New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-24
lshinet Votes Him Dow n.

Cabinet Votes Him Down.
Bill. other considerations prevailed.
.-t bv 81 20 : the Cabinet refused.
On. If bat rava. grounds 10 was. no
.-.f. wise decision. ST EDWARD
c-r. was still hoping against nope Ior
-l,-r. his urrcIsN'uC cNcrtons TOT
-.. vc~e not then over. Germany
t.s 40. vet made what the Prime Min
&C., .- words that are immortal
.,.s1 her infamous proposal that
v--.s-s should betray Belgium and
r-s~-a and bargain away her own n
..-es+s and honor. Negotiations we're
..f 0~o.oe6irc There was though,
.+te an oF-charce they might succeed
.- --e,er-.-c WY. The full extent OF
..--e~ --sf. was not known; nor that
.L. coming var was. in fact. the Nal
.sr.s vsr. long secretly prepared ana
...sbfe Sir Edward Grey had not
.A,~ made his speech IN the House OF
'--,--r-s summing up the course OF
81. f.r'owacy % masterpiece OF rea-
..- end lucid statement. Not then
-ra. was the case OF England I'M
r-ec-at'e before The world.
81 Modified the Fleet Last Night.
-ter. IS another Churchill anecdote
which ! heard from an Official IN po-
si..o- 20 know. The Ang.o-Amerlcan
PRS. Lord surely We all remember
.-s- his mother was an American
.--.uel into Che Cabinet meeting on a
certain morning. still some days oeiore
ge- had been declared. remarkng'
"T modified the Fleet last night
Tba. is measure Of precauuon' nov
~ uar But i you dlsapproVe' u can
be 6emobiuzec.'
That Is the temper which. prevails
Tte Cabinet assented. And that Is tne
..~7er 90 which was que the appear
s-ee o. the Drake or that tuesday
sf.s--oor before the declaration. 500
miles out o. the Atlantic. snepher15,!is
--st the Nauretanla and then the Gar
-s-,s mat also was q measure Of
--sesu.or. think Il may be sara
hat since Lord Bsrham. who prepared
ne way or Trafalgar. England mas
ts3ro F,re- Lord more apt 20 take ad-
rsrtage OF occasion.
Think United States Anti-German.
The voice Of America has since been
-es~- ~ 10 uncertain terms. rom
.,e 5isrltches q seems all but unasi
nous against Germany. EVen lAs
lrsh-4rericans. we are told, are 10!
once @. the side OF England ana the
srrrortobee. OF the latter we had a
specmeu Oh the Carmanla, a man OF
business and Of character, from me
West He inveighed against Lns. ana
srd the English, until nnally aholheI
American suggested 20 hlm tGat ne
ri ght remember he was on oII'-sh
snip. adding; .
$50 fa- as this war is concerned !
an al British
To which the Westerner mace an
suer.
so far as ,h,s war is concerned so
CIT T."
. The English fully and gratefully ap-
wee.ate this American sympathy;
There have been incidents which ara
LOB reflect &c.. but they seem 10 nave
been due % special blundeTlHg.
esbled YOU Thursday from Flshguard
that the Americans on the Carmanla
BAD bafr refused permission 20 land
because they were Americans. NhelheT
,.i. message cot mast the censor ] do
ro' know The cable censorship is tA-
rtmely strict. and nightly so. since
anvthr- nav be c2bleu back 10 ger
msrv P-t what happened was this:
Custom. Man Holds Up Passengers
% tho forty or fifty passengers who
wished 90 land al Fishguard about one
half were Americans. The Purser sent
for us in that somewhat sutocfatlc
gay which prevailed on the Carmania
ron CAPTAIN 20 stewards asked eacn
% Us 20 declare his nationality. ana
told us Te could not 60 ashore. | asked
Tor his authority lie said those were
me CAPTAINS orders. 7 answered tnat
me Captain had no authority 20 pre-
vent Us. Then he said that an otfclal
from tho shore had brought the orders.
J asked 90 see him. lie was already
tere ir the Purser's office. ~ an the
glory Of cllt buttons and lace. ] asked
tin who BIZ Was.
you can see from my UNIFORM th@1
an q Customs official
That is not enough. No custom,
onc.ai. Is such, has right 20 lorDlo
Passengers % leave the ship.
~ have inslructlons.'
Of do not accept that. wish TO see
nc Instructions
TtUoupou hc produced a printed
paper which nc folded 30 that only one
Paragraph could be seen. refused 10
allow me 20 take the paper, but allowed
me 90 read that paragraph; he holding
10 ms hands The sentence authoI
i-ed him. or somebody. 20 exclude, ad-
nli, or cEam.rc aliens. said:
"iou Can Land at Liverpool
= -Ths, is not an order 20 exclude. nor
eil warrant for your action. IL leaves
ne matter boz Year discretion. You may
exc any ore Of three courses. II you
Aeloe Us. you do 10 IN your own DIS
feAon Or indiscretlon. and shall hold
10y personally rcspons BILE"
pom which be said "I decline 20 dis
.-ss The matter further with YOU,
sfned h,s back. and walked away. ]
''h appealed 90 the Purser. who said
ffaly enough. that he was bound by me
,sWanf 0rdtrs. ] asked what about
Liverpool
y don't know. bat J think you viii
allowed 20 land az Liverpool
appears that the Customs mrnd
ieW distinction between Fishguard
port Of call and Liverpool a. me
ma destination Of the voyage. Moth
~ couIc abate the obstinacy Of the
sstoms official, 80 10 Liverpool we all
vent. All sorts Of stories spread about
ne ship. that we were 20 be exam
e.ed az Liverpool; that anybody with p
Nefman-soundiug name would be de-
elntd; and so on. We landed a. half
al ten next morning. Nobody took
ne least notice Of US we went unmo-
Fsiec through the Custom House and
mo the train and 50 comfortably 20
4 L0ncon. arriving just twelve precious
poufs later than II We had come via
No Reply from London Embassy.