Travel Restrictions

“We have no time to lose. The end is near. The passage from place to place to spread the truth will soon be hedged with dangers on the right hand and on the left. Everything will be placed to obstruct the way of the Lord’s messengers, so that they will not be able to do that which it is possible for them to do now.”—Testimonies for the Church 6:22 (1900).EWP 14.7

a) Travel still comparatively easy in 1911: “Although most foreign countries may now be entered without passports, the English foreign office recommends travelers to furnish themselves with them, as affording a ready means of identification in case of need.”—Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th ed., 1911, p. 890.EWP 15.1