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Show If SENATOR KING'S , WAR BILLS. Two measures introduced in tho sen- i ate by Senator King of Utah should pass. They benr on sedition and aim at uprooting much of the vicious propaganda prop-aganda which has been carried on in this country in an effort to break down the country's preparedness. J Senator King, in explaining his bills i to the New York Times, said ho J sought to reach the disloyal who, like the I. W. W., are using labor unrest for the purpose of creating discord and dissension. "All over the country, but chiefly in the west, complaints have been coming to members of congress con-gress regarding the disloyal acts of naturalized Americans, mostly of German Ger-man birth," said Senator King. "The offenders have been members of groups, such as the I. W. W. The main body of German-Americans are loyal' to America." Senator King would take from a dis-1 dis-1 loyal naturalized citizen his papers of i citizenship and allow the federal courts to order deportation. His bill ' provides for the following procedure: The measure dealing with naturalized natural-ized citizens provides: , "That If any person who shall have been naturalized as a citizen of the United States within twenty years prior to the date of approval of this act shall speak, utter, print or pub-' pub-' lish words or statements which 'shall ( in their nature or intent be disloyal to the government of the United States, or which shall tend to excite ' sedition or Insurrection, or to impede the prosecution of the war or of the laws relating to the same, such person shall bo deemed to have taken the oath of allegiance to tho United States mala fide and with a mental reservation reserva-tion to retain a qualified allegiance to tho foreign prince, government or po tentate to which such person owod allegiance al-legiance at the time of taking such oath. That in any such case tho attorney at-torney general of the United States is directed to institute proceedings in any district court of the United States having jurisdiction of the person of such naturalized citizen for the cancellation can-cellation of his papers of naturalization, naturaliza-tion, such person shall have the status as an alien and shall be subject to deportation from the United StatoB, as provided by law; or if such person have the status of an alien enemy, he may bo interned or otherwise dealt with as provided by law." German publications all over the country are openly denouncing the government and Senator King would curb them by the following rostric- t Snnn "That during the pendency of tho present state of war and until peaco shall be concluded and the fact be declared by proclamation of the president, pres-ident, it shall be unlawful for any person per-son to print or publish In the German or in any language other than the English language, any comments respecting re-specting the government of the United Statos, its policies, international relations, rela-tions, the state or conduct of the war, or of any matter relating thereto without printing or publishing in a column col-umn parallel to such matter a true and complete translation of the same in tho English language. Any print or publication in German or any other foreign language which does not conform con-form to the provisions of this act shall not 'be admitted to the malls, and it shall be unlawful for any person to transport, cany or otherwise publish or distribute the same. "Any person violating the provisions provis-ions of this act shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $500 or by Imprisonment for a period of not more than one year, or may, in the discretion of the court, bo both fined and imprisoned." Deportation would be the proper course to pursue in punishing those who prove conclusively that their first allegiance Is to a foreign ruler. Those who are more devoted to Germany than to the United Statos should bo compelled to move. Self-preservation, If nothing more, dictates that policy on the part of the people of the United States. |