Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-01-10 | Page 11 | German Women to be Classed Enemy Aliens

WOMEN I TO BE CLASSED ENEMY ALIENS Rules ules to Govern Registration tion of Teu Ten tons Are Disseminated Washington Jan 8 Enemy L-Enemy alien restrictions probably will be bc o c tended extended noon to German women In the United tl States I. I I Legislation gl to this end la is be beIng being being be- be i ing drafted and congressional leaders have hn assured the department of ot Justl justie e P that It will b be enacted promptly 1 If this is done before the week of ot F February February ar ary 1 when a wide nation-wide registration I of Germans is to be made mado Under supervision of ot the department of ot Justice women probably bly will be included In Included Included In- In In the enem enemy alien census Regulations to govern go the UIA registration registration tion wore were sent toda today to police officials of cities CUlM and postmasters of oC small l towns to whom the tho active administration tion of or the registration has been en en- en trusted The rules ruleR differ from Crom those already made public only in the fact that federal court districts not county count or local court districts are arc to be considered con cor red units for tor gathering feathering census re returns returns returns re- re turns from Crom sections In which postmasters will take the Of the hundreds of oC Hoi Germans mans win who have c been interned since the United St States Slates tf'S entered the war only 81 six have been paroled permanently and ten Jien given given Ji en freedom for a time it was disclosed toda today by John Lord O OBrien O'Brien Bi len special assistant to Attorney General ral Gregory In charge chan e of oC war problem problems The file an announcement announcement announcement an- an was made In refutation of widespread reports that the government govern govern- o ern ment sent 11 had 11 released hun hundreds of dangerous danger danger- ous alien enemies In the cases of men amen paroled tem tem- It Is understood the action neLion was taken In order that the they ml might ht ob- ob obtain ob tain taht valuable information to aid go gov- government agents In hl t ferreting out plots or propaganda a a against the United States war Interests So far tar as known no person found to be lie a dangerous enem enemy alien once arrested has ever e been permanently re released re- re leased said Mr tr OBrien Of Ot the en entire entire entire en- en tire number arrested from time to time as suspicious characters throughout the United States less than a dozen have ha ever been the subject o of subsequent subsequent quent fluent complaints Instead of leniency rl rigorous orous severity severity sever sever- ity has been shown in dealing with persons actually found Cound by the attorney general to be Lc dnn dangerous crous to the welfare d df the Country ounh y Confusion appears to have ha arisen due to the Impression lon that I an nil surest arrest Is In Itself an Internment that tha t is 18 not so go I yr