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They could not help him last week. Day after he was expelled from Dr. Bomer's conference a Nazi agent handed him his passport and visa. By week's end he was on his way to The Netherlands, homeward bound. The Herald Tribune office in Berlin was silent, forbidden to gather news or send messages out of Germany. A Nazi agent was on guard outside the door. For German coverage the Herald Tribune was dependent on press services alone.
Other newsmen in Berlin, though they sympathized with Conger's predicament, were undeniably irked by his lack of discretion. Since war began they have been allowed far more latitude than correspondents in London or Paris, have sent their dispatches uncensored on condition that they report nothing unfavorable to Germany. Now they fear that Conger's exploit will serve as an excuse to end this comparatively comfortable system, wind foreign journalists in a stricter web of censorship.