The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-08-07
j. s. DESTR0YERS,
WITH BATTlESH|P,
keep PORT NEUTRAL
Armed Guards on Piers Here
Will Also Prevent For
hidden Shipments.

Armed guards on every pier in New
York. a dying squadron" Of customs
Inspectors looking over cargoes Of
steamers making ready to depart and
sea outposts Of United States war
ships are combined to check any at
tempt to violate President Wilson's
neutrality proclamation.
Following orders sending the dread.
nought Florida to anchorage OF
Tompkinsville, s. l.. and fiotillas OF
torpedo boat destroyers and revenue
cutters to patrol the Atlantic coast.
Collector Dudley Field Malone took
further precautions 10 see that no
ships got away from the port seeking
to run the gantlet OF the warships.
The Collector received from Act
ing Secretary Of Commerce f.. F..
Sweet to-day . ruling In answer to
a question a. to the right Of men,
bers Of the reserves of European
armies to sail from this port. Mr..
Sweet instructed the Collector that
tho Government could not interfere
with individuals taking passage for
Europe merely because Of their NOM
bership In the army Of any OF the
countries now at war. But the
Acting Secretary said that no or
sanixations. military or naval, en-
listed In this country could be per-
mitted TO sail.
No assurance was given. by the
Custom House that the Washington
ruling was interpreted AZ permitting
the sailing Of the ships with passen-
gers. ostensibly Offering themselves
individuals whose passage had
been engaged by tho conuis Of their
countries. II was also said that tho
matter Of pei hitting the Olympic to
sail was complicated by the enroll
nent Of the ship In the Brltish Naval
Reserve. InQuirers were told that the
Collector would rule on the case OF
each ship when application was made
for clearance papers.
The Santa Anna OF the Fabro line
IL ready to sail from here to-mor-
row for Msrseilles. Passage aboard
her has been engaged for several
hundred French reservists who take
passage singly as individuals.
There was no relaxation In the
preparations for tho sailing Of the
Olympic for Liverpool at 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning. She had booked,
up TO a late hour this afternoon. one
hundred first cabin. ffty second
cabin and two hundred third cabin
passengers.
Thirty of the most experienced and
active men in the custom service
were placed under the leadership Of
George Lamb with Instructions to in
vestigate the cargoes OF any vessels
about to depart. In addition the reg
ular force of one or two guards on
each pier was in many cases quad
rupled. All were provided with arms
in order to prevent contraband being
taken out.
ARMY OF INSPECTORS BESIDES
GUARDS.
The old skeleton manifest has been
dispensed with and a complete mani
fest must be presented at the Custom
House for every ship. and any caught
trying to evade the strict regulations
will be held in port until the matter
Is referred to Washington. 50 far
there has been no attempt TO violate
neutrality.
Up to this morning no application
for clearance papers had been made
FOR the Red Star Vaderland, wh'ah,
was supposed to leave tomorrow FOR
Antwerp with 1000 Belgian reserv-
lists. Officials of the line say me
ship has not yet been instructed to
leave BY tAs ona1s N Belgium. The
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