New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-01
AID GIVEN AFFECT
LOT OF U. S. CITIZENS
Most Destitute Crowd Yet
to Reach London Gets
Passage Home. |,
NEGRO MINISTRIES
GLAD TO QUIT BERLIN
Many Penniless 0erman.Amer.
leans in Motley Party Which
Gathers at Savoy.

TBy Cable TO The TRIBUNAL
London, Aug. Silt was necessary
to-day because Of the influx Of Ameri-
cans from the Continent yesterday for
the committee Of Americans resident in
London to make use again Of the big
ballroom in the Savoy Hotel, which was
given up a few days ago when 1t was
thought all business could be conducted
in several smaller rooms.
Il was g motley crowd gathered there,
including scores Of negroes, many Of
whom had been with minstrel shows In
Berlin and other Continental cities.
They we're all dssirOuS Of getting back
to America as sobn as possible, agree
ing unanimously that once they reached
America they would never leave again.
All were furnished with steerage pas-
sage home.
There were scores also of German
Americans, in most cases without
money. 1t was, in fact, the most abject
batch of stranded Americans which has
appeared on the horizon. Their pre-
6icament was in nowise minimized by
their surroundings, for other callers in
eluded we'll dressed women and men.
Thinking England a good place to re-
main indefinitely, some Americans have
been cancelling their tickets, but the
committeeman strongly advise against
their remaining any longer than neces-
sary TO get steamship accommodations.
100000 from Friends.
James L. Wilmeth, chief clerk of the
United States Treasury Department, ar
rived to-day from Berlin. He has au-
thority from Washington to transfer to
American refugees here 100000 which
has been deposited by their friends at
Washington. The payments will pro-
coed uninterruptedly, to the delight of
the straitened benefciaries.
AS a result of representations made
by the American Embassy, the port OF
Queenstown has been reopened to
Americans in Ireland who desire to en-
bark there for the United States.
Copenhagen, via London, Aug. 81
The American Legation and Consulate
here are in receipt of hundreds Of tele-
grams inquiring for friends and rela-
tives. The Consul General, Edward b.
Winslow, said to-day:
conditions are now normal in Den.
mark and Americans having letters OF
credit and checks have no difficulty
in getting money from the Danish
banks. Ships are sailing on schedule
for the United States and the channel
between Denmark and Germany is open.
Americans with passports have no trou-
BILE in travelling back and forth"
Washington, Aug. 91.-The reserva-
ton for Americans of the entire carry
ing capacity of the French liner lou
raine was reported by Ambassador
Herrick in Paris to the State Depart
ment to-day Railway delays from
Switzerland kept several Americans
from reaching Havre in time to catch |
the Rochambeau, it was said, but these
will come by the Touraine, sailing on
The Rochambeau, which !
sailed yesterday, carried 800 passen-
Twelve hundred to fifteen hundred !
Americans are expected IN Rome from
Vienna, where they will find transpor-
tation on two ships, for which AM
bassador Page has made arrangements.
Mr.. Page reported to-day the sailing
of the Ancona from Naples on Satur.
day with eighty-seven second class and
forty-seven first class passengers.
Few Indlgnities Suffered.
Dispatches from the various lega-
tions and embassies say that COM
plants Of indignities, when investigat-
cd, have usually resulted in disclosure
of intolerance and impotence on the
part of tourists.
Disbursement of gold to Americans
in Europe and arrangement for special
trains by American embassies has
brought the work of relief to its hnal
stages. The American Charge at ST.
Petersburg announced to-day the re-
ceipt of the money from the cruiser
Tennessee, which has been distributed
70 eOnsuls. He reports all Americans
will be out of Russia by the end OF the
week.
Although relief trains from Switzer-
land are running directly to Paris,
mary Americans who refused to wait
for the accommodations furnished by
Minister StovRll have moved about on
their own responsibility, it is reported,
and cannot now be located by the lega-
ton.
Ambassador Herrick, in Paris, how
ever, reported the arrival Of two spe-
cial trains from Switzerland, and that
| those on board were we'll satisfied with
/ the attention given them. The en-
taxsv staff in Peris has taken over the
handling of baggage and the booking
| ~ rasaaRe for America.