The sun., 1915-06-24
STAY AT HOME, PAGE
WARNS AMERICANS
Ambassador Says Tourists
without Passports Are Suf-
fering Hardships.
LANDINGS ARE REFUSED
Numbers Are Increasing De-
spite Warnings-Steam-
ship Cos. Blamed.

WASHINGTON. June ga despatch
received at the state Department to-
dav from Ambassador Page at London
was made public by acting Secretary
Lansing I'm the hope, IL is understood.
that only those Americans who are
urged by imperative business will go
abroad during the period u the war.
Ambassador Page advised the De-
partmen, that Americans are reaching
English ports In Increasing numbers
without passports or other Identifying
documents and are IN many Instances
suffering great hardships as result.
Formerly port officers In England were
disposed to deal leniently with travel
lers arriving without papers Identifying
their nationality and business, but re-
Gently the officials have been refusing
landings thus causing Inconvenience
and suffering to many Americans.
Ambassador Page suggests that the
fault lies with the steamship companies
that sell transportation to passengers
unprovided with the necessary docu-
ments ON several occasions the state
Department has suggested through pub
! lications that the United states would
be saved possible embarrassments of u
I diplomatic character II Americans would
remain away from Europe during the
war These warnings have beon un-
needed, as transatlantic traffic has in
! creased in recent months instead of de-
creased. The despatch received to-day
! from Ambassador Page follows:
Notwithstanding the warning which
/ the Department has conveyed TO
steamship agencies, regret TO report
. that there T. no Improvement in re-
spect OF the arrival OF Americans
from the United states The Consul
q; Liverpool informs the embassy that
they continue to arrive in increasing
numbers with no means of identifca-
ton and that the officers AT that port,
who at first showed disposition 10
treat as leniently as possible infsac-
,.ons Of the regulations which were
/ due to ignorance, have now been
Obliged to deal more severely with
such persons.
Much inconvenience and delay is
caused TO travellers as result OF
these officers at the port having TO
refer such cases to the Home Oi'ice
! in London before permission TO land
and proceed 20 their destination can
be given to persons without passports.
and the fault would appear TO lie
almost entirely with steamship COM
panies who sell tickets to Americans
unprovded with the necessary docu-
ments
While officials admit the possibility
Of complications arising at any time II
the relations OF this Government will
belligerents on account Of the presence
uf Americans in England and In th'
war zones there is no intention to issu,
warnings against European travel excep
, such as are embodied In the despatch
received from Ambassador Page,
1t Is understood that frequently ap
plIcatlons for passports made by per
sons who desire to go abroad are re
jected, but this apparently does not dis
suade many.
II will be recalled that in the state
ment following his retirement from IN
. Cabinet w. J. Bryan declared that on
of his differences with the President wa,
, over a proposal that he had made tha
, some means should he found 10 restric
the travel of Americans abroad durin,
the war
The Administration has no intention
OF adopting a policy such M was pro
posed by Mr. Bryan, although official
express annoyance over the persistence
OF Americans In going abroad for pleas
ure despite the hazards that now at
tend travel from, to and in Europe