Show hit by vise frauds t travelers in orientate Orien tAre victims of swindlers lers leks favorite meant means of livelihood among minor officials also practice money and ticket frauds constantinople swindling travelers in connection iab with passport aises vises als ci has become one of the favorite means of livelihood of minor officials in the orient and balkan countries mrs J II 11 K roily polly wife of 0 an american business man living in london recently was a victim of this fraud while traveling on the orient express running from liere here to paris when the train was passing from but bulgaria into serbia an official in uniform representing himself as a serb inspector demanded to see her passports informed tier her that the vise obtained at the serb legation in constantinople was invalid and ordered her to leave the train after protestations lie he consented to accept 35 to let her continue tier her journey she had already paid 30 tor for vises aises of tier her passport before leaving constantinople many travelers are obliged to give large stiles to get vises aises chih later way may be declared invalid in this manner since refugees from russia are not wanted in other countries where they way may become public charges few passports are granted them officially but they are furnished with proper papers toe for sums ranging from 20 to As these refugees are poor they are often obliged to spend all but their traveling expenses for vises aises another form of swindle results from the general european laws against taking large sums of silver gold or money afla of a given country into another to such truffle governments place officials tit at frontiers who ho demand of each traveler the sum of foreign cah on his person if lie he declares anything above the equivalent of 70 or some such modest sum saint it Is taken and a receipt given v which aich he be may cash in money of the country on in leaving it sometimes the inspector merely pockets the money or will take a bribe to let the traveler proceed with all his cash americans of experience have adopted the plan of carry carrying lug only checks or drafts find thus avoid this annoyance the oldest form of travel swindle takes the form of trains stopping due to lack of coal then the train crew plays cards until the passengers take up a collection w ith which to buy coal this swindle has been improved upon an official takes up tickets and then a second official offic lol who denounces denoun esl the first ii rt t one as a fraud males makes tile the passengers geis pay a second time |