AS a result of the operation of the Aliens’ Restriction Act, all Germans, Austrians and Hungarians have now to leave Bournemouth for unprohibited areas.

The following notice has been issued throughout Hampshire by the Chief Constable of Hants: “Registration will close at 12noon on Wednesday next, the 19th inst, after which date aliens will be proceeded against under the Order.”

We are informed no permits will be granted to alien enemies to remain in prohibited areas under any circumstancs.

In cases in which exception can be made with regard to sick persons and similar cases, time will be granted to find new residence outside prohibited area.

The County Borough of Bournemouth is a prohibited area.

Since the outbreak of war with Germany people of the latter nationality have been allowed to remain in Bournemouth only by special permit.

Permits will now not be granted under any circumstances to either Germans, Austrians or Hungarians, to remain.

Exceptions may be made in case of sick persons in order to permit sufficient time to find residence other than in a prohibited area, Wednesday, noon, is the last hour for registration, after which all Germans, Austrians and Hungarians remaining in the town will be arrested.

In consequence of these provisions there have been remarkable scenes during the past weekend when, following the declaration of war with Austria, large numbers of people of that nationality residing in the town, have been dailyreporting themselves together with aliens of other nations, including even “friendly” aliens such as French persons, and others who belong to the friendly group.

To-day alone as many as 40 or 50 enemy aliens have reported themselves at Bournemouth Police-station and have there been advised to leave the Bournemouth area.

A good number have left the town for London and other places in the North, which are not prohibited areas, while some have gone to Salisbury, Wimborne and places in Dorset, where “alien enemies” will be allowed to reside.

It is well known, in addition to large numbers employed in various capacities, that many people in German and Austrian origin are permanently in residence in the town, and the predicament of a number of these is serious in the extreme.

It has been as much as the police can manage to cope, with a constant flow of aliens who are daily reporting themselves.

As some of these people are in business in the town their position has been a particularly unfortunate one, necessitating as the Act does their immediate removal to unprohibited areas.

Taken from the Bournemouth Daily Echo, August 17, 1914