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Show TO CURB ACTIVITY : OF ALIEfJ ENEMIES PRESIDENT ISSUES PROCLAMATION PROCLAMA-TION IMPOSING RESTRICTIONS UPON GERMANS. All Male Subjects of the Kaiser Above the Age of 14 to Be Registered and Report Periodically to Some Official. Washington. Drastic regulations to enable government agents to keep the thousands of Germans in the United States under constant surveillance and curb the treasonable activities of a few will be promulgated In a few days by Attorney General Gregory to make effective the proclamation issued on November 19 by President Wilson imposing im-posing restrictions on free movement of alien enemies. By means of the new regulations, the department of justice expects to he able to round up a number of Germans who are believed to have directed the organized campaigns cam-paigns of sabotage and propaganda to embarrass the United States in the war. All Over Age of 14. Under the proclamation, unnaturalized unnatural-ized male Germans above the age of 14 are required to register with the police or some other authority to be designated by the attorney general. In addition, they must report periodically period-ically to some official, if the attorney general so orders. They may not travel in the United States without a permit and may not approach yvithln 100 yards of any wharf, pier, dock, warehouse, shed, elevator, ele-vator, storage house, railroad terminal or other establishment which the attorney at-torney general may designate. They are forbidden to travel on the ocean, Great lakes or any river or waterway, either on public vessels or in their own private boats. They may not enter or reside in the District of Columbia or the Panama canal zone and are not permitted to make aerial flights in balloons or airplanes. The new order applies to Germans living within the United States, the Philippines, Porto Rico, Alaska and other possessions or territories, but does not affect subjects of Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria. It is effective Immediately, but the registration and licensing for traveling will not be put Into full effect for a few days. In administering the new regulations, regula-tions, the department of justice will abide by the government's established policy of annoying law-abiding Germans Ger-mans as little as possible and the full pressure of the restrictions will be imposed im-posed only on Germans suspected of having evil designs against the United States. |