Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1917 — All Persons of Nation Warned to Stand Loyal. [ARTICLE]

All Persons of Nation Warned to Stand Loyal.

Washington, April 16.—A1l persons in the United States, citizens and aliens, are warned in a proclamation issued today by President Wilson, that treasonable acts or attempts to shield those committing such acts will be vigorously prosecuted by the government. The proclamation defines treason and declares that the acts described will be regarded as treasonable whether committed within the (borders of the United States or elsewhere. For reaching importance attaches to the direction of the warning to aliens and the declaration that “resident aliens as well as citizens owe allegiance to the United States, and therefore are equally subject to the laiws against treason and like crimes. At war the United States is in a very different position from a neutral. Bomb plotters may ? now be gripped with an iron hand. Not only are conspirators themselves subject to heavy penalties, but any one, even a German reservist, who has knowledge of treasonable acts and fails to make known the facts to the authorities may be sent to prison for seven years and fined SI,OOO for misprision of treason.