Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-29
MORE AMERICANS
ARRIVE IN LONDON
Walter StiIson Hutchins Re-
counts Experiences of
Westinghouse.
TOURISTS HELD IN GHENT
REPORTED IN BAD PLIGHT
Assistant Secretary Breckenridge,
Officers and Newspaper Men Al
lowed to Visit Belgium.
Steamer Laden With Americans
Sails Today From British Ports.
General Conditions.

LONDON. August g. 2:12 DINA
large number of Americans arrived in
London on the night boat and train
from Folkstone- Most of them are from
Munich. Baden-Baden and Frankfort
via Dutch ports.
The Americans included Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Stilson Hutchins of Washington,
Mrs Isaac n. Seligman and daughter of
New York, Mrs. G.. e. Vogel Mrs F.
Lhleln. Mrs. L.. J. Pedditt. Mrs. ]. H.
Vandyke. Fred vogel. jr.. all of Milwau-
kee. and l.. B. kilborn of Chicago
Most of the passengers complained of
extortion in Holland. where they were
compelled to pay 81 for the privilege of
sleeping for one night on a cement floor.
The Dutch landlords asked as much
as so for hotel room with running
water. while the money changers
charged outrageous prices for exchange
or the cashinS of money orders
Americans Cons From Munich. .
Mr.. w. S. Hutchins was at Innabruch,
Austria, when war was declared. He
went Immediately to Munich, where he
remained three weeks. He said:
Il wish to bear witness to the extreme
kindness of the Bavarian authorities to
Americans of whom at the time there
were .OO0 in Munich. All but 600 of
these Americans have now left Munich.
and these prefer to stay.
Munich in war time is as quiet as
: Washington in peace. The American COM
mittee was organized at a night meeting
August for relief and Red Cross work
under Prof. Harry A. Garfield. The Red
Cross section is under the direction of
who had charge of similar work in Wash
ington during the Spanish-American war.
1t is expected that large numbers Of
wounded of all nations will arrive at
inh Irtn he he rheCr III
tons to the American commottee at the
first meeting reached $4,000. but only a
few Americans at the time required
monetary aid.
Government Thanks Americans.
THE Bavarian government thanked the
Americans for their Red Cross plans and
declared that Americans were safe in
Munich and would be protected through
out the war. 1t was also asserted that
the city would share its last potato with
American visitors who cared to remain
Those who wished to leave would be
provided with special trains and travel
as comfortably as in the states.
soon after this announcement arrange
ments were made by the Prussian and
Dutch governments to allow the passage
Of six special trains to the coast. The
last on the 18th. First-class tickets were
So and second-class $12. All special
trains were devoted exclusively to Amer
leans and took about two days for the
trip. There were no excessive delays,
although the route varied, owing to the
movement of troops. The last train went
along the Rhine via Frankfort, Mayence
and Cologne The trains carried sixteen
cars each and three were about 200 per-
sons on each train.
Mrs. Harrison There.
among the Americans in Munich were
Mrs. Benjamin Harrison. who left on
the second train. and Mrs. Philip Sheri-
dan. We all wore flags and were treated
with consideration everywhere. We saw
many French wounded prisoners at sta
tons along the way, who were all well
cared for.
John Watson Cox and Mrs. Cox of
New York have arrived in London and
are the guests of Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen.
daughter of the American Secretary of
State and wife of the Capt. Reginald
Owen of the royal engineers. They came
from Baireuth.
Mrs. Cox said: I'VE were motoring in
Prussia when war was declared and
crossed Immediately into Germany,
where we were held up continually by
the civil authorities. On August 3, al
WeiSsenstadt. the officials leveled their
guns at our chauffeur. who stopped the
car. My husband showed our American
passports. but these were disregarded by
the officials. who said that they might
have been forged.
Refused to Leave Auto.
They took my husband to the police
station. where they kept him for more
than two hours They tried to get me tc