The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-12
ALIEN ENEMIES
TO Be RELEASED
E. V. DERs DENIED cLEMENcY
BY ATToRNEY. GENERALS
ORDER.
Signing the Peace Treaty With Gaf
many Has Resulted in a Declsi1n
BY the Department of Justice to Res
lease Alien Enemies.

Western Newspaper Union News SelyiqFs.
Washington, Signing the pe'ts'gs
treaty with Germany has resulied ill8
| decision by the Department of JlsIi# IS
that the great majority of Gernlstn i5lAI
| Austrian enemy aliens now at lafsge flzz
parole may be released from ar
obligations safely. Attorneys 9asl
Falmer however. has not ehange1
ipolicy, announced at the time af
conviction OF Eugene v. Debs, {
spect to citizens convicted 3niid6ls N
| espionage law and dangerous aliens
still in confinement Mr., Palmer said
the department was continuing to re-
view cases of persons convicted under
| the espionage act and that recommefy'
dations for cemency in number Of
| them soon would be presented to Pres
| ident Wilson. These do not include
the cases OF Debs or others of similar
importance, however. Mr. Palmer is
sued these instructions to District AT
torneys:
You hereby are instructed to take
the necessary steps to cancel, effective
July 20, all parole restrictions govern
ing persons in your district with the
following exceptions:
81. The paroles of all persons re-
leased on parole subsequent to July 10
are not to be Cancelled, but are TO con-
tinue in full force and effect until fur
Ether notice.
80. Paroles of all alien enemies, Il
any in your district whom you believe
can not be. released from parole with
out detrimrnt to the public safety.
"3. Paroles of alien enemies temper
arily paroled from internment camps
4 on account of sickness, for the puf-
pose of repatriation or for any Other
special reason, irrespective Of the date
of release.
/ "After july Is the departments rep
resentatives mt the internment camps
will be instructed TO release mcenfil-
Etionally alien enemies who do not re-
quire special surveillance.
"All alien enemies, including those
now to be released from parole, viii
continue subject to intcrnment under
4 Subdivision 70 of the proclamation of
| April and those provisions Of tine
succeeding proclamations providing IN
ternment Of dangerous alien enemies.
1t was said the parole Instructions
would affect most of the aliens in
termed during the war, but no esti-
mate of the number to be released was
Invaluable
Snip Sinks After Explosion at Sea.
Havana. The American motor
steamer Santa Cristina was sunk after
an explosion of oil in the engine The
30 members of the crew and five pas
sengers were picked up by the Cuban
schooner Teneriffe ana brought to this
port. The passengers We're two wonl-
en- and three children, including Mrs.
! Claude e. Guyant, wife of the Ameri-
! can Consul at Baranquilla, Columbia,
The explosion occurred when the San
4 Ia Cristina was 80 miles from Havana
While bound from Baranquilla for
j New Orleans. Nrhe crew and passen-
gers took to small boats and later
were picked up by the Cuban schoon-
err The Santa Cristina, which was
I carrying 1000 tons of lumber and
leather, sank Immediately after the ex-
i ploslon >~>eoc~~~~s>~r~
'aThe war takes our riches. The
world has denied us international JUS
tice. All the more passionately and
energetically, however, will we worA
for the homeland again and, flourish
ing in justice, concentrate our care
and endeavor upon the poor but just
German"