New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-13
OCEAN SAFE, SAYS
BRITISH ADMIRAL
Cruiser Suffolk Sends
Word by Steamer to Con
sui General Here.
FIVE VESSELS IN
PATROL OFF COAST
Norweo.q Tank Steamer Held
Up by f. ~Glish Warships
Near Waters.

Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock,
Of the British cruiser Suffolk, yester-
day advised the Office Of the British
Consul General in New York that the
western Atlantic Ocean is clear Of
German cruisers as far south as Trim
dad.
Acting Consul General Richard l.
Nosworthy, who received the message.
said the British feet would continue
to cruise off the American coast 70
protect British ships and the shipping
Of neutral countries.
The British feet in this vicinity
comprises tvc vessels, the Suffolk, the
Lancaster, the Essex, the Berwick and
the Bristol. The message from the
Suffolk was brought by the steamship
!, New York City, of the Bristol City
Lime, as Admiral Cradock was adj
,vised that the Suffolk, according TO the
UNITED States neutrality avs, would
mot have been permitted TO come into
This port again Tor siS months had she
blocked yesterday.
The cruiser accordingly continued
Ter patrol outside the harbor. The
Norwegian tank steamship Conrad
Ifehr, in yesterday from Bergen and
Shields, was hailed on Tuesday night
by the Suffolk. She apparently did
not reply as quickly as desired. and
shortly afterward a shot came across
her bows. The Mehr had left port be
fore war was declared, and her officers
were astonished at being held up.
At ] o'clock yesterday morning; when
the steamship was Off Montauk another
cruiser exactly like the first. her cap
Il in says, hailed the Norwegian, fired
a shot and asked the steamships mare
an d nationality. When these we're
gp zen the tank steamship was told to
go ahead The Suffolk was also report
ed Off Nsyesink Highlands yesterday
al ternoon.
The message from Admiral Craddock
was not made public in it's entirety, as
it involved the movements of the feet
and the plans Of the Admiralty. II is
mi erred from the message that the
B, tish expect to keep the German feet
bottled up in the Baltic or North Sea
and maintain shipping between the
United States and Great Britain, Hol-
Land, France and Italy, while the Ger
MINIS are being starved out.
Consul Nosworthy added that the
mi!ny BRITISH merchant NeS6elo HO" III
tbs port are being held here not be-
cause of danger on the sea, but because
the condition Of the markets in this
cou ntry is such that the vessels cannot
obtain cargoes.
The failure of La Rochambeau TO
sal yesterday caused a large number
Of French reservists to storm the
office of the French Consul with de-
mid1ds to know the exact time that tn
yes sci would sail There was much
CRU milling and gesticulation when the
consul refused to see the Frenchmen,
but they were finally persuaded that
the, e was no information to be had.
At the office of the German Consul,
DR.. Facke said that he was in com
murication with his government for
the first time in ten days, and that
every available minute was, therefore,
beir g devoted to correspondence.
Tne Swiss Consulate was another
that was much occupied during the
afternoon, appeasing reservists who
had expected to sail on La Rocham-
beatE