The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-14

ments published in the t-okal An
ZelEer
All Americans leaving Berlin
must have their passports stamp
ed by the foreign office, for which
purpose they should apply to ge-
heimcr lagationsrat, Doctor Eek
bardt. at with almstrasse T6.
Americana residing outside Of
Berlin should ascertain from their
respective consular representa-
tiyes what steps they should take
in this reEa~d
Letters for the United States
may be sent to the embassy and
viii be forwarded at the first OPP
portunity
German subjects who desire TO
CommunicLe' with friends in Eng
land, Russia, France or Belgium,
or who desire to send money.
should make their requests to the
imperial foreign Office Americans
are permitted to enter Italy, The
steamers Of the Italian lines are
running at present but are fun
for some time in advance. The
embassy is also informed that tho
steamer from Nlissingen Holland,
runs daily at II A NJ The am
baesadUr cannot, however. recon-,
mend Americans TO try TO reach
Holland by tn ordinary schedule
trains @S he has received reports
OF delays en- route. owing to the
tact that all civil travellers are
elected II om trains when troops
require accommodations. IT il bet
ter TO wait for special trains ar
ranged for by the embassy
The Dresdner bank and it's
branr hes throughout Germany
viii cash for Americans only let
terV of credit aud checks issued
by good American banks IN limit
ed amounts. Included in this
category arc the checks Of the
Bankers Association, Bankers
Trust company. International
Mercantile Marine company and
American Cypress company. All
- checks and letters of credit must,
however, be- stamped By Ameri-
can consuls, and consuls must
see that the consular stamp is af-
liked TO those. -chocl5s and letters
~ credit only as the. bona flaa-
property OF American citizens.
The C-~mmerz aud Disconto bank
makes the same offer and the
Duetsche bank will cash checks
and letters OF credit drawn by it's
correspondents
a IA srican consular officers NAV
also draw later on the Dresdner
bank for their salaries and the of
fetal expenses of their conculates
Before drawing such funds from
The bank, however, all consular
officers should submit their ex-
pense accounts to ME Tor approval
These expense accounts should be
transmitted to the embassy at the
earliest opportunity.
THE. AMBASSADOR
3 It will he noticed from the abe
circular that all Americans were
quired to have their passports stan
ed at the foreign Office. One Americ
/ did not receive back his passport,
though he had left it at TT forei
office. The foreign office claimed Il
il had delivered the passport to SO
one from the embassy, but we w,
not very much surprised when t
identical passport turned up later
tho possession of Lodi. the confes.
German spy, who was shot In the To
er Of London.
After time the American COVE
ment cablcd me to advance money
destitute Americans. and the lad
in the ballroom with their assista
attended to this branch, advance
money where NEEDED or so much
a person needed to make up the h
ance OF passage on steeraCe tic
from Holland to the Uaited sta
At the same time we gradually bt
up a banking system. Those in
United States who had friends or
atives in Germany sent them MOI
by giving the money to our state
partment and the state department