Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-02-13
SWISS PUT CHECK
ON UNnESIRABLES
Demand IronoIad Passports Of All
Foreigners Entering the
Country.
HOSPITALITY IS VIOLATED
switzerland Has Suffered From For.
eIon Element as No Other Neutral
siaes War Began--country 10
overrun With Spies.

Bernc. Switzerland finally has tnk.
On lnliinl steps 10 control the nndeslr'
able foreign element from which she
has suffered ns no other neutral coun'
Try fince August. 1914.
New regulations adopted by the fed
ernI council nre Intended to mike II
difficult for the ngent of one Of the
warring countries, for the deserier
from any slide, for the foreigner with
out obvious, legitimate means OF llyell'
hood and occupation 10 ilock, ns here
iofurc, into the litlle country that u
trying desperately 10 lnnlninin nm up
right neutrality aud at the same time
wenther the storm until pence arrives.
Switzerland hitherto has permitted.
without amy material objections, scores
NJ thousands of strangers to enter nl-
most ns freely M In pence times. Now
action has been tnkcn 10 stop this only
bccnuse her hospitality has been gross
~ violated, her neutrality nt times
even threatened.
The new rules. which viii become
effective ns soon as the Swiss dlpl0.
lMa.ir rAd cnnaglur officials throughout
the world cnn be notified, require That
all foreigners entering the country
must hc equipped with lronclad pass
ports from their own countries. or
equivalent papers OF Identification;
TINT prior % coming to Switzerland all
foreigners must furnish TO Swiss diplo-
matte or consular officials adequate
rcusons for wanting to come here. and
that, after arrival, strangers must reg
lister with the police OF the city or town
lhey intend in Inhublt
oyerrun by undesirables.
There always has been daily trnf.
Re between France and Switzerland Ia
The nelghhorhood ~ Geneva. and be-
fween Germany aud Switzerland near
Basel. ON the part 0t lalorcrs and 9th.
srs. Many undesirable foreigners have
.inuggled themselves across the bor-
Ter aud have failed to return. once m
Switzerland, they have been able 10
hdc because of The lack Of control over
Foreigners.
That all Is 10 be- changed. Every
person crossing the border at other
lilnu the ordinary points where iron,
( lad passports viii be required will be
numbered. II he fails Ia return. the
police win be put upon his trail. lie
| INiil have little chance Of escaping, for
without the right kind of credentials
lho IS unable to obtain bread. A bread
cnrd today Is more important even
,han The money with which TO pur-
chase li---and bread card is issued
only on presentation Of Identification
lapers.
The. hotel at which the newcomer
stops the pension that takes him In,
The private family 10 whom llc may 20,
are all liable to heavy penalties ii they
fail to announce his arrival
Problem for peserfers.
There remains the problem Of the
lesertcrs who have managed to ilee
ncross the boundary from one army or
another and of the near-deserters,
those who have come here with the
permission of their respective govern.
ments, and then have declined to re-.
turn. Swiss law prescribcs that these
iescrters and refrnctlonaries as they
are called. cannot be forcibly dep0rt"d.
There are in Switzerland now II Is
, estimated, between lo0o0 and $1,000
Of these gentry. Not all of them are
had citizens. Hundreds of them, at
least, are gainfully occupied and are
living model lives. Others are unde-
sirnble to the point of being out-and-
out criminals. Figures for Geneva
alone show that out OF 10000 foreign
ers among Its 10000 population, 1886
are deserters and 2,l52 refractionarics,
while in Zurich these figures ure cx-
ceedcd.
The agitation for the utilization OF
the man power represented by the de.
serters and refractionnries is so strong
that II will surprise no one to see steps
taken to incorporate the majority OF
them into civilian service of manual
liohn. n, a aurtnnltur.