The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-17
ALIENS SHOULD
BE REGISTERED
TO CHECK RIOTS
Natio ma Americanization
Committee Urges Service
for Foreigners.

~ NEW YUM, July ll-Ab q ISSuAs
Of the work of the secret service
agents" of the States, only after Ger
many had apparently come into pos.
session of the most vital secrets OF
the military and naval forces OF the
country, it was learned that Scanol-
navian sailors had been acting as I'M
ofieial mail carriers between TINS
country and Germany.
These men willingly told their story
to the authorities, disclaiming all IN
tent Of wilful wrong-doing. The mis-.
chief had been done, however. ana
but for the vigilance OF the Unltea
States destroyers, transports Win
hundreds of American soldiers would
have been sunk.
1t is believed by many intelligent
men that the real danger to the Unit
ed States lies not in the hands OF the
enemy alien but in the fact that hun
dreds OF thousands Of friendly aliens
have no means of ascertaining what
the United States expects them to DO.
They do not seek to harm the cause
OF the country of their adoption, put
they turn to their nearest neighbor
for instruction and that neighbor IS
frequently the very man that the
secret service agent" would ike
most to meet.
German earsemen Fired
A short time ago the United States
Marshal in New York was ordered to
see that all German longshoremen,
lighter hands and bargemen employed
along the East and North Rivers,
were discharged. To date there have
been no means provided to ascertain
whether or not these men have left
these Jobs. Apparently they have not.
II they had, there would have been at
least some evidence OF disturbance
; for hungry man or a man witnout
means Of providing for himself ana
his family is desperate man.
The alien problem-that OF instruct
ing enemy and friendly aliens alike
and Of solving puzzling questions as
to his whereabouts, the positions held
by him-whether he Is employed IN
such pursuits that are OF vital mill
tary importance to the cause OF the
Allied governments and to this coun-
try-the reasons for his constantly
shifting about from one job to anoth-
err and the other problems which arise
through propaganda spread among
the more susceptible people OF alien
nativity by German influences, are
decentralized.
Alien is Real Man Power
There Is at the present time no one
center. either under the United States
government nor yet In New York
state, where the alien can apply for
instruction, there Is no bureau which
will undertake the work Of intelligent
" surveying the various Industrial
plants with view Of placing or shift
ing alien labor to the best advantage,
and after all, the alien forms the real
man power Of the country's industry.
Laws have been made by both Fed
eral and State legislative bodies to reg.
,iate the alien in his movements and
activities. These have primarily been
measures which applied to enemy
aliens" However, even these people
have been left largely to their own
devices. German propaganda has been
introduced throughout every center
where the other strangers within ouI
gates predominant.
The United States faces one OF the
sravest situations Of the war in the
aben," stated Miss France A. KelloI
Of the National AmericaniZation Com
NllLtc6, Inc Ouly OlSdhAAoeAOA - euS
state which is actively engaged In un
,angling the amazing snarl In which
the alien and the American is involved
What Shall He Do?
THE utmost chaos reigns as the re-
suit of the Presidents War Proclama.
ton. 1t is all right to say, obey the
law and keep your mouth shut but
what is the law and what shall an
alien say when spoken to or told to dc
certain things by as many different
officers as there are laws:
The alien is a simple living, &C
tive, vibrant human being. He wants
to know about staying in war zone
where to get a job if he can't stay
there, who is friendly and who isn't
whether his property is safe, whether
the selective draft applies to him
where he can volunteer. what claims
his home government has, how to be.
come a citizen and he wants to know
item all together. He has not com.
mand of English, Of time, Of money
Of leisure, or of transportation to &c
to the hundreds of separate places
necessary to answer these questions.
1.-The Americans are playing game
called passing the buck with the