Show How Would You Like to Travel in Consul-General John H. Any one contemplating a visit to Russia should secure a as he will be unable to enter the frontier without He should have it at one of the Russian embassies or either in the United States or This authorizes the bearer to reside in any part of with the exception of Central and travel therein for six Those wishing to travel or reside in Russian Central Asia are required to apply for the necessary permit through their diplomatic representative at St. applicant must set out the facts in connection with his proposed when and whence he expects to and a description of his proposed giving the names of the provinces and cities through which he will The Russian government is of the opinion that great caution must be exercised in regard to travel in its Asiatic and such permits are only issued to applicants after being carefully and sometimes after a delay of six Legal Exactions The national passport is first exhibited the traveler to the authorities at the who a seal bearing the name of the frontier station and the date of passing the the trains leaving Berlin for Warsaw and other interior points arrive at the frontier at 2 o'clock in the and every one is routed out of the carriage and required to bring even their into the customs examination The examination frequently occupies two but no severity practiced by the on the the utmost politeness is bestowed upon the and few mistakes The examination is not unduly a close watch being made as to alcoholic 1 and The trains from Berlin and Paris for St. Petersburg are more happily scheduled as to the of arrival at the frontier and less vexation befalls one in his contact with the customs Upon arrival at the first stopping place in the the passport must be exhibited for the second time at the hotel decided Hotel and pension proprietors are required to register all and at the same time to demand their passports for registration at the local police That is attended to by the porter for a small Should the traveler desire to remain longer than six the passport must first be submitted to the foreign office of the governor of the respective where the document is to the effect that the bearer is permitted to reside in the Empire on the strength of his national passport for the period of six months from the date of passing the He must then apply for a Russian good for one to the governor of the province he resides in at the This can also be attended to by the porter or by the doorkeeper should the applicant be living in private Regulations for Leaving the Country Foreigners who have resided in Russia not longer than six months may leave the Empire with their national passport a second vise by the local authorities to i see that there is no impediment to their leaving the The latter regulation is intended to prevent the absconding of debtors' or of parties in a criminal or civil suit before a verdict of the court is The foreigner who has remained in Russia for more than months and who is in possession of the Prussian passport good for the period of one year must first apply to the police station of the district he is living in for a v and then to the foreign office of the governor of the province for which is issued on account of the regular Russian passport and the national passport attached the former being v retained and the latter delivered to the to- gether with the traveling charges for the regular Russian good for one are 75 kopecks and for the traveling passport rubles If the stay is not over six the national passport bearing the authorization from the Russian authorities is required to produced at the frontier to the gendarmes who examine and return the same to the If the stay Is over six the Prussian traveling together with the national must be the first one being retained by the gendarmes and the latter returned to the and House Exactions Every person arriving in Russia is required to surrender his passport to the owner or manager of the hotel or house 1 he stops and if give name and ages of his wife and the blank to to comp the house owner or hotel by for it prescribed district s for P the respective police o on M Py out m The blanks are made other and the filled out at the police station winch place P to the address bureau at or learn the address of anyone in the into moves A similar blank is filled out when the y ag another house or leaves the ci no on being need on y The traveler in leaving to the fonn the hotel management or house of his departure and gi is in private for the name of the city or country he is bound one than of more the names All passports containing give the names also of each oae should not be alluded to only as or etc Police Registration Fees and required to be The blanks heretofore referred filled out by the police contain the following Name of police street and house full name of the person rank of Russian subjects or the nationality of when and by whom the passport was issued and date oi expiration of the profession or names and ages of wife and Registering arrival of a The fees are as 20 a 10 other 2 a foreigner need not appear personally at the police station but may send his passport for the proper vise by a Upon the cost of the passport at the police station is 13 Railway Travel Hotels and Pensions Traveling on the Russian railways is not attended with any particular danger of as the trains do not run great averaging about 25 miles hour on the main lines and 20 miles on the All through trains carry either the or regular Russian the latter being preferred by many to the as well as diners where one may have a meal at reasonable Along the routes there are also restaurants where excellent lunches and meals may be had very The trains stop always at the leading villages for half an which gives the traveler sufficient time to dine at the railway The actual cost of traveling in Russia is much less than in the United especially if one takes a second-class which is quite as satisfactory as first provided the trains are not The actual second-class tariff is very little over 1 cent a Any one speaking German or French will experience little trouble in journeying throughout although in the remote districts and along the Volga only the vernacular is In all cities of any size very good hotel accommodations will be found at a cost less than in the United States The European plan but at the smaller places and at pensions lodging also includes Rooms leading hotels hotels of of St. St. Petersburg Petersburg and and Mo Aw I m the day and excellent dinners are from a procured at the best restaurants and dining plaCes the A la carte is very 50 including expensive Guides charge per not including their lunch The common cab can be secured at 40 cents an but a team hired through the hotel costs a ing who must also be liberally |