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Caption: War Publications - WWI Compilation 1923 - Article 6
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treason, itnurrcction, or forcible resistance to any federal law. A avere attached ($5000 fine, 5 yrs. imprisonment, or both). n ' t y is 12, Failure to Report Violations of the Lam. Heavy punishments arc vis<tr«l upon thoae who harbor violators of the law or fail to make known facta in 'hrir ;v Saeasion regarding Crimea and conspiracies, whether carried out or nor. imst the United States. (Penalty: $10,000 fine, 2 yrs. imprisonment, or both.) ntAOINC; WITH THE KXEMY AToyal citizen might easily violate this prohibition without knowing it You should know, therefor, that The Enemy is composed of the following classes. I. Every person who lives in Germany, Austria, or the territory of their allies, or in any territory occupied by them; e. g., Belgium. 2. Every person living outside the United States who does business in such enemy territory. 3. very corporation created by Germany or her allies. 4. Corporations not created by the United States or the states thereof and doing business in enemy territory. 5. The'government, subdivisions, cities, officers, and agents of Germany and her allies. 6. Enemy aliens interned in the United States for the period of the war, 7. Such other classes of persons as the President may designat.e You Must Not 1. You must not have business intercourse with the enemy. Every kind of nnancal and commercial transaction is forbidden except under such license aa the. President may grant. (Penalty: $10,000 fine, 10 yrs. imprisonment, or both.) 2. You must not send communications out of the country except through the mails imprisonment, 3. You must not evade the censor. Rigid censorship has been placed u| all for. eign mail, telegraph, cable, and wireless service. You are forbidden to attempt in any way to avoid submitting anv outgoing communication to thb censorship or by the use of anv secret code to conceal from the censor the true meaning of the communication. (Penalty: $10,000 fine, 10 yrs. imprisonment, or botL) a •'# 5
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