The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-08-08
AUTHORITIES PUZZLED AS
TO NEUTRALITY LAWS BE-
ING OBSERVED,
AWAITING ORDERS
Ships Will Not Be. Allowed Tc
Sail Until Official Leave'ce..e.
From Capitol
{By Associated Press }


New York, August with MANY
thousand foreign reservists in New
York awaiting transportation to their
native lands, the federal port author
tiles here, under instructions to see
that neutrality laws are observed,
were confronted tonight with q puz-
ziing situation created ty the manner
In which some of the reservists plan
ned to sail.
Unless local customs officials, acting
under the department of commerce,
step In to prevent, there will be sail
ings tomorrow of q number of foreign
registered vessels, some of them car
rying reservfsts.
The British liner Olympic, of the
White Star fleet. was given her clear
ance papers tonight fer Southampton.
10 other ships intending to sail, how
ever, no permission to get under way
has been given. Collector Of the Port
Malone will decide tomorrow morn
,nS on their right to depart after lie
B mas reviewed instructions received
frori Washington and compared them
win the reports Of his inspectors re-
ghrding cargo and passengers of the
ships.
The Fed Star liner Vaterland has
oeen placed at the call of the Belgian
:onsul for reseryists and may be de-
talneu under Secretary Redfiel6's rul-
ing that ships must not be used for
transporting reserviSts for q foreign
army or navy. Under the same ruling,
i was said tonight, the Fabre liner
Saint Anna, crowded with French re-
snryists, may not be permitted 10 sail
for 'Marseilles
The battleship Florida lies at the
upper harbor entrance to gueru
against any vessels attempting to pass
without clearance papers. Tie Olym-
pic Will not be molested when she
passes out. She is British reserve
snip but apparently the Gust toms au.;
thoritfes have decided she does not
come under the ban against reseryjst-
bearing craft.
Several German vessels tonight lay
at their Hoboken piers. apparently
ready to, sail. It was denied officially
tnat the German government has re-
Questioned any of these liners. The
statement also was made that so far
as is known officially in German cir
cles tnsW Washington the North German
Lloyd liner Kronprinz Wilhelm, which
sailed Monday night, did not 10 to
supply fuel to German cruisers OF the
coast. Furthermore, It was staten IL
German cruisors have been comrun::-
eating by wireless with this side OF
tile Atlantic. such measures have not
reached tho German embassy ia
Washington.
The continued presence of German
cruisers was reported by incomint
vessels tonight. The captain of tho
steamer Dcnbigh Hall, from Oran. All
g.ers, said he heard code messages
between German warships. Commun-
icatton with the cruisere from the
wireless station at Sayvillo, l.. I, has
ceased since Il United States ensign
was placed In charge. Tho Cunard
HaoT husitania yesterday reported to
have toen pursued by German cr.ils-
ers sent word by wireless today that
all was well with her.
German reServists here. apparently
have despaired Of getting back to the
fatherland. Nfty-six Thousand strand
ed In New York were notified today to
return; to their homes. Similar In
structions were given to 10000 Aus
trian and several hundred Dutch re-
servicts. Messages received here to-
day that the White Star liner Cedric,
which put into Halifax yesterday, to
escape capture, had started for New
York undor CONVOY of the British
cruiser Essex. were erroneous.
Tho Cedric will remain at Halifax
Tor the present, officials sa.11., and It
was believed here. tonight Great SPri,-
air. would re0uisition herr Tor carrying
Canadian volunteers to England..s IS,
Tho early establishment or an Amer
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