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Show TEETH PUT INTO BILL TO DRAFT tlEISJ U. S. Measure Passed by Senate Radically Revised by Rogers Rog-ers of Massachusetts for House Committee. DEPARTMENT OF ' STATE APPROVES Foreign Slackers in This Country to Be Taken Into Army or Employed in Some Kind of Work. By International News Service. WASPIINGTON, Sept. 19. "One fuJl set of teeth for the alien slackers' bill" was turned over to Representative Rogers of Massachusetts by the state department depart-ment and Chairman Pou of the house rides committee today. Mr. Rogers finished his dental work on the Chamberlain slackers' measure tonight. to-night. Tomorrow he will lay it before Chairman Pou and the rules committee and early ' next week the revised and doubly drastic Chamberlain bill to catch alien slackers will be adopted by the house. One of the biggest features incorporated incorporat-ed in the rewritten bill will be a virtual exclusion of the Japanese and Chinese from exemption provisions. The Chamberlain Cham-berlain bill carries a provision exempting "aliens not alien enemies, who, because of treaty stipulations or act of congress, are not permitted to become citizens of the United States." This provision ia to be killed and the orientals, who for years have insisted they should be treated as other foreigners are treated, and permitted permit-ted to become citizens if they so desire, will be recognized. It is expected the Chinese and Japanese will be used in capacities both military and nonmilltary under the draft laws. Design of New Plan. The new plan is designed to catch aliens who have come to this country within the last five years. The Chamberlain Chamber-lain measure carries a clause exempting aliens of less than a year's residence. Rogers believes, and the state department agrees with him, that foreigners who have come in the last twelve months are more likely than others to be avoiding military dutv. This provision is to be killed. Again, the Chamberlain bill, approved by the senate, gives aliens ninety days to get out of the United States if they object to Doing- drafted for military service. As revised by Mr. Rogers and approved sure will not only cut out the ninety-day privilege, but will detain the aliens in this country. Regardless of Treaties. Subjects of all nations will be drafted according to the regulations, just as American citizens are drafted, regardless of any treaties theee nations may have with the United States. If the nation of any particular conscripted alien objects to his being drafted, it will have to take up the matter with the state department depart-ment and thrash it out. The Chamberlain bill automatically exempted aliens from countries that have treaties with the United States objecting to military service. ser-vice. These countries are Japan, Italy and Serbia. Some other countries have had "understandings." Still another stiffening of the proposed law is seen in a clause to compel aliens to submit to the draft. Aliens claiming exemption because of treaty rights or I for nny other reason not justified under the regular draft law for Americans will be fomver barred from becoming American Ameri-can citizens. Moreover, they still will bo subject to draft for non-military service ser-vice should the president call them out by proclamation. Draft for Alien Enemies. Enemy aliens, barred from serving this country in a military way, will be subject sub-ject for draft and assignments to non-military non-military duties. Mr. Rogers revamped the Chamberlain bill to make more positive the privilege of expatriated A merieans to return to citizenship and the service of the United States. The Chamberlain measure refers to Americans who have joined armies of other countries and taken oaths of allegiance, al-legiance, who may thereby have seemed to forfeit rights of citizenship in the United States. Mr. Rogers makes it plain that they have forfeited their rights as Americans citizens by law anTl then points ', out they shall have the old privileges re- 1 stored upon application and taking- the ' proper oath of allegiance. Thev will then I the new measure provides, be subiect i to the draft regulations. |
