Evening star., 1919-03-28
MAY ASKNEW LAW
TOCURb THE !. v. v:
Attorney General Determined
to Stamp Out Seditious
Teachings in U. S:
PLAN FOR ENEMY ALIENS

OF a law to curb propaganda urging the
overthrow OF the United States govern
ment in peace times will be submitted
to Congress by Attorney General Palmer
if the Department OF Justice finds it i'm
possible to deal with the bolsheviki and
/. W. W. after the proclamation OF pea ce
and the attendant expiration of the
espionage ,act under which prosecutions
for sedition are now brought.
: ssatny- rnet|Rdsf cgpnring upon being
ale to advoea tc .sed4fon ii His chn-
try with inspunity astsr the 4sapiratiorl
of the espionage actsswin iind himself
sadly mistaken" saidetha AttoSneyCien-
eral today ''lf. find It necessary. l
shall certainly urge upon Congress the
enactment of law which will allow US
to prosecute persons stirring up seGhtion:
am not yet ready to suy whether J
shall urge the re-enactment OF part OF
the espionage act or some other form
OF legislation. But the Department Of
Justice will do it's utmost to bring about
the passage Of law to deal with the
situation
Arouses Senate to Action.
1T was through a speech delivered by
Mr.. Palmer While he was custodian of
was "rorsod te investigate enemy prop
4 a.:ilida in this country.
The Attorney General announced to-
day also that he would seek legisla-
ton which WAS asked at the last ses-
sicn of Congress for the deportation
OF dangerous enemy aliens by his
predecess Attorney General Greg
bry, and Secretary Wilson of the De-
partment of Labor. The statement OF
the Attorney General covered, i'll de-
tail the status of interned alien
enemies at this time. Exaggerated re-
who have been arrested and interned
by the government are expected to be
set at rest by this official statement.
Statement Quoted.
The statement follows:
There are now confined in the Army
internment camps approximately 1000
persons. nearly all of whom are men.
OF this number 1000 are merchant
eight members Of the sanitary person
mel from Tsingrau. The remaining
1000 are persons who have been in
termed by order of the Attorney Gen
eral as dangerous alien enemies.
"Of the interned seamen approx
mate1y 1900 have now made applica-
tion asking that they be repatrtated
to Germany. OF the dangerous alien
enemies, 500 have made similar appli-
cation, and it is expected that ar
rangements viii be perfected in the
near future through the State Depart
ment for the repatriation Of these two
groups.
THE Department of Justice has re-
Gently directed the release on parole
of about coo persons belonging to the
more harmless class of dangerous
alien enemies. This group. consists
chiefly of persons who were interned
because of repeated violation of parole
OF other regulations and are now no
longer regarded as menace to the
public safety. When these men have
been paroled and the repatriation plan
above referred to. is carried out there
will remain infthe ipternment camps
approxinaat ely 500 dangerous alien en-
emies. and it il not expected that any
substantial number of these will be
released in the near future. About 200
Of this number are professed members
of the I. W. w. or anarchistic organ
izations, and their cases will be re-
ferred to the Secretary of Labor, with
Il view to securing their deportation
if. i'll his opinion, the evidence warrants
such action.
Included Spies and Enemy AGENTS.