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Show Keeping Tab's on Anarchists. here for a little while is reported to the police, both upon his arrival and his departure. A party of young girls came from America the other day to-attend to-attend a school and the day after their) arrival notice was sent to police headquarters, head-quarters, with their names, ages and other information required. Boarding house keepers and hotels are require to report the movements of their patrons, pa-trons, and every now and then a polic inspector calls to see if any of them has escaped taxation. Foreigners who profess anarchistic principles are expelled from Germany, writes an American from Berlin. Natives Na-tives are watched andlet alone unless they do something in violation of law or order. If they make a speech or write an article, or utter a threat, or commit an overt act, they are sent to jail, and this imprisonment is repeated repeat-ed for a longer term each time that an offense is committed until the country Is too hot for them. Every man of anarchistic tendencies is known to the police except those who keep their opinions to ' themselves, and it is scarcely worth while for anyone to profess the doctrines of disorder and advocate the destruction of governments govern-ments and society without expressing his views to the public or at least to his friends. It is easy enough for the police to keep track of anarchists, because every ev-ery citizen of Germany is under con. stant surveillance, and the police have a record of his career from his cradle to his grave. Every citizen has to be registered at police headquarters of the district in which he lives his name, age, place of birth, occupation and income. in-come. When he moves or changes his occupation or leaves the city he must give due notice. Every arrival Bhould be reported in the same manner, for the regulations require it; even visitors visi-tors of the family, although that is not always done. Neglect if discovered makes the head of the family liable to a fine. Every foreigner who comes |