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 *systematized or smoother-running division in all the League than that in bad and borderish Philadelphia. The installation in that city was not so large as some. A Swiss watch is not so large as a Big Ben clock, but the latter does not keep any better time and makes much more noise about it.

It being impossible to print all of the Philadelphia report, it is quite in order to give rather a full summary of it, that we may correct the old impression regarding Philadelphia as a place of peace. The tabulated records cover only eleven months, from December 26, 1917, to November, 1918. In that period, 18,275 persons were examined, not counting those who were released in the big slacker raids. In order that the lay reader may have a perfect idea of the many different heads of activity in any one of these great offices, the Philadelphia table is offered in full, precisely as sent in:

Department of Justice Cases.

Alien Enemy Activities. a. Male                                          1,575 b. Female                                          177    1,752 Citizen disloyalties and sedition. (Espionage Act)                                             880 Treason                                                         1 Sabotage, bombs, dynamite, defective manufacture of war material                                                  78 Anti-Military activity, interference with draft, etc           91 Propaganda. a. Word of mouth                                   509 b. Printed matter and publications                  75      584

Radical organizations.

I. W. W., Peoples' Council, League of Humanity, and all other radical organizations, including pacifist and radical "socialists"                                    377 Bribery, graft, theft, and embezzlement                        66 Miscellaneous, including naturalization and jury panel                                              350 Impersonation of U. S. or foreign officers            21      371