New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-03
Twenty Years and $4,000
Fine Also for Enemies
of Liberty Loan
King Wants War on
turks and Bulgars
He Would Close the Mails
to German Language
Newspapers
[Staf Correspondence

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WASHINGTON, April Senator
King, of Utah, had an antl-German
field day in the Senate to-day His
amendments to the espionage bill,
radically amended to meet ideas of
Senator Poindcxter, and aimed partic-
ularly at propagandists against the
Liberty Loan, were reported unan.-
mously by the Judiciary Committee.
One Of them provides maximum fine
of $4,000 and maximum Imprisonment
of twenty years for anti-war activities
or opposition to the war loans.
He also introduced resolution
which would bar newspapers in the
German language or in any language
Of any country with which the United
States is at war from the mails. Pen
alties of five years Imprisonment and
$4,000 fines were provided.
Another resolution introduced by
him declares a state of war to exist
between the United States and Bull
garia and Turkey.
The text of the amendments to the
espionage law as amended by the COM
mttee follows:
"Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representative OF the
United States of America in Con-
grcss assembled, that Section Of
Title l of the act entitled Am Act
to Punish Acts of Interference with
the Foreign Relations, the Neutral
ity and the Foreign Commerce OF the
United States, TO Punish Espionage
and Better to Enforce the Criminal
Laws of the United States and for
1917, be and the same is hereby
amended so as to read as follows:
Section Whoever. when the
United States is at war, shall will
fully make or convey false reports
or false statements with intent to
interfere with the operation or sue
cess Of the military or naval forces
of the United States, or to promote
the success of its enemies, or shall
wllfully make or convey false re-
ports or false statements or say or
do anything except by way of bona
fide and not dsloyal advice to an in
obstruct the sale by the United
States of bonds or other securities
of the United States, or the making
of loans by or to the United States,
and whoever, when the United States
is at war. shall wilfully cause or IL
cite or attempt to incita or attempt
to cause INSTRUMENTATION, disloyalty,
mutiny or refusal of duty, in the
military or naval forces Of the
United States, or shall wilfully OBJ
struct or discourage or wilfully at
tempt to obstruct or discourage the
recruiting or enlistment service of
the United States TO the injury of
the service or Of the United States,
and whoever. when the United States
Is at war snail utter, print. write or
publish any disloya!, profanc. sour
riious, contcmptuous or abusive Ian
guagc about the form of govern
mcnt of the United States. or the
Constitution of the United States, or
the soldiers or sailors Of the United
States, or the flag of the United
States, or the uniform Of the army
or navy of the United States, or any
language calculated to bring the
form of government of the United
States, or the Constitution of the
United States, or the soldiers or
sailors Of the United States. or the
flag Of tho United States, or the uni
forms Of the army or navy of the
United States, into contempt, scorn,
contumcly or disrepute, or shall ut
ter, print, write or publish any lam
guagc calculated to incitc or inhame
resistance to any duly constituted
Federal or state authorities in con-
nccuion with the prosecution of the
war, or shall display the flag of any
foreign enemy, or shall, by utterancc,
writing. printing, publication or IAN
Cuage spoken, urge, incite or adyO-