The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-02-08
PASSPORT RULES
keep REDS OUT
ENJOYS Abroad Oppose Abandon
ing the System.
WOULD MAKE TRAVEL EASY
But, In Face of Evidence Indicating
Effort o: BoIshevik Government to
Spread Its Jurisdiction to America,
Diplomats Do Not Wish To Sur
render Their Most Potent Safeguard
Against 1t, Passport Control.


American diplomatic officials abroad
who are in possession of EVIL
dence of propaganda schemes originat-
ing In Moscow are opposed to any at
tempt TO abandon the United States
passport and visa systems now in Cp-
GRAFTON. This Is because they are con-
vinced the Russian soviet government
has been attempting to send hundreds
of dangerous agitatOrs to- the United
States.
Wartime passport regulations have
been considerably modified, both for
American vsas. in the last few
months, and every attempt will be
made, 1t was said. to make travel as
easy as possible abroad next summer.
Will Keep Passport Control.
But. i'm face of the evidence which
has accumulated during the last few
months, Indicating IL determined effort
by the Bolshevik government to spread
its jurisdiction to America, the diplO-
matte officials do not wish to surrcn.
ueI tIlelT lliOSl poleHt SuleSulTu
against t--passport control.
$50 far as the wOuld-be emigrant is
concerned" one American official said.
things haye just been so simplfied
for him that, in ten minutes tine
providing his own government cOns.d-
ers him worthy subject, and has so
evidenced this by giving him a pass
port, 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 he on his way to the
United States speedily.
"The American travelling abroad
will get all the assistance possible to
give him. If he frets because of the
necessity of securing visas from vari-
Gus other cOnsulates. If he wishes to
visit several countries and objects to
frontier Inspections, he must remcm-
Der that perhaps the man who sat
next to him in the railway car was
Bolshevik or an anarchist, en- route
some place with a bomb. who might
be stopped mt the frontier before lie
could throw the bomb.
"Americans coming abroad Will save
themselves difficulty If. just as they
go to the bank before leaving to get
letter of credit. they will secure at
foreign consulates in America visas
permitting them to enter all the cOun-
tries they wish to visit"
BoIshevik Agents Tricky.
While most of the Bolshevik agents
en- route TO America seek to get
through on false scamen's certificates
or by other surreptitious means, ac.
cordlng TO the American O.licinl,
there are Il number of ncrvy ones
who appear at American passport bu-
rcauS. from time to time and tequcst
legitimate visas.
During recent week nt an Ameri-
can passport bureau in Holland, out
of % persons refused vlsas four were
known to lie revolutionary agltators
and three were international crimi-
nails.
The United States surgeon generals
office has recently established at some
OF the big enbarkation ports in Eu-
rope bureaus of sanitary inspection
and quarantine, which. cooperating
with the local medical authorities.
seek to prevent diseased emigrants
from going to the United States.
"The whole effort" one official said,
sis. hy 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"