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Show It Inconvenience of Licenses and Customs Duties on Crossing Cross-ing Frontiers Eliminated ' J3X' AV. L. lUAtAB.YR, lntcnmtlonnl .Tcws Service StaiT Correspondent. LONDON, May 2. Americans who come over to England this coming f! summer vIth their own cars arc co v have the special attention of the Biit-lah Biit-lah Automobile association. An agen- ' cy of the association has been estab-r estab-r lfshod in New Tork, and. In atldiLior., afjents of the organization will meet American visitors and Give them c-v-jry j asslstanco whether they are vlsUIng only Great Britain or are also going to tour the continent. Arrangements will bo made to provide pro-vide visitors with driving licenses and to Instruct them as to laws and so forth in this country. Typewritten details will be furnished regarding routes selected, with information re-gardinfe' re-gardinfe' hotels and places of general interest. Special attention will bo given to places of interest in the bat- I . Another matter which will be appreciated ap-preciated by the motorist will be a. system whereby tho motor car owner will bo enabled to pass from one country to another without the fo'r-mer fo'r-mer troublo of depositing the customs dues. A banker's draft will bo nken by the association on an English bank for the amount of customs and a pa&s will thereupon bo issued for the car, ,whlch will be permitted to cross any European frontier without any fui-ther fui-ther formalities regarding customs. - - On returning to England tho full - " amount -of the deposit will be returned to tho car owner. Another matter which tho association associa-tion is taking up Is an agreement vi:h the various European counnies whereby a motorist can obtain an International In-ternational pass. The driver will have to undergo an examination in 1 riving, and the car will also be Inspected to sco that it complies with the regulations regula-tions of the various countries through I which tho motorist intends to travel. This pass will be good for passage through any of the countries in which the motorist intends traveling and I will save much time at customs and other official stopping places, j " Special motoring maps of Europe I are being prepared and at tho agen- I cles of the association in the larger I continental cities repairs will bo :u- I tended' to. Sparc parts of all stand- ard American cars will be kept in- i Aspecial efforts is apparently io be made to make tho path of tho Ameri-can Ameri-can motorist in Europe this sum.nor ji as easy as possible, and the assocla- g tlon's plans arc but a small pait of Ji ' tlic effort which is to be made to at- I pjH-4 tract tho dollars to this side. |