Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-05

Among the Newarkers who got
home this week >trom Europe was
Patrick J. Griffin, superintendent of
| Hahne & Company store, and
Emil Hoffman, a musical instructor.
Mr.. Griffin came back in a French
liner. Mr.. Hoffman was a passenger
on the Red Star liner Vaterland.
Mr.. Griffin first felt the presence of
the war god in the Province of Ulster,
| Ireland. From Ulster he went to
England and then to Holland, Bel
GUM. Germany and France. After
leaving the latter country on the
Rochambeau of the French line, he
again heard war talk. Wireless mes
sages informed the ship that Austria
had declared war on Servia and thai
France. Germany, England and Rus
STA would be involved.
Three days out from Hayre the
ship picked up wireless calls for the
Rochambeau. The captain, sus-
picious, refused to answer the calls
or Others addressed to his ship. When
tha calls continued at intervals he
formed the belief that it was Ger
man ship sending out ifeelers" to
get his location. Instead of an an
swer he "doused' his lights, and,
with the ship in darkness, quickened
its pace from sixteen to twenty Knots
an hour and made New York on
Monday night without the German
ships catching her.
with Mr.. Griffin was James f.
Brady, also of Hahne & Co.
Mr.. Griffin, Mr.. Brady and Mr.. and
Mrs. John H. Hill, of this city, We're
in the vacation party that started six
weeks ago. Mr.. Hill, who is mer-
chandise manager for Hahne q Co.,
returned before the other NewarKers.
Held Up in Ulster.
THE party started their European
tour from Belfast and motored
through Ulster, the hotbed of the
JJnionist forces in ireland. Accord
ing to Mr.. Griffin the automobile was
stopped at every town and the chauf-
feur asked who the strangers in his
car were. When told they were
Americans the holding up party
would allow them to proceed.
I'VE saw companies of volunteers
drilling throughout Ulster night and
day, said Mr.. Griffin. They seemed to
be everywhere. The roads were filled
with the drilling soldiers at whatever
time we ventured out. In Belfast we
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Carson, accompanied by eight COM
panies of the volunteers. Tho people
went wild at his approach and yelled
for carson for king.
Feeling seemed to run high be-
tween the two sides. Home rulers
and anti-home rulers seemed alike to
me- | was unable to distinguish one
from the other unless I was told
which was which, but they seemed to
know each other at a glance.
In Dublin 1 talked to many Nation
alists, but they assured me that they
were making no preparations for
fight. "Those fellows" meaning the
Obstetrics, ARE always looking for
fight they would say. They said
they were going to defend themselves,
but the ants would have to be the
aggressors If there was any fight.
THAT warlike atmosphere seemed to
follow me through the rest of my trip.
There was no sign of hostilities in the
other countries, however, and the
news that Austria had gone to war
came as a surprise aboard ship. The
Frenchmen and all of the passengers
became excited and began to sing the
"Marsellaise' and other patriotic
songs. There were no Germans on
board and the sympathy ran toward
France among those of other nation
alities.
The Frenchmen went into a frenzy
of enthusiasm coming into New York
harbor, Mr.. Griffin declared, when
they saw a French vessel loaded with
their fellow countrymen ready to
start back again.
Every Frenchman aboard, and
many of them were professional men,
physicians and artists, applied to the
captain of the Rochambeau to be
transferred to a ship going back inn
mediately. All of the officers of the
Rochambeau were former officers in
the French navy.
Mr.. Griffin was given a welcome
home" party by forty of his friends
at his home, 40 Oakland terrace, last
night. He was warmly greeted by the
employees when he returned to Hahne
& Co.'s today.
Mr.. Hoffman Elated.
Mr. Hoffman, arrived home yester-
day. He was elated over his narrow
escape from being stranded abroad