The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-11-23
us DIPLOMATS ASK
PASSPORT SAFEGUARD
AGAINST SOWETS
Do Not Favor Relax
alton in Our Restric-
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THE HAGUE, Nov. 23.-Amcrican
diplomatic officials abroad who are
in possession Of evidence OF propa-
ganda schemes originating In Mos
cow are opposed to any attempt to
abandon the United States passport
n visa systems now In operation,
This is because they are convinced
that the Russian soviet government
has been attempting to send hundreds
OF dangerous ngitators to the United
States.
Wartime passport regulations have
been considerably modified. both for
Americans and foreigners seeking
American visas, i'm the past few
months and every attempt will be
made, Il was said. to make travel as
easy as possible abroad next summer.
But, In face of the evidence which
has accumulated during the past few
months. believed to indicate a de-
termined effort by the Bolshevik gov
eminent to spread its Jurisdiction to
America, the diplomatic officials do
not wish to surrender their most
potent safeguard against it-passport
control.
so far as the would-be emigrant
Is concerned" one American official
said, things nave Just been so SIMPLE
fled for him that In ten minutes time,
provided his government con-
siders him a worthy subject and has
80 evidenced this by giving him a
passport, he can answer all the ques-
lions W. want to know about him.
IL he is satisfactory, he car get his
visa the same day and be on 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
necessity OF securing visas from Vari-
Gus other c~onsulates, II he wishes to
visit several countries and objects to
frontier inspections-he must remem
Der that perhaps the man who sat
next to him In the railway a was
q Bolshcvik or an anarchist. en- route
some place with "a bomb. who might
be stopped at the frontier before he
could throw the bomb.
Americans coming abroad win
save themselves much difficulty II,
just as they go to the bank before
leaving to get a letter Of credit, they
will secure ut foreign Consulutes In
America visus permitting them to
enter all the countries they wish to
visit"
While most of the Bolshevik agents
on route to America seek to get
through on false scamcn's certificates
VI ny hAil'l Hhi 'pAlAlbho lhthiAaf az
cording to American officials here.
there are q number OF ncrvy ones
who appear at American passport
bureaus, from time to time, and re-
quot legitimate visas.
During a recent week at an Amer
lear passport bureau In HollaRd, out
of 20 persons refused visas four were
known to be revolutionary agitatois
and three were international Grimm
ais.
The United States surgeon gener'
ais office has recently established at
some Of the big embarkation ports
in Europe bureaus OF sanitary inspcc'
tion and quarantine. which, cooper
uting with the local medical authori'
ties. seek to prevent diseased emf
grants from going to the United
states.
THE whole EFFORT one onicia
said, zig. by passport control and
medical Inspection, to control the
situation on this side. thus relieving
ELLIS Island and the other Immigrant
stations at home of much work"