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Show WILL CALL HALT ON SPK ACTIVITIES T PRE8IDENT WILL ISSUE PROC LAMATION REQUIRING ALIEN ' ENEMIES TO REGISTER. Plan for Sifting From the Million Germans Ger-mans In America the Few Wfio Are Believed to Have Caused Fires In Munition Plants. Washington. President Wilson Is" expected to Issue n proclamation soon requiring every alien enemy within tho United States to register, ns a step toward ridding tho country of jqiles and sabotage. Tho country has virtually decided that this procedure Is tho only way open for sifting from tho million Germans Ger-mans In tho United States tho fow who nro believed to bo causing tires In munition mu-nition plants, grain elevators nnd warehouses and promoting propaganda Injurious to America's prosecution of iiui wni- Attorney General Gregory took, to. tho cabinet meeting on Tuesday for President Wilson's consideration a draft of regulations under which tho registration might lo carried out; following fol-lowing tho program adopted by Hng-land Hng-land and Franco for keeping watch over tho activities of enemy subjects. Tho recent Increnso In tho number of disastrous 11 res, and Indications of renewed operations of enemy propagandists propa-gandists have prompted officials to consider more radical steps against German residents than tho restrictions heretoforo Imposed barring them from a half-mile zone about munition plants' and government property without spe-clal spe-clal government permits. Under tho proposed registration' plan, Germans s;ould bo given a sped-.fled sped-.fled tlm'o, probably several weeks, Inr which to report their names, occupations, occupa-tions, family or business connections to postmusters or some other government govern-ment agency. Those not registered then would bo rounded up nnd prosecuted, prose-cuted, and officials believe that tho failure of some to enroll woidd give valuable clues to tho Identity of suspicious sus-picious persons whose conduct and Interests In-terests might bo carefully scrutinized. |