Evening journal., 1914-08-21
MR.. SANBORN TELLS OF
EXPERIENCES ABROAD

Andrew n. cannoIns OF NO. olo
West street. a well known attorney.
who returned to his home in this city
Tuesday night. after spending several
weeks in the war zone Of Europe,
has an interesting story to relate
Of his experiences in that country.
Mr. and Mrs. Sanborn's experiences
CT their trip to Europe on the steam
ship California, which was wrecked
or the coast OF Ireland and the pas
sengers removed TO safety in small
boats, have already been published
hut their experience after reaching
tho old continent even rivals that Of
the shipwrcck. The steamship La
COMA, on which they returned, was
chased by a German warship. In
speaking of these experiences, Mr.
Sanhorn said:
After reaching London we stopped
at the Hotel Cecil in the center Of
the city and had been there about a
week when England declared war on
Germany. We had intended to go on
a trip over the continent but, upon
reading the war news I'm the London
papers we concluded not to start, as
the situation was liable 10 grow
W orse and worse
when war was declared there
were $4,000 or $4,000 Americans in
London coming from all parts Of the
Continent who had hurried to London
when the trouble began, all wanting
to start on the first steamer for
America.
1--WE spent several days going to
steamship Offices trying to get pas
sage on steamer sailing for Ameri-
ca. These offices were packed and
iammed and we could hardly get in
the door.
Thousands of Americans we're
stranded in London without a dollar
IN their jeans and they could not get
any money either by having express
company checks or letters Of credit
honored
"The Monday following the de-
claration of war was a regular holi-
Gay In London and all the banks were
closed Parliament then passed a
law extending this holiday until the
following Friday permitting the
banks 10 keep their doors closed dur
ing the intervening days to get over
the shock of the war declaration.
Americans suffered then as they
could not get money, all the banks
being closed and no one knew what
the result would be.
1--WE, however. were very fortunate
having letters of credit on Brown
Shipley and Co.. and. foreseeing the
trouble on the Friday before the de-
claration of war was made, | goi
$3.50 in gold and $500 in Bank of Eng
land notes. on this letter of credit
which averted immediate necessity
insofar as we we're concerned. But
there were thousands who could moi
get any money and their distress was
ptiful, The American Express Co
/ did open it's Office during these holi.
/ days and allowed a limited amount oi
money in cashing small checks.
want to commend the American. Ex
| press Co for the way Il handled It.
business and for assisting Americans
in the way II did.
"Thc press Of London was censored
and We did not know what was reall.
going on at the front, We could onl,
get the English view from the &C
counts In the paper. We under
stood from these accounts that 81
Edward Gray was trying to aver
the war and was making all possibl
overtures to the different powers T.
mediate for peace but all his effort
failed
Mr.. Sanhorn enjoyed the uniqu
experience of having four separat
passages 10 America in his posses
sion at one time. taking no chance
of being left I'm the war-ridden coun
try. He had a fine stateroom o
tho Cunard steamer. "Aquitania,
sailing from Liverpool TO New Yor
on September 8, which he had secure
early in April, when he first secure
the passage TO Europe.
After the declaration Of war" h