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Show ORDERS SPIES FROM PANAMA CANAL ZONE WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. An executive execu-tive order to exclude spies and other undesirable un-desirable persons from the Panama canal zone and give tlje governor virtually unlimited un-limited authority to regulate immigration there has been signed by President Wilson, The text of the document ha a not been made public, but it is understood to contain con-tain drastic provisions, very broad in terms, to prevent entry of persons who "would be a menace to the general wet-fa wet-fa re." The order also contains a comprehensive comprehen-sive provision for protection of the waterway. wa-terway. The governor may expel any persons per-sons convicted of a criminal offense or whose presence in his judgment would tend to create public disorder or in any manner impede prosecution of work on the canal, its maintenance, operation, sanitation or protection. |