Evening star., 1925-10-22
Was to Be Guest at His
Home, Publisher Claims,
Protesting to President.
ACTION DUE TO RADICAL
SENTIMENTS EXPRESSED
Strassburger's Explanation Differs
Sharply From That of State
Department.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Countess Karolyi, wife of Count
Michael Karolyi, former President OF
the Hungarian Republic, has been
denied permission to visit the United
States on lecture tour.
The American consul general in
Paris refused to approve her pass
ports, and the action has been ap-
proved by the State Department.
The refusal was based upon the law
which bars persons of known revolu-
tionary views.
Presents Case to President.
Ralph B. Strassburger. wealthy news
paper publisher and prominent Re
publican of Pennsylvania, called on
President Coolidge this morning and
presented a view on the exclusion OF
Countess Karolyi that differed sharply
with the explanation issued from the
State Department. Mr.. Strassburger
is understood to have informed the
President that the countess was en-
route to a visit at his home when she
was stopped.
Mr.. Strassburger explained TO news
paper men, just before being admitted
to the Presidents room, that his wife
had seen Countess karolyi in Europe
a year ago and had extended her an
invitation to visit their large country
estate near Norristown. The invita-
ton. 1t was said. was accepted, and
Mr.. Strassburger came to Washington
for the special purpose of objecting TO
the action of the State Department.
Had Asked Aid of Mellon.
1t is understood that the Pennsyl-
vania publisher took the question up
with Secretary of State Kellogg last
night and that he had solicited the as
sistance of Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon, too, before reSorting TO an
appeal to the President himself
Upon leaving Mr.. Coolidge's office
Mr.. StraSSburger declared he could
say nothing further at that time, but
promised to issue a statement from
his room in the Willard Hotel later
in the day.
In approving the consul general 5
action the State Department acted in
line with the policy adopted when s
Saklatvala, Communist member Of
the British parliament, was refused
admission as a. delegate to the recent
meeting Of the Interparliamentary
Union.
Passport Was Cancelled.
In the Saklatvala case a passport
visa had been granted. but was can
celled by order of Secretary Kellogg.
who maintained that under the immi-
grafton law the Communist could not
be admitted. The ruling in the case
of Countess karolyi is similar and
represents a definite policy on the
part of the administration.
Presumably, the Karolyi case
would have come under the jurisdic-
ton of the immigration Bureau on
the arrival of the countess at an
American port. even if the passport
visa had been granted in Paris. The
Labor Department issued state
ment in connection with Saklatvala
case, saying that he would have
been denied admission at New York
because of his revolutionary politi-
cal activities even if he had arrived
with passports bearing the visa of
an American counsel.
Count karolyi was allowed TO en-
ter this country several months ago,
after he had pledged himself TO re-
frain from political activities Efforts
We're made at the time to have the
State Department formally announce
that he was free to talk as he wished,
but these overtureS came to moth
ing.