New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-12
Alien NOtables
On French Shin
Are Barred Out
immigration Men Detain
Is First Cabin Passengers
Aboard La Savoie and Are
Deaf TO Angry Protests
352 Others Also Held
List Included Ex.Diplomats,
bankers and Importers
Here on Buying Trips

The operation Of the new restrictive
immigration law hit snag yesterday
when fifteen alien first cabin passen-
gers on the French liner La Savoie
from Havre were informed by the i'm
migration officials that they could not
land. They were all persons of hiel,
standing in their respective countries
ana resented in no quiet fashion their
detention aboard ship. Just when they
will be liberated is not known.
The immigration inspectors explained
to the travellers that their detention
was not the fault of the local bureau.
They said that no word had been re-
ceived from Washington permitting
them to release alien passengers who
were not in the class of visitors now
permitted to land Immediately on arri-
val.
Among the passengers held were Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Teneau Mr.. Teneau
Is vice-president and general manager
of the big French jewelry firm of Car
tier e. Co. His bride whom he married
six months ago, was born II this coun-
try. Mrs. Teneau lost her citizenship
oy ner marriage.
Ex-DipIomats Detained
The Viscount Edouard Emmery, who
was formerly attached to the French
Embassy in Washington, came over on
a short business trip, but he could not
land. N. d. Jonovitch, who was at one
time attached to the Serbian Legation
in this country, came here to buy ma
chinery. He said his visit here would
not be longer than five weeks, and that
if he had known of the treatment he
was to receive from this government
on arrival he would have gone to Eng
land to make his purchases.
Reputable visitors are welcome in
England" he said, "and machinery can
be purchased there as quickly and as
reasonably as here"
Arthur Zwoelfer, the son Of banker
of Bucharest, Rumania, came here to
study American banking methods and
to promote banking relations between
the two countries. He said that it was
time to withdraw financial relations if
such rigid bars we're put up AGAINST
friendly visitors Miss Agnes Smyth,
a native of Canada wno mas been
engaged in business in Chicago
for many years, also was denied admls-
sion temporarily.
After a long verbal examination
Franz Mutschle, photographer of
Cleveland and Swiss by birth, was
permitted to land with his bride, whom
he had taken on wedding trip to his
old home in Switzerland. Mrs. Nut
schle, who was born in Cleveland, was
so humiliated over her detention that
she wept.
Embassy Letter an Aid
M. A. La Gausseres, French en-.
pineer, who chanced to have letter
Of recommendation from the CONNER
c,al attache of the American Embassy
in Paris. was permitted to land, al
though he was detained at first with
the other saloon passengers. He came
here, he said, to purchase chemicals
and electrical apparatus.
All of the ninety-e.ght second CABIN
and 254 steerage passengers were de-
tained aboard ship.
A group of Afghanistan aliens in The
saloon of the Savoie were more for.
tunate in getting ashore, for .hey had
teen sent here to establish a legation
in Washington on the order of the
Amir of Afghanistan. The party, head
cd by Prince Mohammed Wall Khan
,yho is to be the minister, included
prince Faiz Mohammed Khan, Guian
S;doig Khan ana Colonel Napbibule
Khan.
Also on the Savoic were Robert j
ruad;hy, treasurer of The Literary
incest. and Jevrem Ta ditch, counselor
of the Serbian Legation TT Washington