New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-07
u. S. Arrests Eight
Leaders Here, Twelve
in Illinois
Sixty in the First
List of Suspects
Men Held lncomunicado;
Secret Agents Watching
Reservist Army

Washington. April 6.-The arrest OF
80 alleged ringleaders in German
,l,,. co2spiracics and Vaccinations in
-. United states as ordered to-day
b.. Attorney General Gregory, immedi-
s,sIv after President Wilson had signed
the war resolution.
Every man whose arrest was ordered
is a German citizen, IS known by the
nepsr,ment OF Justice, it is authorts-
tiyely stated, to have participated ac-
lively in German intrigues in this
country. and is regarded as danger
o,s pe.son TO be at large The entire
rroup will be locked up, IT is intended,
Tor the duration OF the war.
Indications arc that a number OF
o.ber arrests viii be ordered within the
next few days.
The men arc placed in three groups
those who have been convicted Of viola
,ion Of American neutrality in further
ing German plots Of various sorts and
arc al liberty under bond, awaiting the
action Of higher courts; those who have
been indicted by Federal grand juries
for similar offences and are at liberty
under bond, awaiting trial, ana per
sons neither indicted nor convicted. but
whose activities have been under long
surveillance by the Secret Service or
the derar.mcnt's Bureau OF Investiga-
tioa.
To Ignore Courts
For the first time in more than a
century arrests Of alien enemies under
the Attorney Generals order Will be
made without reference to the courts
or obtaining warrants. The President
is empowered to adopt this course IN
time Of wa- under an act Of Congress
PASSED iu i598 and not invoked since
the war with Great Britain IN 1872.
There arc between $4,000 and $4,000
Young German rcservists in this coun-
try In the prime Of life, who have been
hero so short a time not more than
from three TO avc years that they
NAV be properly regarded as potential
source Of trouble. Upon this army
the Socrc, Service and the Bureau Of
lnyes,igation have concentrated much
o. their energy.
The department is prepared to con-
test 70 the highest court any effort
made 10 obtain the Liberation under
bond. or by haboas corpus proceedings,
Of the men ordered arrested to-day.
The manner ln which the arrests were
ordered made-iy United States mar
shal> forthwith. without reference 10
tfe court. lis purely wartime step
unautaorzed ir time Of peace, and
there arc but two precedents on the
statute books 10 guide legal authorl-
ties in the night in the courts, which ls
expected TO follow. These precedents
concern one man. Charles Lockington
a British subject, residing in Philadel-
pha a. the outbreak of the war IN
lS'-.
Violated His Parole
IN conformity with President Madi-
sons proclamation requiring oil alien
onemie, living within forty miles OF
.idcwater 10 report their presence to
the nearest United States marshal,
Lockington reported TO the marshal at
Philadelphia, and was removed TO Read
ing. where he was given limited liberty
under parole. Later ne was found at
large IN Philadelphia, and appealed TO
the courts against the order 10 convey
MIN baca 90 Reading.
His case came up first in the Penn
sylysnia courts and later before Justice
Washington. Of the United States Su-
preme Court. sitting as a Federal cir
euit court Judge Justice Washington