In this city many cases have devel
oped where the expulsion of German
horn men appears to impose an un
necessary hardship upon them, tint
the department of Justice denied that
any person technically classed as an
alien enemy can lie exempted from
the operation of the law and the
president’s proclamation.
President Wilson has determined
that one of the most Important tasks
of tiie government at present is to
destroy the malign alien influences
crippling industry.
Acting under tiie president's direct
orders. Secretary Raker instructed the
hurenu of militia affairs that it would
be the central organization authorized
to effect machinery to watch enemy
aliens and maintain the enforcement
of the president’s proclamation.
NEW JOB FOR SOLDIERS
May Be Used to Keep Aliens From
the New York Waterfront
, , New York, Nov. 21.—More than
120,000 persons In the metropolitan
district will be affected hy President
Wilaou's proclamation barring all male
Germans above 14 years old from the
vicinity of all places of military Im
portance to the government, accord
ing to estimates made by Marshal
McCarthy.
| The task of guarding New York
city's many miles of waterfront may
now be taken out of the marshal's
control and turned over to the war
department. Almut 2000 soldiers would
be required for this work.
| United States troops raided the
“dry" saloons along the Hoboken
waterfront. Two hundred Germans
were rounded up. Failiflg to produce
identification cards or citizenship pa
pers the men were transported to Ellis
Island.
