Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-21
FOE ALIEN WOMEN
ORDERED DFROMD c.
BY THE PRESIDENT
Transients Must Leave Barred
Zone by Tomorrow Night,
Says Proclamation.
THOSE RESIDING HIRE
HAVE UNTIL MAY 5
Leniency to Be Shown Austro-Hun-
garians Who Do Not Prove
dangerous.

en- are required to leave the District of
Columbia by tomorrow midnight, if they
are transieats, under the terms of a
proclamation by President Wilson, made
public last night. If such German or
Austro Hungarian women have been
residents of the District since the United
States entered the war they will have
until May 5 70 leave. No German or
Austro- Hungarian females over fourteen
years of age shall enter the District aft
er today.
The Presidents proclamation. issued
under authority of the act Of Congress
amending the alien enemy law so as to
make 1T applicable to women of German
or Austria Hungarian nationality or birth,
places women on the same footing as men
as regards their status as alien enemies
of the United States, and establishes the
District of Columbia as a barred zone for
female enemy aliens as well as for males.
Restriction provided by the amended
enemy alien law apply only to females Of
the prescribed nationalities who are more
than fourteen years Of age.
Women Under Ban.
The restrictions apply to those women
of the two nationalities who have not
been .naturalfzed by their own or their
male relatives declaration of citizenship,
a nd are az follows.
German and Austrian women are sub
ject to arrest and internment II they
violate the laws, or are regarded as
dangerous persons to allow at large.
German women must register, as Ger
man males have done. with police or
postmasters. on some future date to be
determined by Attorney General
Gregory.
barred zones about water fronts and
warehouses, without special permit,
after date not yet determined by the
Attorney General
BY these restrictions the government
hopes to rid the country of number
Of women who are suspected of having
promoted German propaganda even
after their husbands or other male rela-
tives were interned. Until now the
authorities have been powerless to take
any action against woman alien ene-
mics, because an old statute included
In this class only males above the age
of fourteen. The recent law amends
the old law by removing the word
In line with the Presidents policy
of leniency toward male subjects of
Austria Hungary. the women of this
nationality will be subject only to the
general danger Of being interned II
they prove dangerous.
The date on which German women will
be barred from water fronts will be an
nounced as soon as arrangements can be
made for women to apply for permits
and for thorough investigation of each
applicant.
The number of German womel. in the
United States is estimated at about 400
900. or 1000 less than the number Of
German males week will be assigned
later for the registration, and women
will be required to give full informa ton
concerning their individual records. their
families. and to record their finger
prints. Thereafter they may move to an
other place OF residence only after OBJ
tanning permit from the registering agent
Police will vonduct the registration in
cities of more than 5000 population, and
postmasters in smaller communities and
rural districts.
Questions to Arise.
The Presidents proclamation speci-
fies that its provisions shall apply to
natives. citizens, denizens or subjects
of the enemy countries. Department
Of Justice officials look for the develop
ment Of many individual questions over
the citizenship status of women, as was
the case with males.
The proclamation provides that 80
long as they shall conduct themselves
in accordance with law" women alien
enemies should be "undisturbed in the
peaceful pursuit of their lives and oc-
cupations and be accorded the consid-
Grafton due to all peaceful and law
a
strictions may be necessary for their
own protection and for the safety of
the United States"
The President also cautioned resi-
dents of the United States to treat Ger
man and Austrian women with all
such friendliness as may be compatible
with loyalty and allegiance to tho
United States, SO long as the women
observe the law"
For some time agents of the Depart
ment of Justice have been watching the
action of certain German and Austrian
women, who probably will be arrested
within a few days. 1t was reported last
night that some already had been taken
into custody. but this was not con-
firmed Among the women suspected of
being dangerous are the wives of a
number of former German business
men in New York and elsewhere now
confined in interment camps. Woman
relatives of few prominent German
musicians also are under suspicion.
In supplementary statement by At
torney General Gregory. issued last
night. 1t is stated the operation of the
clause in the enemy alien law prohibit
ing German aliens from entering pro-
hibited areas without permits win not
apply to women until a date to be fixed
by the Attorney General.
The Attorney General also stated that
are already being made
for the registration Of German enemy
alien women. the dates and manner of |
such registration to be announced |