Mr. Phelps to Mr.
Blaine.
Legation of
the United States,
Berlin, June 10, 1890.
(Received June 28.)
No. 126.]Sir: I have the honor to suggest that the “Notice
by the Department of State” herewith inclosed be so worded that the
travelers for whose guidance it is intended may not possibly be misled.
The decree of May 22, 1888, transmitted with Mr. Coleman’s dispatch No. 622
of June 1, 1888, requires a visé from the German embassy in Paris only for
those entering Alsace-Lorraine from France.
In this connection, I would also suggest the advisability of warning the
public, in such manner as the Department may deem best, that in many of the
larger cities of Germany passports ace required of all foreigners who
therein take up even a short residence.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure in No. 126.]
Notice by the Department of State.
Passports are necessary for the Turkish dominions, including Egypt and
Palestine, and must be certified by a Turkish consular officer before
entering Turkish jurisdiction. Persons quitting the United States with
eventual purpose of visiting any part of Turkey are advised that their
passports may conveniently be certified in advance by the consul-general
of Turkey at New York, thus avoiding possible difficulty in obtaining
the prescribed visé in another country en route.
Persons traveling with United States passports desirous of entering
Germany from France should not neglect to have their passports viséed by the consul-general of Germany at Paris,
thus possibly sparing themselves much inconvenience and delay.
