Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-10-26 | Page 16 | Chinese Plan Strict Rules for Passports

CHINESE PLAN SJ STRICT lCJ RUlES J OId Regulations Never r Enforced Will Be R Revived V rl I of By RANDALL GOULD SHANGHAI Oct 2 UP UP China long known to foreigners as ris a country coun coun- try ry passports And visas were superfluous ous decided 0 o tighten the of ot J passport a l ort regulations reg Always existent but not ot en en fOl forced cd t Indications are arc that thai tuG the national government 9 will soon provide as many passport stumbling blocks as ns Japan and und tho European nations SITUATION UNCERTAIN What tho situation will be in be-in in sections sections sec sec- Uon of or China not noi controlled by ly 1 is uncertain but It I Is fit fit- m- m apparent that those who b base bise se their thc front from Shanghai will dowell do well cn to look into tho ho treaty treat proVisions provisions pro pro- visions and see that thit they a arc alo o well provided with necessary documents Consuls here have havo received i several sev Bev- eral ct-al n notifications Ul that t tl their nation nation- Ala must have ha dul duly passports J have huo even been made to compel American and other ships hip to allow Cli Chinese passport a authorities I ties to board boar vessels oC off Woosung GOVERNMENT MAY FAIL Tho gov government seems duo to meet lucet wl h small success in thlIn this In matter aUCI Treaties cover the point Americans American Britons and citizens citizens' may come to treaty ports polls without passports or Chinese AHas I as or travel within thirty te o It ten Ii miles miles or of such ports Ships may nUn not be boarded for or such 7 as sport ins inspection Uon although it Is probable that an nn Informal agreement that will viiI furnish Chinese officials WIth l Information the thc JH or oI pas passport vis ViSas vias ns of or Incoming in incoming In- In coming passengers A A. fair Compromise for th the present Is to have 6 passport and visa and if ir questioned in interior China to prO profess pro pro- less fess ignorance about the thc travel certificate certificate requirement