Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-30
AMERICANS INDIGNANT
Contingent in London Resent
the New Law
ON YEARLY REGISTRATION
Doubt as to Whether Statute -
Obligatory.
STIR IN THE EMBASSY OFFICE
To Be More Exact in Future in Social
Affairs-Hubbub Over the
Consul General.
sTIR IN THE EMBASSY OFFICE

| Special Cablegram to The Star
| LONDON. June 29-The general :ttitulc
c. Americans In Lo don toward the new
regulations whereby tuey are obliged to
| register once year at the consulates after
July l is one of strong resentment many
declaring their intention to ignore the law
One indignant American made this out
burst on the subject to n correspondent
| of The Star today:
! Are Americans abroad ticket of leave
men or Chinese coolies, that we are obliged
| to go to the consulates and register?"
1t is likely that great many will alb
stain from registration, particularly as the
new regulation imposes no penalty and it's
wording is sufficiently ambiguous to leave
! a doubt as to whether the regulation is
optional or obligatory.
In the opening phrase Americans resi-
| dent abroad are invited to register and
| in the concluding sentence it is stated that
Americans abroad are required TO register
| each year. The State Department in issu-
| ing this regulation, which will be enforced
on July l, has neglected to supply the con-
sulateS with the physical appliances neceS-
| sary to its performance. No books or forms
| have been sent to the consuates and the
| cOnsuls are confronted with the duty of
| registering Americans without any requi-
| site books of record
Embassy the Social Exchange.
| The American embassy which for many
years has regarded the British foreign Of
| flee as its mentor in diplomatic affairs, has
now determined to be more exact in social
| affairs than King Edwards court itself.
| The embassy has found to it's chagrn that
| hosts of prominent Americans, coming to
London. instead of visiting the gloomy Of
| fees in Victoria street prefer to journey
| to the consulate, where they saw the
| American flag flying before the door, and
were sure of an American greeting from
Consul General Wynne.
1t Is deadly offense in the eyes of, all
the attaches of the embassy that the con-
| sui general should receive any social or
official recognition above themselves.
This was amusingy exemplified at a
recent luncheon given by the Society of
American Women to the Red Cross dele
gates. Ambassador Reid and the mem
bers of the embassy staff were invited
to attend, was also Consul General
Wynne.
Did Not Know the Social Chasm.
Finding that Mr.. Reid could not arrive
until very late. an American woman who
was ignorant of the social chasm interven-
ing between the consul general and the
, members of the embassy staff asked Mr.
Wynne to say a few words. Immediately
the members of the embassy present sinful
| taneously discovered that they had en-
gagements which required their depar-
! ture at once. When Mr.. Reid arrived later
| on he considerably astonished to learn
that all his attaches were pressed that
| they could not remain throughout an
American function.
When it intimated through an in
| fluential source that Mr.. and Mrs. Wynne
ought to be presented at court the attaches
of the embassy made explanations to their
diplomatic conferees as to why they should
| be obliged to present a mere consul general
at the court of ST. James
A little later the Wynnes were studiously
excluded from the list sent by the embassy
for invitations to the kings garden party
at Windsor. although the lord chamber
lain's circular expressly stated that pre-
sentees at recent courts were eligible. The
embassy secured invitations for n number
of Americans permanently residing in Lon
don who have never been presented at
court.