The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1914-08-05
Owing To Unsettled War
Conditions.
A FRANK STATEMENT ISSUED
Explaining Conditions Which
Have Caused Cancella.
lions by Company.
RETURN BOOKINGS ARE FULL

New York, July 81 1.-The Presi
dent Grant, of the Hamburg-Amer
lean line, which sailed from thi,
port yesterday, has been recalled by
wireless.
The President Grant sailed fol
Cherbourg, Plymouth and Hamburl
with III cabin passengers and 14t
in the steerage.
In announcing her recall, official.
of the line asserted that ii was du,
to the unsettled conditions abroad
and that as yet no plans had beer
made to send her passengers to Eu
rope by another steamer or line.
The following statement was Civ,
EN- out by the directors of the Ham.
burg-Ameriean line:
In view of the uncertainty of
the present European situation, We
have decided to postpone sailings OF
the Vaterland from New York, the
Amerika from Boston, August l.
and the Imperator from Hamburg
July 81. Due notice will be given
of the eventual sailing dates
There were scheduled to sail on
the Vaterland tomorrow 720 first
class cabin passengers and about q
500 in other cabins and steerage.
Officials of the other large steam
ship companies here, including the
North German Lloyd Line. the Gu
nard Line, the International Mer-
camille Marine (the Red Star Line,
the White Star Line. and the Allan
tic Transport Line), the Anchor
Line, the Austro-American Line. and
the Italian Line, said that none of
their vessels had been withdrawn.
The North German Lloyd tSeam-
ship Line announced to-day that
none of its steamers would sail from
New York until further notice.
Announcement also was made
that no North German Lloyd ships
would said from Europe for this
country for the present.
The embargo affects three of the
lines vessels now in dock here: the
kronpriDg Wilhelm, which was
scheduled to sail next Tuesday
morning; the Princess Irene. sched-
uled to sail tomorrow. and the Bar
barossa, scheduled to sail August 6.
Practically the entire cabin space of
each of these vessels had been en-
gagged.
The George Washinton, of this
line, Is due to reach here next Sun
day. The Kaiser Wilhelm II. is in
headed for New York.
and Is expected to dock next Tues
day.
Both of these vessels will be held
At dock here until the embargo is
lifted.
bookings Full.
Paris. July 31.-The pressure of
americans trying TO get passage
lome was much greater to-day than
yesterday. The steamship agencies |
we're busy arranging inquiries.
bookings ON all ships sailing at an |
arly date appear to be full, except |
ONE on vessels of the less desirable
ines.
Americans who don't wish to sail |
I once or who cannot get passage
{ an early date from French port
re going to Holland, to Belgium,
nd, most of all. to England. TO pro-
,ng their vacations or to await the
ailing of the steamers ION which
ley TOOK passage. Their places at
ne Paris hotels are being taken by
Lreams of Americans from Switzer-
md. Northern Italy and Southern
ermany.
Hard To Get Back.
London. July 3l.-The Hamburg
merican Steamship Company an
ounces that the sailing of the
Gamer lmperator from Hamburg
'-day had been cancelled.
The Hamburg-Ameriean Company
mt notices to the 500 first-class
lssengers waiting here for the I'm
'rator that the company. had been I
'mpelled to postpone the sailing of
e vessel owing to the clouded po-
zeal situation. Il
The passengers,of whom about so
~ cent. are Americans returning