YUGOSLAV'S DILEMMA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17546, 11 August 1920, Page 6

YUGOSLAV'S DILEMMA.

PASSPORT VISE REFUSED. AMERICAN ATTITUDE. The fact that the United States is still officially at war with the Central Powers has been brought with unpleasant force before at least one resident of Auckland, a Yugoslav, who is technically an enemy subject. There are many Yugoslavs here who are very anxious to get back to their native land, but despite the fact that the majority of them are naturalised British subjects, and have been granted passports, they have found difficulty in securing passages. In addition to these naturalised men, there are a few who have not taken out naturalisation papers, but wh' have been granted certificates of identity, enabling them to obtain passports There is now a strong possibility that the Yugoslavs will be granted passages to San Francisco, en route for London and Europe, and a number of them lately waited on the American Consul-General, Mr. A. A. Winslow, for the purpose of securing his vise to their passports. Endorsements were promised to all but one, who has not taken out British naturalisation papers, and to whom a vise was refused on the ground that he was an " enemy subject," belonging to a country with which the United States is still officially at war. The man is very anxious to return to his home, and indignant at the prospect of further hindrance in doni<r so. °