The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-01-01
HUBER WILL PASS
|. ON WILSON'S ORDER
viii Make Up Mind Whether Reg.
uIation Barring Aliens From
Waterfront Applies In Honolulu

II United States Attorney s. g,
Huber, after reading tomorrow, THE
Oficial Bulletin - dated November 20,
1917, published by authority Of Presi.
dent wilson, is Of the opinion that the
regulations contained there In prohibit
ing alien enemies from approaching or
being near the piers and waterfront
are meant TO apply to Honolulu he win
Immediately issue an announcement to
this effect. Also he will see that the
order Is strictly obeyed by placing, II
necessary, a military or civilian guard
on duty. ..#
II Is due TO the rush Of business In
his Office during the past week that
U. 8. Attorney Huber has not read the
official bulletin referred TO above. fIt
Is customary fer me TO read the bulle.
tins before they are fled" he said
yesterday, "but ] was too busy last
week to do this. There are seven or
eight official bulletins lying on my desk
now, and ] will make Il my business to
60 through them all frIt thing in the
morning" .." -.
His Opinion
Mr.. Huber Is under the impressions
that Honolulu IL not meant TO be in
cluded id those cities whose waterfronts
are to be barred to alien enemies. He
said yesterday that his reason for ex-
pressing this opinion was that, IL such
had been meant, he would undoubtedly
have been 10 instructed by cable from
Washington, instead Of being obliged
to get his instructions from The OH
cial Bulletin
Following is part Of general proela-
nation issued by President Wilson on
November 10, 1917 regarding n dead
line being placed along waterfronts:
q An alien enemy shall not approach
or be found within 100 yards Of any
canal; nor within 100 yards Of any
wharf, pier or dock, used directly BY
or by means of lighters, by any vessel
or vessels Of over 500 tons gross en-.
gagged in foreign or domestic trade
other than fishing; nor within 100 yards
of any warehouse, shed, elevator rail.
road terminal or other terminal, stor.
age or transfer facility adjacent to or
operated in connection with any such
wharf, pier or dock; and wherever the
distance between any two of such
wharves, piers, OF docks, measured
along the shore line connects them, Is
less than 500 yards, an alien enemy
shall not approach or to be found with
in 100 yards Of such shore line ~
Although Huber believes on -hand
that the foregoing Is not intended 10
apply here, there are others who are of
the opinion that IL does. Huber, how.
ever; win make a definite statement
on this point today. 4
Passes For Aliens
Should the United States attorney
decree that Honolulu comes under the
regulation In question, il is probable
that those firms whose business Iiecessi-
tates employees going on to the piers
will be asked TO furnish the attorneys
Office with q list Of such employees and
their nationality, so that passes can
be issued.
SO that all, and especially alien enc
mics, are fully acquainted with the re-
strietions, II they are enforced by
Huber, the barred zone win possibly be
marked by some sort Of line, and signs
notifying alien enemies not 10 pass
will be placed at frequent Intervals.
Where the street ears pass through the
restricted district, alien enemies will
not be permitted to be aboard, even for
continuous passage, IL is said. 4
In New York and other mainland
cities, military guards have been placed
on waterfronts with instructions to
shoot all persons, aliens or citizens, en- d
tering the barred zones, 100 yards from
the piers, unless identified by the
special private guards which also are
on duty. These same conditions will
undoubtedly apply to Honolulu, in the
event of United States Attorney HUI
Der interpreting the President 5 regu.
lation to mean what 1t says as applied
to Honolulu. ,l