Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-06
CONDITIONS AMONG
AMERICANS ABROAD
IMPROVED TODAY
Ambassador Herrick Says Finan-
cial Panic Is Alleviated
in Paris

| Washington, ID. c., Aug. 6.-Gen-
! eral Improvement in the condition
among Americans abroad was shown
to-day in official dispatches to the
State Department Urgent appeals
for transportation, however, con-
| tinued.
Ambassador Herrick reported that
| the financial panic has been so far
alleviated in Paris that he recon-
mended that the gold on board the
cruiser Tennessee be diverted to other
cities in greater need. f. II. Gary,
chairman of the relief committee in
| Paris. stated that at least $4,000
| Americans were in need of transport
! tation and that with present accom-
modatlons it would take six months to
move them.
From Vienna Ambassador Penfield
| telegraphed under date of August 3
| that he was making every effort to get
Americans out of Austria before yes
terday at midnight, when all transpor-
| tation was to he stopped for period
of some weeks. The Austrian govern
ment has been running special trains
! for tourists from Karlsbad and Ma
rienbad to the capital. The plan was
to transport the foreigners from
| Vienna to Triest and thence to Venice,
where they can embark on Italian
VeS%ls.
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Americans, but great inconvenience,
and the Cunarder Carpathia has al
ready left Fiueme for Malta with n
number aboard.
Oscar Straus and F. l. Kent, rep
resentatives of the Bankers Trust
| Company, both members of the relief
committee in London, reported that
| their work was fully organized and a
complete list of all Americans in
England will be issued tomorrow.
| Needs of transports capable of carry
ing at least 10000 people was urged,
since the lack of gold has made it inn
possible for many to secure even food,
to say nothing of lodging.
Similar conditions exist in Milan
according to Consul Stewart, who re-
| ported several hundred Americans
| desirous of leaving. Consul Baehr re-
| ported Switzerland also filled with
Americans unable to secure credit.
Explorers Want Aid
| From Bergen, Norway a dispatch
| signed by the Arctic explorer Rasmus-
sen reported a party of Americans on
a polar expedition on board the Prin2
| Friedrich Wilhelm, on their way to
Bremen, had disembarked and asked
for assistance.
w. G. Sharj, the enwly-appointed
Ambassador to France, will proceed
as soon as he can secure passage.
| companies SCOrtu
Secretary Garrison expressed his
chagrin at the disposition of Ameri-
can steamship companies to charge
what he considers eXorbitant prices
| for vessels to transport Americans
Mr.. Garrison said preliminary in
quiries brought information tina YES
vels could be obtained for about $500
a day. The price suddenly has dou-
| bled.
"I do not intend to have any one
get suddenly rich out of this bust
ness" said Secretary Garrison. "The
steamship companies will find that
they cannot use this occasion to ST.
phon money out of the United States
| Treasury"
For that reason Mr.. Garrison said
/ it will be his purpose first to employ
some of the twelve army transports al
| Galveston already being refitted for
| transatlantic service. He has made
| inquiry if he has authority to COM
mapdeer commercial vessels for the
emergency. and is hopeful that the
government can seize ships and after
ward arrange for fair compensation
for their use.