Evening star., 1920-11-23
PASSPORT AND VISA
FOR BAR TO SOVIET
u. S. Diplomats Abroad for
Strict Rules to Keep Out
Russ Agitators.

THE HAGUE, November 23.-Ameri-
can diplomatic officials abroad who are
in possession of evidence Of propaganda
schemes originating in Moscow are op-
posed to any attempt to abandon the
United States passport and visa sys-
TENS now in operation. This is because
they are convinced that the Russian So
Wet government has been attempting
to send hundreds of dangerous agitators
to the United States
Wartime passport regulations have
been considerably modified. both for
Americans and foreigners seeking
| American visas, in the past few months
and every attempt will be made, it was
said. to make travel as easy as possible
abroad next summer. But, In the face
Of the evidence which has accumulated
during the past few months. believed to
indicate determined effort by the boil
shevik government to spread its juris-
Idiction to America, the diplomatic Off
cials do not wish to surrender their
most potent safeguard against it-pass-
port control.
Easy for Would-Be Emigrnnt.
$50 far as the would-be emigrant is
concerned" one American official said.
| things have just been so slmphf1ed for
him that, in ten minutes time. provid-
ing his own government considers him
q worthy subject and has so evidenced
] this by giving him passport. he can
! answer all the questions we want to
know about him. If he is satisfactory
he can get his visa the same day and
| be lon his way to the United States
speedily.
''The American travelling abroad will
get all the assistance possible to give
him. II he frets because of the neces-
sity Of securing visas from various other
consulates. If he wishes to visit several
countries and objects to frontier inspec-
tions. he must remember that perhaps
the man who sat next to him in the
railway car was a bolshevik or an an
archist. en- route some place with a
bomb, who might be stopped at the
frontier before he could throw the
bomb.
Pointer to Americans.
Americans coming abroad will save
themselves much difficulty il. just as
they go to the bank before leaving to
get a letter Of credit, they will secure
at foreign consulates in America visas
permitting them to enter all the coun-
tries they wish to visit"
While most of the bolshevik agents
en- route to America seek to get through
on false seamen's certificates or by
other surreptitious means. according to
American officials here, there are a
American passport bureaus. from time
to time, and request legitimate visas.
Four Detections in Holland:
During a recent week at an Ameri-
can passport bureau in Holland. out of
twenty-five persons refused visas four
were known to be revolutionary agita-
tors. and three were International GRIM
inals.
The United States surgeon generals
ofiice has recently established at some
of the big embarkation ports in Europe
bureaus Of sanitary inspection and
quarantine, which, cooperating with the
local medical authorities, seek to pre-
vent diseased emigrants from going to
the United States.
s.The whole effort" one Official said.
s'is. BY passport control and medical In
spection. to control the situation on this
side. thus relieving Ellis Island and the
other immigrant stations at home OF
much work"