The Benson signal., 1917-10-20
REGULATIONS FOR
TRADING WITH ENEMY
NEW ACT PUT INTO EFFECT AS
WAR MOVE BY PRESIDENTS
PROCLAMATION.
Authority for Enforcement Is DeIegat-
ed to Several Government De-
partments and to the War
Trade Boards.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.


Washington.-Pres Wilson
Monday issued the regulations for the
trading with the enemy act. They
constitute the most far-reaching con-
troll of every phase of intercourse be-
tween the United States and the rest
of the world. They give legal force
to every move of the United States
in casting about Germany an economic
barrier which will compel her into
submission.
Not only do the new regulations
provide for cutting off trade between
the United States and Germany, but
they do the following:
Cut off trade with Germany's al
lies.
Cut off trade with those who do
trade with either Germany or her al
lies.
Provide custodians for all enemy
property in the United States
Spcial Licenses To Be Required.
Require special licenses for trade
or intercourse with any enemy or al
1y of an enemy within the United
States.
Authorize the secretary of the treas
ury to investigate and supervise all
foreign exchange and prevent it's
working to the advantage to the en-
emy.
Empower the secretary of the treas
ury to stop the taking from or into
the United States of any communica-
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cable or wireless
Officially create censorship board,
consisting of representatives of the
secretaries of war and of the navy,
postmaster general, war trade board
and committee on public information
to censor mail, cable, radio and other
means of communication.
Authorize the Federal Trade Com
mission to keep secret any patents
that. may be developed for the interest
of the United States and to provide
for working in the United States un-
der patents held by enemies or allies
of the enemy
Right to Censor Foreign Papers.
Vest in the postmaster general the
authority to censor foreign language
publications.
Charge the secretary of state with
control over the entry into and egress
from the United States of enemies or
allies of the enemy.
Authorize the secretary of COM
merce to hear appeals from refusals
of custom officers to grant clearance
papers to vessels.
Charge the attorney general with
the enforcement of the criminal sec
tions of the trading with the enemy
act.
Empower the President to regulate
imports as we'll as exports.
1t is in the definition of enemy"
and "ally of enemy that the regula-
tions will be of Importance to every
citizen of the United States. In an
official statement accompanying the
regulations, this is said of the defin-
itions:
""It is highly important that every
citizen of the United States should
promptly familiarize himself with
these definitions, for his own protec-
tion and for the loyal support of the
government in its efforts to wage the
war to a successful conclusion"
Enemy Defined in Full Detail.
These are the definitions:
ANY person, of no matter what ma
tionality, who resides within the ter
ritory of the German empire, or the
territory of any of it's allies, or the
territory occupied by any of their mil
itary forces, is expressly made an EN-
envy or an ally Of the enemy"
Thus those American citizens who
have remained within these territor-
U. S. Jury lndicts Liquor Runners.
puoh1O "A number Of indictments