New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-03
5000 AMERICANS
NARROWED In PARIS
Host Unable Either to Get
Funds from Home or
TO Leave France.

Paris, Aug. Almost three thou
el.l Americans arc marooned in Paris.
All arc anxious to 20 home, but the
trains arc monopolized by mobilizs-
tion and exit b. motor cars is forbid
den. Moreover, no passage room, not
even steerage, remains on westbound
ships.
Many OF these Americans are unable
10 obtain money. There are no remit
tances from the United States. and no
hotel accommodations for them. They
are stranded. They are thronging the
embassy and the consulate, and at
midnight the time limit expires for
foreigners. whether residents or tran
silent visitors, to leave Paris. After
midnight that is. at the end of the
first day of mobilizstion-they will be
unable 10 get out of Paris until they
have presented themselves at the mill
tary district headquarters for their
ACCOMPLISHMENT, where. after cstab-
fishing their identity BY certificates
from the consulate or the embassy
they may obtain permits dc sejour,
or residence permits. This must be
done on the third or fourth day OF
Afterward they may be allowed to
leave if provided with passports signed
By the prefect All this caused com
motion among the Americans and other
foreigners.
With the help Of Ambassador Her
rick an American committee has been
chosen to take measures TO aid Ameri-
cans in difficulty to obtain shelter and
money during their enforced stay in
Paris. At the suggestion Of former
United States Senator Chauncey De-
pew, Judge Ebert II. Gary was to-day
elected chairman Of the committee,
and II. Hermann Harjes secretary;
other members being Judge Kellogg,
James Deering. Charles Allen, Henry
VI. Priest, Leroy White, William S.
Dalliba, Laurence Benet, Charles Car
roll. Joseph Coudert and Percy Pie
xotto.
Thomas Nelson Page, the American
Ambassador 20 Italy, who was present
at the meeting, expressed what was
the unanimous opinion that in the
present crisis the experience and the
knowledge of the situation possessed
by Ambassador Herrick would be in
valuable in securing practical relief to
Americans in distress here. To trans
fer ambassadors just now, Mr.. Page
said. no matter how able Mr.. Herrick 8
successor may be, would be like swap
ping horses while crossing a stream.
Ambassador Jusserand also appeared
at the meeting.
The committee sent a message 10
the State Department in Washington
suggesting that the United States
treasury facilitate the cashing of let
ters Of credit and travellers and other
reliable checks, and that 1t deposit
temporarily 4 sum in gold IN d New
York bank for immediate export TO
Paris.
Americans in Paris arc greatly
pleased that the State Department has
decided to leave Mr.. Herrick in charge
Of the embassy here until the present
crisis is over.
Antwerp, Aug. American tourists
here who are endeavoring to return
hcme are in a panicky condition. The
steamer Kroonlsnd sailed to-day with
a full complement Of passengers, many
of whom left their baggage BEHIND
rather than remain in Europe.
Members Of the Chicago Railway
Commission visited the port and terml-
mails to-day, but they fear they cannot
continue their tour, owing TO conditions
in Germany and Austria.
Business is paralyzed. The suthorl-
ties are seriously considering the adop-
tion Of an emergency act to stop specie
payments for a time. 1t is feared that
not enough money will be available II
the run on the, banks continues.