Presidents
proclamation of April 6, 1917.
MAURICE SPLAIN.
U. s. Marshal, D. Of. c.
100000 Aliens Go.
Six hundred thousand alien enemies
of the United States had been driven
from the danger zones throughout
the country up to midnight last night.
There will be no exceptions to the
ultimate enforcement of the regula-
uons which now are being drawn up
by Attorney General Gregory. Even
alien enemy clerks, experts, skilled
architects. draughtsmen OF what not,
working in the United States govern
ment offices, will not be allowed to
remain.
The most active centers in the
country where alien enemies were
rounded-up were New York, Chicago.
st. Louis and San Francisco. IT was
reported to the department that New
York had already cleared her
barred districts before noon; while
Chicago and San Francisco reported
that they would have practically all
the aliens out by nightfall,