South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-08-27
PASSPORT SYSTEM
PREVENTS TRAVEL
People of Central Europe and
the Balkans Feel Results
of War.

By Associated Press
BUDAPEST. Aug. 2e.-The de-
sire but inability Of once wealthy
people 70 travel westward 10 Eu-
ropean seaports and on 20 the Unit
cd States. owing 10 passport and
money difficulties. is one OF the re-
suits OF the war 20 be noted in cen
trail Europe. the Balkans and far
into Asia Minor.
The intenseness Of this desire was
registered recently by Admiral
Horthy. regent Of Hungary. who
said: Why, l wake up nights think
ing CT the sea, and in my dreams
hear the sound of the ocean Con-
slider 7 have sailed the world around
and now I can't even get a glimpse
Of blue water I'm seasick in a new
sense
Envy Travellers.
How I envy you in your travels"
said Queen Marie OF Rounania 10
the travel -Weary correspondent.
Think Of the glorious freedom OF
going somewhere, far away"
IF 10 were not for my duty 10 my
country" said Mustapha Keemal
PaSha. the national leader, one hot,
breathless night in Sivas. Turkey,
Il should be tempted 20 board shin
and steam away, anywhere, so long
as it went westward. No one but our
selves can realize how tired and
numb the mind becomes, out here.
through the loss Of contact with the
countries and people we knew in
happier days"
Women SorcIy Hit
Women. wives of teachers and
professors. of formerly well-to do
farmers, who have been so sorely
hit by the war. suffer especially from
the lack Of the cheap holidays they
were once accustomed 70 take in
Switzerland, the Italian Riviera,
Paris or London, where they saw the
old sights anew. the styles in clothes,
brushed up their acquaintance with
langua Ees and came home content
20 await next years trip.
Il really believe many OF US shall
fall sick IL we are not able 70 salts
fy This travel fever" said Mrs. R.
YAM berry. wife OF the Hungarian
criminOlogist, who was a great
traveller as was his father before
him.
Have Iity on we poor travellers.
To think that now I can't buy a
new dress. I who once had the money
20 roam where I would"
The ministers of foreign affairs in
these countries are besieged by APP
plications Of their fellow citizens
who want 20 go away as diplomatic
representatives or consuls and many
ear-important men at home are
willing 10 accept positions as clerks
abroad, merely for the chance OF
travelling.
Fever Limited.
This fever is not limited 10 the
formerly weIl-to-do. Recently a no.
tiCe was published In a Budapest
paper that any abie-bodied man or
woman wishing TO work in the Unit
cd States would be furnished with
a ticket and $50 expense money by
the Americans. That same day the
American high commissioned, L.
Grant-Smith, had 10 request the mill
itaTy authorities 20 keep away the
mob from his Office in the Andrassy
St
The railways in Hungary in Rou-
mania and IN every country, though
worn out by the war. are always
crowded. with people clinging TO the
roofs OF the coaches. thick as flies.
summer and winter. About the sta
tons are big crowds OF men, women
and children. swarming up and
down. waiting whole days and nights
for trains.
where are all these reopIe go
ing ." the correspondent asked a
conductor at Bucharest.
He started a moment in astonish-
ment why. anywhere nowhere"
he answered. They are just taking
a ride. They're travel mad"