Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1901 — Russia Suspicious of Visitors. [ARTICLE]

Russia Suspicious of Visitors.

It would be easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a foreigner to enter Russia these days without a passport, says a St. Petersburg correspondent. The system is getting more and more rigid instead of being relaxed. After making a good deal of official fuss on your entering the country—carefully scrutinizing the passport, copying it and taking it from you from time to time—they make the same fuss on your leaving. They keep harassing you during your stay vitn questions as to when you intend leaving. They give you tho idea that your presence among them is a matter of much concern to them and that it will be a great relief to them when you are gone.