Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-19
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THAN lover There"
Reason Why Thousands of Pass
ports Are Refused Americans
by the Government.
MANY SCHEMES ARE EVOLVED
Several Passes Are Required Be
fore One Can Get to
the Front.
u, ROBERT wE:Li.L:s nITcHIr:

iiiiLGt.S, BELGIUM January Is
sure cornpr OF oftaeo ve away n IN an : Oh
gan newspaper published in Amstcr-
nan tod mc,-probably with cXaEEcr-
|tioH-.that tho American Secretary of
.oiato hhd hccl refusing thousands ot
ha.Sports TO his comutrymcn since the
nncnicana - inakc It tour OF In" l?u
r" ,i2f battle ticids while they we're
Ian c 1Sm, t"E.. +, Ihat was The Eel
an OF when recalled conjecture
which had hecn lost in the recent
Srcat s'"cep OF events from war into
urmistlcc ana irc:n arinisticc into Ger
man evolution. Doubtless there arc
thousands OF Amcrlcana who arc plan
heids over there just as soon as AN
, mi government At washing ton
100. thcre ar" othcrS--not many-who
are SECRETLY fabricatins scheme TO
text and swing around the drcaiful
.,,sie OF Eraveyards in Belgium. France
ana italy IN advance OF PERMISSION
FE" FOUND CAPABLE
OF WRITING HISTORY
nnquostionabiy some bright mind al
roady Is ,S al Work on, II it has not al
Eattic Fields Of Arinas cd ,Th 20 Nine Inc
an innocent bystandcr Hazard a snrs.
mat unless tho author OF this pcndiny
r ron is military man or cor
respondent vino has covered the field
ne writes about the otherwise excel
ms nfor,nn,."n" T !ien with ye n!aicad
men competent b: experience 10 pro.
luce z Eaedeker % Battles from RIA
In anticipation OF the designs .,
a n1se W ,;n2 VII buy this guide book
man helmets before Battle Crcel, ' bc-
vcn,r "' sL,ht them for the SOU
man man on the ground give word OF ad-
ace acc? Perhaps two words. since this
ooss NOT go By cable rate
Dear tElS In mind, Won who NON
Ypre eat thss s sinns up Palm Beach for
ing has stopped, all Europe excep a M m,
neutral nation are in state 81 va.
,nSe s ai,,l and some. at least. OF
snortaSe OF food that sight seeing: vtsi
.ors VIII nc, be admitted This state
signed. and very likely I,,odideJ -, 10
.a.S regime Will be in force long AFTER
ana until rehabilitation Is romolct..i
IN OHTAINixG p.SsU.
Granted that you obtain :. passport
Belrism lee or I, m re9,fS nitG ifTpnsf
ana All other caecHs and IA ilnce:; M,
Upon Upon civilian ny = state OF Wa.
more battle fields in The yInen,:. ta.a
,Gr oa &c I'm In kankakee ;iiau you VIII
magic slips of blue o. p:.iH "a ,er '..j iis
your pntotosraph-untouched and no,
severs assorrnds ,, one corner ana
"ver the lace OF the document. Won
orbit. " h"rfo"
And unless YOU are a correspopda,,
90 diplomat or war worker OF
some sort. all you: s!lt-edsed stock in
Inc bank back home VIII not buy one
OF these passes. '"e
o. svery ,warr;ns country is Melted
most OF the battle fields lie. and for
m n,r,n;1y zones still another and more
sMioiS,,y sIarded pass is required
times very difficult, matter TO secira
wise OF ones passport TO carry from
a.; nan nan who stood in line four hours
In Iaris TO obtain the necessary stamn
accrcditinS him to Belgium
LACk OF TRANSPORTATION
PROVES ANOTHER OBSTACLE
Another very serious drawbacks TO
seeing smoking battle helds just now:
most Sp of the II, aGk; Rene mber that
me recent western front either have
necI,,,, wrecked or were and still arc
Those roads which have been ,enaired
inust FOR months to come be devoted
=, 10, the tremendous task OF demobi!iza.
non and repatriat:ng tens OF thn 8
ands of refugees. '"'
wiz uttSHmi,99iS , OF course" says Live
liam, every automobile on the conf
n men Is IN the use OF the government
Sitatio U, i and h Ire One rides upon in
ow an Rg eeis. o. an means bring Your
oharses oii arc ho noi with YOU Storage
cent higher than at home and You You
can car storc the car when it is taken
unless you wear epaulets or a Rad
n no3 5n or unif9rm you positively can
list; along with sugar and coIine Az aSd
real tobacco. ee anu
waking is pleasant when IL does
no. rdln,out not when YOU carry
your own baggage. Take this on the
carnest Tepresentat:on OF one who has
walked from the Holland bordGr 10
Bruges. carrying a suit ease !, NO 10
.sette and folding typewriter"