New-York tribune., 1912-04-17
No Cancellations Known.

The officials Of the White Star Com
passenger whose name appeared on the
lists Cabled to New York yesterday
went aboard. There may, they say,
have been few who changed their
minds at the last moment, but at the
| offices mp 20 the present no cancella-
| tions from or additions to the passenger
list have been heard of. AS a matter
Of fact these would be known only to
! the purser Of the Titanic
number OF prominent Canadians
| were on board. Among them were Mark
! Fortune, capitalist of Winnipeg, who
| Riviera; Hugo Ross, son Of the late A.
w. Ross. Of Winnipeg, a politician, and
T. O. c. Caffry. the Western superin-
tendent of the Union Bank of Vancou-
yer. All these are known definitely to
| have sailed
Premier Asquith in a brief statement
in the House of Commons gave public
expression TO Great Britain's grief in
connection with the disaster. After
reading out to the members the mes
sages from the White Star Company al
ready published the Premier continued,
Perhaps the House will allow me to add
this: That | am afraid we must brace our
selves TO confront one OF those terrible
events in the order of Providence which
battle foresight which appal the imagina-
ton and make us realize the inadequacy
of words to do justice TO what We feel
We cannot say more at this moment than
Ito give a necessarily imperfect impression
Of our sense Of admiration that the best
traditions of the sea seem TO have been OBJ
served and that willing sacrifices were
offered to give the first chance for safety
to those who were least able to help them
selves, and of the heartfelt sympathy of
the whole nation to those who find them
selves suddenly bereaved Of their nearest
and dearest.
Sydney Buxton, president Of the Board
of Trade. was asked in the House of
Commons this afternoon If he would
take steps to prevent liners proceeding
to New York from taking the northern
route for the purpose of breaking rec
ords and whether he could state the
number Of lifeboats carried on board
! the Titanic as compared with the num-
her Of passengers. Mr.. Buxton said he
must have notice of such questions
Alexander Carlisle, lately chief design.
er for Harland & Wolf, the shipbuild-
ers, and the designer of both the Titanic
and the Olympic. in tho course of an in
terview to-day said:
! I never thought there was such a thing
as an unsinkable ship. When the news first
came that the Titanic was sinking by the
! head | thought L. likely that sne would
reach port. The fact that she sank within
| four hours after the impact with the ice
! indicates that her side was torn out
! Everything that could reasonably be
| thought of was done in the case OF the
! Titanic and the Olympic in regard to the
! arranging q the bulSheads an3 other de-
! tails in order to minimize the risk of ordi-
nary accident
| As to rhe number Of boats carried by
the Titanic. Mr. Carlisle said:
81 am of opinion that the large ships
Of the present day do not carry anything
| like . sufficient number of boats. but
until tho Board Of Trade and the gov.
ernments of other countries require suf.
fieient boats to be carried ship owners
cannot afford such extra top weight.
"As a matter of fact, both the Titanic
and the Olympic were fitted with davits