The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-12-05
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Washington. Dec . The story ui
/ how enemy agents have been caught
/ disloyalty suppressed. draft slackcrs
] apprehendcd, dangerous Germans in
/ termed. explosions and other sabotage
prevented. ana enemy secrets ferrcted
out for use against their armies
abroad. was given 90 the public today
1 In Attorney General 7 W. Gregory =
annual report Through a great corps
of department OF Justice civil officers.
/ secret agents, and citizen volunteers,
this big job of policing has been ac-
complished. said the attorney general.
with minimum disturbance 10 the
normal life Of communities ana with
constant effort tn avoid encruirhing
on freedom of speech action and po-
itical criticism
Referring 90 enforcement Of the
espionage act. Mr.. Gregory said:
This department throughout tho
war has proceeded upon the general
principle that the constitutional right
Of free speech. free assembly. and pc
ti.ion exist In war .ime as in peace
time and that the right Of discussion
OF governmental policy and the right
Of political agitation are the most
fundamental rights ia q democracy"
At the same time. the attorney gem
eral explained. the department had
tried Go deal severely with propaganda
having for deliberate purpose the
dtsiutegratiuu Of the couutry's war
strength
Zone of the distinct achievements
. nf the American people, he said has
been the maintenance 81 order. the
comparative failure OF enemy artifi-
ties and. speaking broadly. the general
self-control and self restraint exhibit
tITnNIr e.
situations.
5000 Enemy Aliens Held.
The attorney general disclosed that
only 00e enemy aliens have been
arrested on presidential warrants and
examined with a view 90 internmcnt
aud that 90 considerable number" uf
these have been placed ia intcrumeut
camps administered b. the army The
balance were pnroled Most enemies
intcrncd were German men. and there
we're comparatively few German wom-
en- or Austro liungHriuus. About
$4,000 Grrmnrs have been registered
In the milton wide census POO 600
men and 22O 000 women.
Tsp 10 last iuly I, department OF
Justice Investigators had rrunucd up
93.i5a young men who sought to cs-
cape IN" draft. ana had caused their
induction into tho service. More than
e2O.0OO cases OF men who Tor soila
reason or other had failed 90 file
quostionnaircs or ,o appear Tor phys
iCal examination were Investigated.
Looking forward to peace Cuudi.
tious. the attorney general makes e
number of rccumme" dations FOR re-
form of judicial processes Although
hr referred 20 the difficultN uf push
ing antitrust prosecutions during th"
war sine" the government itself ms
been in the husir"ss ~ supprcssiug
q IL
Tor new antitrust legislation which
congress is expected 90 undertake
soon
War activities claimed the principal
portions Of tho report and after re-
fcrring 20 the growth Of the depart
ment q secret service To sis times its
size lon 1916, aud the efficient organl-
1ntiun uf the American Protective
League of 2iN.00O citizen volunteers.
Mr. Gregory said
/ Country Thoroughly Poiic,d
1T Is safe to say that never In i's
history has this countr' been 80 thor
3uThly policed 40 at IA" present time.
when It becomes possible through
the lapse of time. 60 discioac fullN
3 the activities OF these various secret
! service, their work viii stand out as
J enc of the substantial achievements
of the war
Hints Of an American espionage
ayi am were given in tho statement
that the secret services have given
protection not only 20 the civilian pop
7 ulation but 10 the armed forces, and
some of their activities have also re-
suited IN direct damage 10 the enemy
forces abroad
crcai stress was lnid on tho suffi-
cheney OF normal civil processes "and
tur need letsness of attempting TO in
woke the Use %. military tribunals "
this country
1T has been the view uf this de
partmrnt" the attorney general said
that every act of arbitrary and IN
necessary Interference with the lie
habits ana oc 'upatiou 81 the citizen
would lessen efficiency. disturb order
and weaken public confidence IN tht
American standards of Justice
iie added that he had emphasized
this virw on other government depart
nientS. resulting "on number ot oc
Casions IN preventing rlrlohc hil"nu
upon the Jurisdiction ut IN" tiNil irt
huntls Of the country
This was considered significant 10
view uf the United Stat"H hhihti q
maintain the uormal fuuchunlhs Z"
ordinary government machinery 90
much greater extent than oih'l hehls
creuts
The Eoveruments internmeut pol
icy also has been more i'hl'hi ihhl
those Of Euglaud ana France, the a.
torney general stated, ana me "ii'e"
cv of m" methods and principles ar
evidenced hy the guod order generally
maintained
nisloyai Propaganda lails.
"Systematir disloNal pinphha hd'
hecame failure during me MS
year ~ tho war." he saA Hh"lt'