US, Consul-General's Warning to Americans On account of the increasing number of passports which are reported by. American citizens residing in (China to be lost each year, Mr. E. S. Canningham, the U.S. Consui-Gen-loral, has received instructions from the US. Legation to. impress upon American nationals, the importance jand.value of a passport and to refanest them to comply with the fol-
1, When not required, a past-ott should be kept under lock End key, preferably ina safe oF
2)" When. traveling, a passport should' be kept on ote' person and should not be Toft in a hand-Big on alt ease ETrhose residing in an area threatened by civil' disturbance, flood or fire, should take special PEA passport should never be entrusted toa servant or met:
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passport should never be sent through the malls, unless ree gistered, 6. The loss of a passport should be immediately reported to the nearest-American Consulate, together with full particulars surrounding its loss, "The same information should be given to the police. authorities Or local officials, with a view to its po sible recovery.
Tt seems scarcely necessary to stress the value and importance of passport. The fees to replace a Host passport amount to U.S. jand, When a new passport is p1o-feared, travel visas must be, obtain fed, usually. involving an additional Furthermore, an American passport is accepted' as evidence of American citizenship. The absence lof a passport siderable embark venience, and, should a passport feome into the possession of an unauthorised person, there is alway: the possibility of its being used illegally for purposes, detrimental to the interests of the United States.
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