Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-03-30 | Page 1 | News Quarantine for Relief Workers

NEWS QUARANTINE FOR RELIEF WORKERS German Authorities Will Detain Briefly Americans Taken From Belgium. WASHINGTON, March 29. Officials Of-ficials of the state department today confirmed reports that American relief workers withdrawn from P,elgium and northern France will bo taken to Germany Ger-many and submitted to a short "news quarantine." This procedure was agreed upon a long time ago, when it seemed probable that the Americans would have to leave. Officials here therefore, regard it as entirely correct. cor-rect. Seven members of the commission who have been working at the French front will go to Baden Laden. Germany for two weeks, under full freedom oi movement. The forty or so workers in Belgium will assemble for a similar period pe-riod at any city agreed upon bv them. Minister Brand Whitbick will 'not he detained in any way, but will proceed immediately to his p;vt at Havre. France, the temporary Belgian capital!