New-York tribune., 1914-11-29
~ 4 HOMEWARD OVER SEAS MADE PERILOUS BYWAR
Ship on Which She Sailed
Only One of Fifteen
to Escape
Capture.

Past the island Of soco,ra. We sailed ,.,. .
Gulf Of Alden, and then into the Red 60,
we were overtaken BY The first Of the p.i.,,'
transports, coming up from India with tb.i, 49,
of human sacrifices going 20 the slsuVb,., =
France One, the City NJ Poona, wizyay0sd >, =
the news Of the sinking Ct Two British ,,uI...'
near Helgoland, the Aboukr and n. Co."
There was plenty Of chipping IN sight, Britt.
cruisers escorting transport ships ps,,ip, :,
almost continuously
THE FIRST AUTHENTIC NEWS OF EI-pop,
AT sUEZ.
We arrived at suez carly on October ,. 70 a.,
the harbor filed with ships and the bre,,s :,
war I'm the air. Eight captured German rs,.s,.,
ships. brought IN by Br-ish cruisers. lay ,lo,,
side British transport and French meu.of.vI,
when our ships agent came alongside We 20, A.,
first authentic news Of the happening In Ey,,.
and on the high seas.
A. there was % be- some delay In z.,s,,
through the Sucz Canal. on account Of M. va,
numbers Of troopships moving, some Of u, .oo,
the overland route from Suez % Cairo, and IA,
on 10 Port Said We were compelled % leav. A.,
cameras on shipboard az Suez. We heard vail,
on all sides az the cessation Of the tourist ,,,s.
through Egypt and curses or the heads Of hos.
responsible for the war.
Arrived IN Cairo, we found 10 impouibl. :,
enter the gates Of the Khed.ge's Palace, vhl..
was under heavy guard, though in ordinary ,iu.,
it is customary % give the tourist free aces, !.
the grounds and building.
Through the Mediterranean % Malta, III. sr..
ish naval base, we were continually on the r,teb
for Austrian cruisers tha. we heard had sljvr.5
through the Gordon. We encountered n,aI,,
more formidable than French man.of-wsr
THE PICTURESQUE FORTIFICATIoys OF
MALTA
We entered the harbor OF valetta, Malta Is
the sun was sinking behind the military barrses
Huge and solid as these fortifcations looked,
was told they could never Withstand bomtsd.
ment by modern artillery. But picturesque tier
certainly are-the contrast Of the huge piles Q.
cream colored masonry against the blue Of tt,
Mediterranean sea and SKY.
Four days out of Malta We arrived At 8 e
at Gibraltar, grim watchdog Of the Mediterranean
and all passengers arose for the great sight. Tts
night had a thousand eyes-watchful ones, ,hs,
let no ship approach the gate without thorouss
inspection. torpedo boat came alongside sri
after q stiff inspection gave Us permission to pro-
ceed We had the information that the Atlsrt,
was safe enough. Across on The African side
searchlights swept us with steady stream q
light from the bow TO the stern.
We had learned. at Gibraltar that re had luci
lily escaped great danger from floating mines lsi
by Austria in the Mediterranean; that many ltal.
ian fishing smacks had been sunk by them, be-
that the French mine sweeping vessels pstrollirg
had swept up literally hundreds Of them.
The trip across the Atlantic was uneyensul' and
upon our arrival in New York we learned tbs. ours
of all the fleet Of fifteen freighters that left Ma
Mia late in August was the only one to escape
capture and land It's cargo.
without a doubt and I am sure every sailor
will agree with me, our good luck was due to the
unlisted passengers the seven black cats, the pets
Of our stewardess