New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-29
Exodus Will Greatly Re
duce Number in London
More Expected,
NATURALIZED GER
MANS GET MONEY
Ticket Bought for Visit to
the Fatherland Worthless
Artists Leave EtapleS.

London. Aug 2> Steamships sailing
tomorrow for America ana Canada are
scheduled 10 take between 5000 ANA
10000 passengers, the majority Of
whom aye Americans. This VIII greatly
reduce :hc number no London, although
- Is expected that m a few days the
Continental influx VIII again land other
thousands here Many Of those sailing
have recently come from Italy. and
Switzerland and were able 10 bring
their baggage with them. There has
bee. some demand for Steerage, but all
who can get anything else arc lighting
shy Of this means Of transportation
home.
Passengers on one boat bound for
New York include John n. Barrett, Mrs.
Edward S Benson. Edward Brooks and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. William y.
Dusne. the Rev. Edward Fitzmauricc,
Henry F. Osborne. Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Tuckerman and child, DR.. and Mrs.
Clarence Warfeld sherman L. Whpple
and Dorothy Whipplc.
Most Of the persons receiving Amer-
can aid now arc naturallzed Germans
who had bought German line tickets Tor
q cheap visit TO relatives m the old
country. The tickets are worthless. Ald
also is being given number OF natu-
rallied Austrians.
Rober; P. skinner, the American Con-
sul General here, says that Germans
and Austrians IN the United States
Nho desire TO communicate with WAL
prisoners in Great Britain should write
them short letters IN English, with the
name and address OF the writer, ana
send them IN the care OF the prisoners
Var information bureau, Wellington sI''
London.
The Standards" correspondent at
Rotterdam telecraphs: The stream Of
stranded Americans into Holland con
tiDues. So many arrived during the
last week that only part could hnd
berths on the Rotterdam. which leaves
Tomorrow. with two thousand pasSen-
gers. According 70 the internat;onal
travelling agencies, there must be still
$4,000 Americans on the Continent
looking out for opportunity % get
home. The hotels n some Dutch towns
are packed with them.
The American artists who. along with
a number of British painters, make
their summer homes at Etaples, near
Boulogne. France, with one exception
are coming over 10 England. Marion
Barlow. a well known American painter
mas decided 10 stay.
Nr. and Mrs. John Watson Cox Of
New York. have arrived here and arc
the guests of Mrs. Ruth Bryan owen.
daughter Of the American Secretary Of
State and wife Of Captain Reginald
owen OF the Royal Engineers. They
came from Bayreuth. Mrs. Cox SAID:
I'VE were motoring IN Russia when
war was declared and crossed lmme-
diatelv into Germany. where we were
Lo1d g., continually by the civil au-
fbo~i,ies. On August g, a. W elsSen-
stsd. the officials levelled their guns
AZ our chauffeur who stopped the car.
Nv husband showed our American pass
ports. but these were dlsregarded oy
the officials, who SAID that they might
have been forged.
"Tbev took my husband 10 the police
station. where they kept him Tor more
than two hours They tried 70 get me
90 leave the automobile. but ] refused,
as was afraid that we would lose the
machine. A hOOting crowd gathered
about the car, urging me 10 get out:
There were no railroad trains, and /
odd the crowd that must keep the car,
as i, was our only means OF getting 10
Berlin.
Women in the gathering sneeringly
told me that ! could stay there until
tie war was over
After many similar experiences IN
small towns we arrived al Bayreutn:
The attitude toward Americans changed
,,ben the order was promulgated from
berlin 10 treat Americans kindly. Al
Frankfort and other places we we're
greeted with a display Of American
flags and given candy fruit ana
flowers"