Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-18
LINER LUSTAN|A
RUSHED |NTOPORT
Passengers Hears She Is Or
dered to Garry Canadian
Troops to England.
BRINGS MANY AMERICANS
FROM EUROPEAN POINTS
Sir James NJ. Barrie, Author and
Playwright, Declares Militarism
Caused the War.

NEW YORK, September is. The
Cunard liner Lusitania, from Liverpool.
reached her pier here early today under
wireless orders received last night as
she was nearing port, acco riding to pas
sengers. ordering her to make all pos
sible speed. unload her passengers and
be ready to sail for Halifax to act as
transport for Canadian troops The
officers would not verify this report.
but offered no explanation for rushing
the big liner to her pier at o'clock ia
the morning.
Prominent among the 1902 passen-
gers. the majority of whom were re-
turning Americans. were Sir james NJ.
Barrie, author and playwright A E.
w. Mason. the English novelist; Mrs.
George Vanderbilt and Miss Cornelia
Vanderbilt George DeForest Lord.
Nine. Jomelli, Marshall Field, Sd. Prof.
William Gardner Hale of Chicago.
Chauncey NJ. Depew. jr.: Maj. Talbot
Aldrich, H. r. Shelley, organist and
composer: DR.. William C. Carl organ
list of the First Presbyterian Church of
this city, and William Dudley Foulke
of Richmond. Ind, president OF the Mu-
nicipal Leagues of the United States.
Militarism Cause of War.
Speaking of the war; Sir James NJ
Barrie said:
The real ultimate cause of the war
is militarism. The nations have been
arming themselves, and a loaded gt;n
always goes off sooner or later. In
my opinion the war will last long
time. The issue involved is as clear as
the cause which brought it ADO lit
is whether soldiers or citizens are to
rule in Europe.
most striking feature of the war is the
way in which the young men OF Brit
ain are enlistng.
"One hears the kaiser generally
blamed for the war. This is somewhat
! less than fair. The kaiser was a yQung
man in 1870. when the war spirit was
very strong, and he is merely the prod
uct of system.
1T is too early to talk Of peace negotia-
tons. No peace would be lastins, nor
would it produce the results which We
all hope for. unless one side is thoroughly
beaten"
William Dudley Foulke and Mrs. Foulke
were in Nauhelm, Germany, when war
was declared and witnessed part Of the
mobilization. Justice Joseph E New
another passenger. was at Marienbad.
Germany, at the outbreak of the war. and
proceeded to Nuremberg, where he be-
came one of the American relief commit
tee. Justice Newberger spoke in the
highest terms of the treatment he and
his companions received at the hands of
the Germans. In Germany, Justice New
berger said, there was little war news
to be had. but less in England.
Noted Musicians Join the Colors.
DIR. William c. Carl brought news of
musicians well known in America, who.
he said. are now doing military duty.
Fritz Kreisler, the Austrian violinist,
was one of the first to join the colors.
he said. Other artists mentioned by DIR.
Carl as having enlisted were Chaiiapin,
the Russian hasso; R;ichmanioff, the
Russian composer: Muratore. the French
tenor; Dohananyi. the Austrian pianist,
and Maurice Aiamet.
In Switzerland as soon as the mobili-
cation was effected music in the par ks.
cafes. boats and even the churches was
suppressed, DR.. Carl said, and at Bay
reuth when the curtain closed on the
first act of an opera the day the troops
were called out, the stage hands. ar
lists and all who were eligible for mill
tary duty made a dash to respond, and
the audience was forced to leave with
out the completion of the opera
Sixty thousand American refugees from
Europe have returned home on steam
ships entering this port and $4,000
more are expected. Dudley Field Malone.
collector of the port of New York. said
last night