TRAVEL IN SWITZERLAND.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]
write in the interests of English people who are wishful, after these past years of strain and anxiety, of having a real rest for mind and body, to say that I fear many are kept away from Switzerland on account of anticipated passport and travel difficulties. I can but say I found such difficulties trifling. Save for a wait outside Dekle, the train journey was much as in 1913. Officials were courteous, vises were obtained without any trouble, and on arrival at lovely Pontresina 1 found the same hearty welcome and friendly atmosphere as of old. The war certainly has not affected the glorious climate and magnificent views of the Engadine. I cannot but hope that this unbiased evidence of mine may induce some English lovers of invigorating air and Alpine flora and scenery to disregard the absurd alarmist reports of difficulties that by experience I know do not exist, and to come and forget the troubles of the past years in a health-giving stay among Swiss mountains.
English Chaplain at Pontreeina. Grand Hotel Kronenhof, Pontresina, Switzerland, July 25th. P.S.—One precaution : travellers should have their French rise stamped "oiler et retour."
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