Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-16
MORE WORK FOR AMERICAN CONSUL S
One of the Days Best Cartoons.


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- Hep'"'""'F L. ne
""r"tS'-"orhed "mpioE"" IN the GOV
crnmcnt service to-day is the Amer.
lean consul ,,~.- si,c. ,bo ho,t4
a.
" ''' ''"'"P'"' war american con-
sulatcs all over the world have been
ccntcrs Of immense ar,ivi,y WIN ro-
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'ii' 'f''''"'s
|" ~ taken care or III Europe; with
trade to he promoted in South Amer
lea and chin, 49,, ri.h .,,o,,;
W. american QUEENS ia u'-
Key ana Mexico, tho consular service
has bccom. an adventure as wou ,s
an o.r,,n,,io
"" years ago "h"n war was de-
Jared suddenly and without warning
In Europe. soyora, ,bnue.,d American,
''''''" "N'' INC continent.
lhcre were hundreds OF tourists in
various stages Of financial PROSPERITY
or disability ,hc, - .,,,a
.,.,.
'S''''"' ''''' ""i" h"'ut"tlz.'
Americans whose nationality MAS open
to uucstion-and thor. wer. In com
n,risor IN an ,bo.. ,
-
'"l'H"'S' r"Ii"""d thA' 'h""lt lni"r-
49, ""'u an sources 81 '"inmunioa-
- ~ inning '"Ir""uS' steamships.
"P"S anu 'c!"ph"hcS. ceased
"''.I"tiiI on 'E'h'nS nut roNcrnmcni
~ 80 ."''!. r''"Sitc I" 'Hsn 'e,t"r"
W. ''',.t' VI ''t"EhlH" any "thcr KIND
cans i, v,e mo i,b ,r 49,, ,i.
Sonsuls 10 get every American cifizon
ont of Europ. and safely back To his
own country.
For few months the American con-
Sular scrvic" IN tn. territory III the
central powers worked night and day
~ "a concentrated effort TO get the he,
tor "f conditions. OF the long waits
aud difficulties encountered, of tho cx-
courses much has hc"n written by
Americans themselves. but Of the ho-
r"lc "Nertons OF the ronsuls little has
been SAID. either In the press or IN
inc reports turned in at tn" stat. ipc-
partmcni.
~ Washington tn" executive end Of
inc scrNic" was ais" suddenly over
Whcimcd Win miscellaneous assert
h''ht OF duticS Every day larG" num-
'e'N VI "o'rico r''atlN'S ana friends
al European tourists crowded the con-
Suiar oH'c"s Tor inior'na ton aud a@
Sistahcc III recovering lost persons by
TINS time Congress had PASSED its re-
llct Dill appropriaiiUE S2.hoo.nn" for
me return OF stranded Americans. and
'his was promptly forwarded through
IN" embassies to tho consuls WHO drew
upon II In sending Americans nome
sometimes the cases We're peculiar. and
required the individual attention Of The
stat" Department.
Nu,x SIN I, U,ro,o
T., ,,o
;, % ~" h% ne" Cit
i,,nr lev $50 .a' ""ch ny" the
W., ,h; .'i,i rs L"
$50, go, - ~ "''o ''i''c"S
80 "'''''", :" t'' mem "n,' ana
'."u? S"vh ''.'"'hS ere sun IN f'Nrop"
~. - 80 'l'"'' :" "h"'her.
,'. ''n. VI 't'"'u armenian Wh" mas q,
~, 800 f'"'.'o' ~ 'h'' ~.
cH."p' ''o'i '"hS'a h'i :
n"P',' M"'c' III" "!re""N pronounced
az "'''" w 'N''N Armenian On IN"
nv '''"' "'' vas hr'Ltrcd IN
;\or'hcrh Europc NE iufKS began mo-
n'i'"ihE 'hc'r FORCES. 'rl'rS went
w" E''c''S 90 ohS."h'i""p,c'
'"'''hE upon every man bctWccn IN"
age OF nineteen ana i"rtN-hVc TO re-
men on. II necaihc Il DANGEROUS under
'"N'hS io' 'H' u"t'"r 10 appear on inc
49,. 80, 49, Nv MIu,' NV =" Sho"
sure his name would hc rccor,iyad :, :.
Armenian Eor,un,toI, rown,.nr no
Turks did not realize that bc snol.
English with a distinct accent and no
licved him To he am American 10
strengthen this impression tho doctor
in his own words .uc,od occcntri,." n,,
every possjblc occasion Hc b,nc.d
his cane on the floor Of tbc bonl; ,rd
demanded his money i'm - loud voice
which completely deceived the bankers
as 10 his original nationality Af,er
long and highly exciting wait Tho
American consul managed Ia rct him
vcsscI
No,r q, tho cnd of tuo vn,r. tboro