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Show jINTERNED GERMANS IN U.S. INT GO . SCOT FREE j Federal Department of Ju-j Ju-j tice to Dipoe of 6000 Enemy Alien. i By A. E. Celdhof N. E. A. Washington Bureau. WASHINGTON, Dec. H. The V. P government will not permit the fo0 enemy aliens now detained In Internment Intern-ment ramps to be dumped back scot free Into civilian Ufa aftsr the peace treaty 1 signed. Tha most dangaroua will be deported; de-ported; others will be proaecuted for offenses aalnt the government, and noma,' considered comparatively harmless, harm-less, may ra given frdom. This much Information I have gained ; through sn sseault on the wall of el- j I If-nr which surreunds tha department of Justice. j An official nf the department ssld: "The department of Justtca is dvor-tng dvor-tng It utmost energies to the que, lion of wha to do With interned (W-mans (W-mans after tha peace treaty 1 signed. No definite program has been formulated.' formu-lated.' The fact waa emphasised, however, that the government's power to hold enemy alines In Internment camps automatically au-tomatically expire wrven the peace treaty 1 ratified by th ginite. The statute under which the department sets empowers It to Intern enemy subject sub-ject only for th duration of the wsr. Therefore, new legislative or executive execu-tive net ion w!H be mceKsry. or I he , fTypajtnigfiT wlt fred m 4new looe the Interned ilrrmntt nfter the! war officially ends. This action in : come In one of three ways: ! I. By a decision of the peace con- ference relative to the disposition of i interned enemy subject, w hich, when j Incorporated tri the peace treuty and ratified by the senate, becitmes prt , r.r th. i....d u, s.gnaturv I pfrvers. , t Bv the pansage by congress of a Inw ds;gnating what shall be done ; with 'The Hun Within" j 3. By proclamation of the president. presi-dent. It 1 considered most likely that the first course will he adopted and that j the peace congress will make laws for , all the belligerent government, direct- j Ing what shall be done with interned persons. If the English delega'e have their way. It I likely that then law will I require wholesale deportation of nil. enemy subjects from every tillied country. coun-try. Bublio aentlrnent In Kngi-nd Is j .strongly in favor of sending every Oer- I man clttien In the Br'.ti?n lMis ljackt to Oarmany. America's situation Is different fmrn that In Kngland. however. The British Brit-ish Interned every Herman and Austrian Aus-trian clttsen they could find, regard-fhr regard-fhr attitude toward the wsr. |