The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-11-23
AMERICAN DIPLOMATS
OPPOSED TO LIFTING
PASSPORT CONTROL
tBy Associated Press)

tby ASSCCfateu ITtSSp
THE HAGUE. Nov, 22.-American
diplomatic officials abroad who are in
possession of evidence of propaganda
schemes originating in Moscow are
opposed to any attempt to abandon
the United States passport and visa
systems now in operation. This is
because they are convinced that the
Russian Soviet government has been
attempting to send hundreds OF dan
gerous agitators to the United States.
Wartime passport regulations have
been considerably modified. both for
Americans and foreigners seeking
American visas, in the past rev
months and every attempt viii be
made, it 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. believe to indicate deter
mined effort by the Bolshevik gov
eminent to spread it's jurisdiction to
America, the diplomatic officials do
not wish to surrender their most po-
tent safeguard against it--passport
control. ..,. ...
so far as the would-be emigrant is
concerned" one American official
said, things have just been so simpll-
fled for him that, in ten minutes time,
providing his own government conslo-
ers him a worthy subject and mas SO
evidenced this by giving him pass
port he can answer all the questlons
we want to know about him. IL ne Is
satisfactory, he can get his visa the
same day and be on his way 10 lhe
United States speedily.
Aim to Help Americans.
"The American travelling abroad Will
get all the assistance possible 10 give
him. If he frets because OF the neces-
sitv of securing visas from various
other consulates, If he wishes 10 WISH
several countries and objects 10 1roh-
tier inspections,-he must remember
that perhaps the man who sat next to
him in the railway car was a Bolshe-
-vfk or an anarchist. en- route some
Mace with a bomb, who might be STOP
ned at the frontier before he couio
throw the bomb. -,
"Americans coming abroad Will
gave themselves much difficulty IT,
inst as they go to the bank peIore
leaving to get letter OF credit, they
will secure at foreign consulates III
America visas permitting them 10 en-
ter all the countries they wish 10
visit
solsheviks Try For PASSPORTS.
While most of the boisneFih dso
on route to America seek 10 se.
through on false seamen's cerhncates
or bv other surreptitious nervy ones
who appear at American passport ou-
reaus. from time ii time, and request
legitimate visas.
During A. recent week at an Amer
lean passport bureau in Holland, out
&c % persons refused visas four were
known to be revolutionary aglta'ors'
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 Inspection
and quarantine. which, cooperating
with the local medical authorities
seek to prevent diseased emlgrants
from going to the United States.
"The whole effort" one official SAID
sis, by passport control and medlcaI
inspection, to control the situation on
this side, thus relieving Ellis Island
and the other immigrant stations al
home of much work"