The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
HUNDREDS OF FOREIGNERS HELD IN NEW YORK AWAIT ING THE OUTCOME OF SITUA- TTON IN EUROPE

New York, August 1.-Wholesale can cellation of transatlantic sailings in re- calls by wireless telegraphy of European bound vessels brings to mind the suspen- sion engendered several days ago to At lantic ocean service by three lines an- nouncing in rapid succession they would cease operation in case of war North German Lloyd line officers, which announced yesterday no more vessels should sail from either side of the At lantic, completed the tie up today. The Russian-American line announced the suspension of the transatlantic ser- vice.. Sailings of the seven vessels composing ican line between New York, the West Indies and Panama have all been can celed.
 SaxOnia Held An hour before her sailing time today . officials of the Cuaard line announced that the Saxonia would not depart on time and that whether she would sail at all would depend upon instructions from Eng. land.
 l La Lorraine of the French line reached | port today.
 l Never before in the history Of the port has transatlantic service been so impaired As neutral port New York, it was be- lieved today, soon would lead the world | in the congestion of great liners rem dered inactive by the European war situ- alton.
 1 Official notice was received at the Aus. | tria-Hungary was a problem officials al the reservists had been called for gen. eral mobilization. Two hundred thousand Austrlans and Hungarians, it was said al ] the consulate, would, therefore, be i'm mediately called on to return home from this country and join the colors. | How to get the 100000 men back to Aus tro-Hungary was a problem officials al the consulate were trying to solve. 1 The North German Lloyd line steamers F'riederich Der Crosse, which sailed from | Baltimore on July %. and Neckar, whicf | sailed from Galveston the same day, were recalled today by wireless. | The line also instructed the steamer Willehad to leave Montreal, where she is now docking, go to Boston and remain | there.
 1 The steamer which sailed from this port on Thursday was again instructed toda, | by wireless to return. Similar instruc tions were sent to the Grosser Kuerfurst
 The Neckar's captain was given the op
 ton of either putting into Baltimore oi | |.
 Kuerfurst was ordered nack to New
 York. Line officials said lnat the Willie had had been ordered to leave Montrea
 for Boston, because in the event of hos | tilities between Germany and England
 it would be necessary for the vessel to b.
 in neutral port to avoid seizure.
 Cancellation of the WiIlehads sailing interrupts the return home of the frs
 lot of more than 200 Austrian reservist from Canada
 German Lloyd Fleet Tied Up
 With the issuance of these coastwis
 orders today the tie-up of the Mort
 German Lloyd fleet plying between Amer
 ican ports and Europe was practicall
 complete.
 In addition to the four vessels affecte
 by todays wireless messages the sal
 ing of Hamburg American line vessel
 has been suspended on both sides of tn
 water and transatlantic service as al
 ranged has been heavily impeded. Tn
 Vaterland, which was to have sailed tc
 day, with 5000 passengers the Kro
 Prinze Wilhelm, scheduled to sail nez Tuesday: the Princess Irene, scheduled { sail today and the Barbarossa. schedule
 on the list to sail August 6. all hay
 cancelled between sailings and will r
 main at dock here.
 The President Grant of the Hamburg American line. recalled by wireless vel