Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 January 1919 — U. S. PLANS TO DEPORTS 4,000 ENEMY ALIENS [ARTICLE]

U. S. PLANS TO DEPORTS 4,000 ENEMY ALIENS

Legislation Sought to Prevent Return of Hun Agents to America. * MANY EMPLOYED AS SPIES - iiiin iiiS' - ‘ii »»,! - ■ Half of Those Ndw Detained fa Thi# country gave Been WorkI Ing for the Kaiser, Says the Department of Justice. Washington, Dec. 81.-Deport«tion of most of the 8.000 or 4,000 enemy aliens now interned in the United States will be recommended to congress shortly by the department of Justito- ■ Special legislation will be required for the deportation and it was learned the department will ask also for authority to prevent the re-entry of these men into this country later, Some of the interned alien* are not considered dangerous now and no effort will be made to deport them. Careful investigation of the records, however, convince department of Justice officials that ttorlarger proportion of those Interned should not be left in this country to foment future trouble. Half Are German Agents. The department* never has announced how many enemy aUeps are held in internment camps in Shis country, but the number is understood to be between 8,000 and 4,000. Most of them are Germans and a f,ew are women, About half are understood to be men who served actively at one time as German agents in the Ugited States, receiving and executing orders direct from the German government of its representatives. These Include trained propagandists, men involved in bomb Wto dffifly Wthf during Attier-'" 1 lea’s neutrality, some who plotted diAmerican shipping and the transportation of droop* overseas. There are also many men who were suspected of gathering information for transmission to Germany after the United States entered the. war, but against whom specific prooCcould not be obtained. Many of the prisoners are men with families in the United States and who have lived here for a number of years. The internment eamps tonfine not * few men with large wealth. Chicago Club Asks Deportation. ; ; Chicago, Dec. 31.—Resolutions urging Attorney General Gregory and congress to deport all “dangerous inalien enemies,’’ and all men Interned ih American prison camps described as such, have been sent to Washington by the Untori league club of Chicago. No mention of Count James Minoto, Hon-Jn-law of Bouls F. Swift, or other Chicago aliens now Interned wax made. • •