The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-06-06
Congress is Asked BY De-
partrnent of Justice for
Legislation to Deport
Many Now Held.
GEN. KUHLENKAMPFF
IS AMONG NUMBER
Nine Hundred of Number
Held Are Regarded AS
Dangerous Enemy Aliens
Who Could Never Return.
RH GEORGE MANNING.

Washington, June 5.-After releas-
ing on parole and sending back 10
Germany and Austria approximately
700 of the more harmless class OF aiien
enemies since the armistice was signed
in November, the United States now
has on it's hands about $500 German
and Austrian plotters against TINS
country confined in Army internment
camps at Fort Oglethorpe, Ca, ana
Fort Douglas, Utah.
Several hundred of these will be re-
leased on parole from time to time but
it is the intention of the department
of Justice to obtain legislation from
congress to provide for sending the
more dangerous prisoners back to their
own countries and keeping them Tor
ever hereafter off American soil.
In the group which it is proposed to
denort ! uarticularly dangerous char
acters are such plotters against the
United States and the allies as Carl
IIeynen.s Gustav Stahl, Paul Koenig,
julius Printer, Werner Horn, Karl
Muck. Ernst Kunwald and Alvo Won
| Alvensleben. Several of these men
were convicted under the espionage
act and other laws, have served prison
| terms and were then interned-
Among the former New Workers of
prominence are George r. Born, An
drew L. Gomary, Fritz Jaedicks, Gus
taye Kuhlenkampff, John Meyer, Ar
thus F. F. Mothwurf, Karl Neumond,
Herbert Pienzle. Adolph Pavenstedt.
/ Otto 3Schaefer, Herman c. A. Seebohm.
Felix A. Sommerfield and Frederick
| Stallforth
The majority of the master minds
who did the plotting for Germany were
located in New York, the best natural
location for their activities. Enemy
aliens from othre cities are Adalbert r.
Fischer, Edward Mossner and Carl
Feldman of Philadelphia; Hugo r.
Beyer of Pittsburg; Herman William
10th, Jr, of New Haven; E. h. Victor
Iof Richnond. Va; Robert Gaede and
Max Schachman of Virginia; Hans A.
/ +. Kammeyer, Alfred A. Horst, Johan
Hahn. Martin Bachhus, Paul SeeI and
! Rudolph Charles Roether of Alabama.
These enemy aliens were arrested
various violations of the espionage
laws by the department of justice and
4 are now being held at the internment
camps for the justice department by
the war department.
The men arrested at points east of
the Mississippi are in the pen at Fort
iOglethorpe and the men arrested in the
west are for the most part at Fort
Douglas, Utah.
The web which was woven by the
department of justice. the military in
+elligence bureau of the war depart
rnent and other federal agencies caught
| treasury department, the labor depart
ment an dother federal agencies caught
about .. 900 citizens of enemy countries
who were plotting in this country TO
bring victory to Germany.
! Added to this number We're about 2.
900 searnen on the German ships seized
/ in American ports when the war was
declared, who were placed along with
; the others in the army internment
camps. Almost all of the latter class
/ have made application for repatriation
to Germany. Because they were for
l., most part only seamen who did not
supply the brains for the German plots
onIy happened to be in American
, ports several hundred of them have
/ alrady been released on parole.
Several hundred enemy aliens have
| been released who did not commits
dangerous crimes against the United
stats but were arrested for expressing
sympathy with Germany or denouncine
; the United States. They were helc
during the war partly to insure theil
own safety and to preclude the posi-
' bility Of their committing some crime
vi There are approximately 600 dan
e gerous enemy aliens whom the depart
t ment of justice intends to keep in tn,
i. army internment camps until the trea
z ty of peace is ratified or until congress
c passes the legislation for their depor
I tation. About 200 of this group ar