The Carlisle independent., 1917-04-19
TREASON DEFINED; ALIENS ARE WARNED
DECLARES WHEN AT WAR U. S. IS IN A VERY DIFFERENT PoSI.
 TON FROM NEUTRAL.
HEAVY FINE IS PROVIDED
Declares Guilty Any Citizen or Alien Who in Any Manner Gives Aid or Comfort To Enemies of the
 United States.

WaShington.-All persons Tn the United States, citizens and aliens, are warned in proclamation issued by President Wilson that reasonable acts CT attempts to shield those commit ting such acts will be vigorously pro- secuted by the government
 At war, the United States is in very different position from the neu- tral. Bomb plotters may now be gripped with an iron hand. Not only are conspirators themselves subject to heavy penalties, but any one, even German resident, who has knowledge of reasonable acts and fails to make known the facts to the authorities, may be sent to prison for seven years and fined S1,000 for misprision of treason.
 The presidents proclamation, in part, follows:
 ~Whereas, all persons in the United States, citizens as we'll as aliens, should be informed of the penalties which they will incur for any failure to bear true allegiance to the United States;
 Now, therefore, I. Woodrow Will son, president of the United States, hereby issue this proclamation to call especial attention to the following pro- visions of the constitution and the laws of the United States:
 Section 3 to article III of the con- stitution provides, in part: Treason against the United States, shall con- sist only in levying war against them,s or in adhering to their enemies, giv- ing them aid and comfort
 "The criminal code of the United States provides:
 "'Section Whoever. owing alleg- lance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enc mics, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or else where, is guilty of treason.
 "'Sec. 2-Whoever is convicted of treason shall suffer death; or, at the discretion of the court, shall be inn prisoned not less than five years and fined not less than S10,000, to be levied on and collected out of any or all of his property, real and personal, Of which he was the owner at the time of committing such treason, any sale or conveyance to the contrary not withstanding; and every person so convicted of treason shall, moreover, be incapable of holding any office un- der the United States.
 "'Sec. 3.-Whoever, owing alleg- lance to the United States and having knowledge of the commission of any treason against them, conceals and does not, as soon as may be, disclose and make known the same to the president or to some judge or justice of a particular state, is guilty of mis- prision of treason and shall be i'm prisoned not more than seven years and fined not more than 5000.
 "'Sec. eff two or more persons in any state or territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to oyer- throw, put down or to destroy by force the government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to op- pose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder or de- lay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take or possess any property of the United States contrary to the author ity thereof, they shall each be fined not more than s5,000, or imprisoned not more than six years, or both