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 1>RooLAMAr1oNs, 1917. 1659 BY rm: Pirnsnnmzr or rm; Umrnn STATES or Ammuca. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, all ersons in the United States, citizens as well as prg§fg}‘mj£§¤‘ mw aliens, should be ini)ormed of the penalties which they will incur for Preamble. any failure to bear true alle `ance to the United States; · NOW, THEREFORE, E Woodrow Wilson, President of the st;`gj,'§fj;,“*i°;§;v,gign°; United States, hereby issue this proclamation to call es ecial atten- stated. tion to the following provisions of the Constitution andp the laws of the United States: Section 3 of Article III of the Constitution provides, in part: °°¤¤°*¤*“°¤· Treason against the United States, shall consist only in leviing T’°°$°¤ ****1*]****- war against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. The Criminal Code of the United States provides: S*°*°*°'Y P’°"*S*°¤¤· Section 1. ‘ Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war ${,*]@¤g°§&gdagainst them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and ' ` comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason. Section 2. Whoever is convicted of treason shall suffer death; or, at the s,,$Y""‘°‘”°“"°' °'°”‘ discretion of the court, shall be imprisoned not less than live years V°l·35»P·1°88· and Hned not less than ten thousand dollars, to be levied on and collected out of any or all of his property, real and personal, of which he was the owner at the time of committixig-such treason, any sale or conveyance to the contrary notwithstan g; and every erson so convicted of treason shal, moreover, be incapable of holding any office imder the United States. S action 8. e Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States and having d§,S’,§{m°“ °’ "°“°° knowledge of the commission of any treason against them, conceals V°‘-**°·P· *08*- and does not, as soon as may be, disclose and make known the same to the President or to some judge of the United States, or to the governor or to some judge or justice of a particular State, is guilty of xnisprision of treason and shall be imprisoned not more than seven years, and fined not more than one thousand dollars. Section 6. If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place ii»°fstfZ`i{liiiml§°i°y' subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to over- V°‘·“·P·‘°“· throw, ut down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to revent, hinder, or de ay the execution of any law of the United IStates, or by force to seize, take, or possess any pro erty of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they sliall each be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than six years, or both. mdidd mmmcum The courts of the United States have stated the following acts to be <>ftr·>==¤¤=>\>¤¤ MS- treasonable: Using ,0,,,, ,,,,,,,,5, The use or attempted use of any force or violence against the we G<>v<=r¤¤¤¤¤t· Government of the Lnited States, or its military or naval forces; _,mq,,,,,,,g_,,,Q__p,0,,_ The acquisition, use, or disposal of any roperty with knowledge my to esa ¤¤¤mi·¤S- that it is to be, or with intent that it shed) be, of assistance to the enemy in their hostilities against the United States;