The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-12
May NEED PASSPORTS.
information For Americans Who
Go Abroad.
HOW TO KEEP OUT OF TROUBLE.

Interesting Facts Contained In IA Little
Book Issucd by the state Department
Some Good Advice TO Visitors to Foreign
Countries.
WASHINGTON, April Ia Special. The
department OF state has just published a
little book of great interest and value u
tho many thousands of Americans who are
contemplating journeys To foreign coun
tries IL gives, in official form, the pass
port regulations Of all nations Americans
are such bold and self confident travellers
that they are prone To think passports
amount To little and that they can find
their way anywhere i'm the world without
the aid OF these official Identification pa
pers Your average American thinks his
face the best passport, but the traveller
who has really had experience i'm foreign
lands will always have his papers i'm his
pocket. In most European countries one
can get on very well without them so long
as everything goes right but i'm case OF
trouble of any sort one is infinitely better
off If he has the certificate of his own gov
eminent as To who he is and what doing
One is very likely to get into trouble with
foreign police and cab drivers, for the first
are often very uidCious and the latter al
most always rapacious. The passport regu
lations of the various nations therefore be
come interesting to all who contemplate
travel.
A Vaccination Permit.
No passports are required in Great Brit.
ain and her dominions. At Gibraltar a
visitor must have permit before he can
he admitted. No ticket is issued without
"a vaccination permit In the Falkland is.
lands aliens are required to deposit $50 on
arrival, but this is refunded when they &C
away.
Passports ere not required in France,
but in the provinces it is customary for the
landlords of hotels 10 ask guests for them
Passports are great convenience if one
has to get mail, borrow money AT the pawn
shop or get out of any trouble. Persons 90.
ing To France to remain any length of time
must be registered. Passports are not re.
CURED in any of the colonies of France
AS general rule passports are not re.
quired upon entering or leaving Germany,
but every experienced traveller takes one
with him when he goes into the empire
There are provinces and cities in which q
passport il almost indispensable. In all
parts of Germany every foreigner must be
registered in the books of the police au
thoritics. The traveller need not attend to
this in person if he stops at a hotel, for the
landlord will SEQ to it for him The po
lice want to know where "a man came from,
what his business is, whittier going. In
some cities, like Hamburg these regula
tons are elaborate, and one may be called
upon to give his whole pedigree to the au
thorites. Ii visitor changes his resi-
dencc, he must give notice To the police
If he wishes To so away, he must fill out
departure blank before taking leave Wis.
itors at private houses must he announced
two weeks before their arrival. 50 that in
case YOU are going q stay with friends in
Hamburg do not run in or them /,
VIII put them to u great deal ol trouble
All foreigners entering Alsace. Lorraine
from Tic rCnch s.uy IIGsi h...e Passports
even II ts,y Crc OILY iassi.G t.rcu~..
These passports must bear the visa of tho
GOrman ambassador in Paris. The rcgu
lalluns say lhaJ foreigners without PASS
ports are 10 be prohibited from continuing
their journey nnd. II necessary To b. taken
across the Boundary Cards OF Identified
ton (Gewerb1 destinations kartcn) are not
taken
Passports are required in Austria II mn
gary, but tho rules are not very strictly en-
forced