Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-12-21
FEW RESTRICTIONS
PUT ON AUSTR|ANS
President Wilson ProcIaims
State of War With Vienna.
NO BARRED ZONES FOR FOES
Subjects OF Emperor Karl Called 10y
al to America and Will Not Have
to Register if They Behave
Themselves.

Themselves.
Washington, Dec. 13.-Austro-Hun
garian subjects in the United States,
most of the million or more of whom
are laborers and are loyal to the al
lied war cause, will suffer few restrlc-
tons as a result of war between the
lands of their birth and adoption.
In a proclamation, declaring a state
of war with Austria-Hungary in ac--
cordance with the act of congress,
President Wilson specified that I'M
naturalized AustrO-Hungarians, unlike
the Germans in this country, should be
free to live and travel anywhere, ex-
cept that they might not enter or leave
the United States without permission,
and those suspected of enemy activity
might be interned.
They need not register with police
or post office officials, as Germans will
be required to do shortly, are not
barred from the 100-yard zones about
the piers, docks and warehouses,
closed to Germans, and are not re-
quired to leave the District of Column
bia.
Austrians Stand by U. S.
The presidents move in drawing
distinctions between Germans and
Austrians was described as twofold:
First, it was realized that the SYM
patty of Hungarians, ROumanians,
Poles, Serbians, Czechs, SlOvacs and
other immigrants from the AustrO-
Hungarian empire generally is not
with the mother country in the war,
and they have not been guilty of the
multifOrm campaign of violence prac
ticed under the German war system.
Secondly, such a large proportion
of labOrers in munitiOn and steel
plants and coal mines consists of
Austrian subjects that it was found
practically impossible to administer
against them the rigid regulations
imposed on the Germans, who are
half as numerous and more individu-
alistic
Not to Be Registered.
The department of justice even
abandoned its former plans of regis
tering Austrians along with Germans
because of the immensely of the task
and the administrations determina-
ton to minimize embarrassment to
jAustrians, thousands of whom have
demonstrated their loyalty to this
countrysby enlisting in the army and
navy.
As an indication of the presidents
difference in feeling toward subjects
of the dual monarcy, it was pointed
out that nowhere in the proclamation
did he use the phrase "alien enc
miles," as was done in previous proc
lamations referring to Germans. Re-
peatedly he referred only to natives,
citizens, denizens or subjects" of Aus
tria-Hungary.
Gregory Explains.
Attorney General Gregory explained
the proclamation in this statement:
"The proclamation issued by the
president today prOclaims a state of
war existing between this country and
Austria Hungary, calls upon all citi-
jects of the enemy to conform to our
laws and enjoins upon American citi-
zens the duty of treating subjects of
the enemy who remain loyal to the Unit
ed States with all such friendliness as
may be compatible with loyalty and al
Iegiance to the United States.
"This proclamation differs from the
Iof NJ 70 a
German empire, in that, while it au-
thOrizes the arrest and internment of
any subjects of the dual empire whose
conduct may be q menace to the safety
of the country, the only restrictions
which 1t contains are prohibitions
against either entering or leaving the
United States without first obtaining
permission.
Their Loyalty Shown.
'Many subjects of Austria-Hungary
have already demonstrated their strong
LOYALTY to this country by their faith
fulness in industrial work, their organ
ization of recruiting committees and in
service with our armies. For the pres
ent therefore. no restrictions will be
placed upon the movements of subjects
of Austria-Hungary.
"They are not subject to the restrfc-
tions of the previous proclamations re-
lating to German enemy aliens; they
will be permitted to reside and labor
in prohibited areas and to travel freely
without mOlestation. Only those who
ora danoerouS or diSlOVaI are Suhiect
to arrest"
= Big Industries Worried.