Evening star. [volume], October 15, 1939, Page A-12, Image 12

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Paris-fo-Rotterdam
Trip Approaches
A 'War on Nerves'
Being Stranded Between
Red Tape of Two
Nations Is Prospect
By THOMAS R. HENRY,
Star Staff Correspondent.
THE HAGUE (By Main.—The
steel strings which bound Western
Europe are cut in many pieces by
the sharp ax of war.
This applies not only to the na
tions actually at war, but to the
neighboring neutrals. It can be il
lustrated by a 14-hour Journey be
tween Paris and Rotterdam through
Belgium—ordinarily covered in about
eight hours by a fast express. Now
only a few trains are running and
these mostly slow locals.
Leaving the Gare du Nord, the
train proceeds without incident to
the French border town of Felgnies.
There it is held up for an hour or
more while passports are examined,
money counted to the centime, bag
gage searched methodically to see
that no contraband is being taken
out of France. Another 10 miles
and the train is in the Belgian bor
der town of Quevy. There follows
another systematic examination of
passports and baggage. They don't
bother about money.
summers or Both at work.
At both towns there Is no leeway.
Those without proper exit permits
are removed from the train by- the
French soldiers, and left disconso
lately on the platform to make the
best of it. Those without proper
Belgian visas are taken off by the
Belgian soldiers. Both permits to
enter Belgium and permits to leave
France have been required only three
weeks and many still are ignorant
of them.
What happens to a person taken
off the train at Quevy is a prob
lem. Such an unfortunate has a
permit to leave France, but not to
enter it. He cannot go on. He is
doomed, it would seem, to a long,
disconsolate wait in the narrow strip
between the two customs stations.
Then all is peace and quiet as far
as the Gare du Midi in Brussels.
There the train stops and it is neces
sary to transfer to the Gare du Nord
across the city. It is quite a prob
lem for Americans making their way
to Holland with heavy baggage.
Ordinarily Brussels taxi drivers will
take French money. Now, realizing
the fluctuations of exchange with
the fortunes of war, they demand
about triple their ordinary fares.
Many Examinations.
From the Gare du Nord one can
get as far as Antwerp. There is
a long wait for a train which will
take one as far as the Belgian bor
der town of Esschen. where there is
another examination of passports
and baggage. Then still another
train transports one a few miles to
the Netherlands border town of
Roosendal, where passports and bag
gage again are examined systemat
ically, They no longer are exam
ined on the train. All must be taken
into the customs sheds. From
Roosendal still another train goes
as far as Delft. From there, if too
much time hasn’t been lost, the pas
senger can get still another train
to Rotterdam.
rsui, uj me Americans, uutcn ana
Scandinavians on board, condemned
for weeks to nights of total black
ness, the brilliant lights of Rotter
dam, with towering office buildings
lit from roof to cellar and advertis
ing signs flashing from every direc
tion, are a most welcome sight.
Bayonets Fixed.
Through France and Belgium the
trip has been past station platforms !
patrolled by soldiers with fixed bayo
nets. Drawn up on the French sid
ings are long lines of the familiar
box cars of World War days with
the words. “Homines 40. Chevaux, en
longue, 8.”
Once across the Dutch frontier
there is no decrease in the number
of soldiers. They are everywhere
with their neat blue-green uniforms.
But the bayonets have disappeared,
and one has passed out of the night
mare of war.
New Peaks Reached
In Air Transport
August brought another set of
monthly all-time high figures for
all phases of scheduled air trans
port operations, according to the
monthly report made public last
night by the Civil Aeronautics Au-:
thority. i
Revenue passenger miles in
creased 47.53 per cent to a total ot
46,171.246 miles, as compared with
August, 1938. and 3.12 per cent as
compared with July. The number
of revenue passengers, revenue pas
senger miles, pounds of express and
express-pound-miles all increased
by from 30 to 50 per cent over
August, 1938. and from 3 to 28 per
cent over July.
Services provided to meet the in
creased business, as reflected in
airplane miles flown and available
passenger seat miles flown, were
increased by 20 and 30 per cent,
respectively. Passengers flown to
taled 179,051 for the month, as com
pared with 122,735 in August of
last year and 170,913 in July.
Little Sisters to Open
Celebration Tomorrow
A pontifical mass, celebrated by
the Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni
Cicognani, apostolic delegate to the
United States, will open tomorrow
the three-day centennial celebration
of the Little Sisters of the Poor.
The Right Rev. Msgr. Joseph M.
Corrigan, rector of Catholic Uni
versity, will preach at the services,
to be held at 10 am. in the Shrine
of the Immaculate Conception. The
Very Rev. Anthony Vieban, S. S„
superior of Sulpiclan Seminary, will
be assistant priest.
At 3 pm. there will be a recep
tion at the Home of the Little Sis
ters, 220 H street NJS., when the
Rev. John K. Cartwright will speak.
Club to Start Library
For Men at Mission
The Washington Soroptimist Club
will start a library for men at the
Central Union Mission, 613 C street
N.W., by making an initial gift of
some 200 books at Thanksgiving.
Miss Estelle Zirkin, chairman of
the Civic Committee of the club, is
in charge of arrangements for the
presentation.
The Soroptimist Club each year
for the last six years has started a
library for some group, organiza
tion or institution. Mrs. Jean Ben
nett, superintendent of the mission,
is president of the Soroptimist Club.
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