Arizona republican., 1898-05-05
INTEREST AT SEA.
Anxious to Know and All
 in Sympathy.


 Everybody Anxious to Know and All
 in Sympathy.
 New York, May 4.-Every one of the twenty-seven passengesr aboard the American Transport line steamship Mobile arriving from London, was a patriot Most of them were women and if the men had not agreed with them the voyage would have been un- pleasant for somebody. Capt Lay land is a pretty good American in spirit, although he owes allegiance to the queen, and his chief officer, Mr. Gibbons, is a naturalized citizen, who has been an instructor in a naval col lege in England. He says he would like to enlist under the banner of Uncle Sam as junior lieutenant. Capt. Layland and Chief Officer Gibbons suggested to the London superintend- ent of the Atlantic Transport line that they should load the torpedo boat SOmers on the Mobiles deck and bring her to New York. The officers meas ured the deck, and found that it was only 150 feet long, or six feet shorter than the torpedo boat, so the project was abandoned. Then Chief Officer Gibbons wanted to convoy the Som CTS across, taking her in tow on stormy days ,and letting her shift for herself when the seas were smooth. The Mo bile was to supply her with coal when her own supply ran short. This plan fell through because of the opposition of the superintendent, who thought it would be somewhat hazardous. There was hardly a man on the Mobile who was not disappointed in not having hand in bringing the Somers here.
 The Mobile was on the lookout for warships, but did not pass any until she was off Nantucket. There, about 6:30 o'clock on Tuesday evening she saw the big Yankee cruiser Columbia lying to, on scout duty. The Mobile ran up to within 30 yards of the crui- ser and set signals asking if war had been declared. The Columbia flew a pennant which said "Yes." All the and a cheer went up when the answer was translated to them from the bridge. Thereafter the young women played America" ''The Star-Spangled Banner" Dixie" and "The Red
 
 the men and women joined in the choruses.
 The Mobile brought us sixteen tons of ammunition and four Maxim rap id-fire guns.
 American passengers on the North German Lloyd steamship Kaiser Will helm II, from Genoa and other Medi- terranean ports, were anxious to know all the way across whether or not war had broken out between the United States and Spain. Capt. Hogeman kept a sharp lookout for steamships from Spanish and American ports that might have news.
 | The whole ships company was tre- mendously surprised when the pilot who boarded the Kaiser of Sandy Hook lightship reported that war had been declared. The Germans seemed to be as much interested in the suc- cess of Amrican arms as the Ameri- cans themselves. All the papers brought to the pier were sold in a hurry and the passengers piled the | reporters and friends who had come to greet them with questions about the prizes taken and the prospects of a fight in these waters.
 The White Star liner Teutonic saw | no Spanish warships. War was rec ognized as inevitable when she sailed | but she picked up no news coming | over. Just outside the hook she met the Germanic going out and hoisted the flag signal War or peace?" The wind was blowing hard at the time and it must have mixed up the flags for the answer signalled back was | Thank you"
 When Pilot Noble clambered over the rail at Sandy Hook with bundle | of New York papers under his arm there was scramble for them. When the pier at West Tenth street was neared the passengers crowded the for ward deck and cheered Justify in ans wer to greetings from the shore. | Marshall Field of Chicago was aboard. He said:
 "The feeling in England on the wal question is very just. The English as represented by the press are oul friends in this struggle"
 R- C. Johnson of Brooklyn said: '. was at the Trivoli in London with Z party of Americans and one of the company, dressed as an English sailor sang a song entitled Remember tht Maine The words of the song re cited the story of the Maine explosion and assured Uncle Sam that Joh1 Bulls marines were with him. Tn, enthusiasm in that house I never sav equalled before. The singer was en cored again and again. That, I think shows the feeling pretty we'll I hay, been on trip around the world ant saw the Asiatic squadron at Hons
 Kong, and I felt sure that when oul vessels met the Spanish fleet the stor,
 would be short and sweet, as it ha proven to be-
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