The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-04-12
WILSON ISSUED PROCLAMATION
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violating the laws Of the United States
and Of the states and territories there
OF and to refrain from actual hostilities
or giving information, aid or comfort
to the enemies of the United States
and to comply strictly with the regula.
tons which are hereby or which may
be from time to time promulgated by
the president, and so long as they shall
conduct themselves in accordance with
the law they shall be undisturbed in
the peaceful pursuit of their lives and
occupations and be accorded the con.
sideration due to all peaceful and law.
abiding persons except SO far as re-
s%trictions may be necessary for their
own protection and for the safety of
the United States, and towards such
alien enemies as conduct themselves
in accordance with law all citizens of
the United States are enjoined to pre-
serve the peace and to all citizens of
the United States are enjoined to pre-
serve the place and to treat them with
all such friendliness as may be COM
patible with loyalty and allegiance to
the United States.
And all alien enemies who fail to
conduct themselves as so enjoined in
addition to all other penalties pre-
scribed by law shall be liable to re-
straint or to give security or to re-
move and depart from the United
States in the manner prescribed by
Sections 4,069 and 4,070 of the revised
statutes and as prescribed in the regu-
lations duly promulgated by the presi-
dent.
"And persuant to the authority vest
ed in me l hereby declare and estab-
lish the following regulations which
l find necessary in the premises and
for the public safety;
Rules For Foreigners
| "1). An alien enemy shall not have
in his possession at any time or place
any fire arms, weapons or implement
of war or component parts thereof,
ammunition, maxim, OF other %silencer,
arms or explosives or material used in
the manufacture of explosives;
"(2). An alien enemy shall not have
in his possession at any time or place
or use or operate any aircraft or wire
less apparatus or any form Of signal
Ing device or any form of cipher code
or any paper document or book writ
ten or printed in cipher or in which
there may be invisible writing;
"(3). All property found in posses
sion of an alien enemy in violation of
the foregoing regulations shall be sub
ject to seizure by the United States.
go. An alien enemy shall not APP
proach or be found within one-half a
mile of any federal or state fort, camp,
arsenal aircraft station, government
or naval vessel, navy yard, factory or
workshop for the manufacture of NUM-
tions of war or of any products for the
use of the army or navy;
"(5). An alien enemy shall not write,
print or publish any attack or threat
against the government Or congress of
the United States or either branch
thereof or against the measures or
policy of the United States or against
the persons or property of any person
in the military, naval or civil service
of the United States or of the states or
territories or of the District of Column
bia or Of the municipal governments
therein;
"(6). An alien enemy shall not com
NIT or abet any hostile acts against the
United States or give information. aid
or comfort to its enemies;
"(). An alien enemy shall not re-
side in or continue to reside in, to re-
main in or enter any locality which the
president may from time to time desig-
nate by an executive order as a pro-
hibitive area in which residence by an
alien enemy shall be found by him to
constitute a danger to the public peace
and safety of the United States except
by permit. from the president and ex-
cept under such limitations or restric-
tons as the president may prescribe;
"(8). An alien enemy whom the
president shall have reasonable cause
to believe to be aiding or about to aid
the enemy or to be at large to the
danger of the public peace or safety of
the United States or to have violated
or to be about to violate any Of these
regulations shall remove to any loca-
ton designated by the president by
executive order and shall not remove
therefrom without permit or shall de-
part from the United States IL so re-
quired by the president;
"(9). No alien enemy shall depart