The citizen., 1914-08-28
The Baltic Brings 1900 Amerl-
cans Home.
MANY TALES OF HARDsHIPS
Miss Ralph Says Tears Filled HIS
Eyes At the End-Many Val
uabIes Lost BY Ameri-
cans.

New Y0rk.-Tn0 WnlL0 OIdI llheA
Baltic arrived here from Liverpool and
Queenstown with 2,120 passengers and
nearly 5000 sacks of mail. The pas
sengers included more than. 1900
American refugees from the war zone
who managed to reach either Queens
town or Liverpool from the Continent
after suffering many hardships.
Seven hundred of the 1,100 passen-
gers In the steerage were Americans
who had been unable to get accom-
modations in the first and second
cabins. There were many complaints
among them Of crowded quarters and
Of inconvenience in consequence.
Among the passengers were Miss
Florence Ralph, Of Buffalo, who at the
outbreak of hostilities was studying
music in Berlin. She told an inter-
esting story Of her escape from the
Continent. She heard the Emperor de
liver the speech in which he said his
sword had been forced into his hands
by his enemies. AS he said 1t, Miss
Ralph declared, he patted the hilt OF
heavy sabre that was hanging at his
side and tears came into his eyes. The
Germans cheered the EmperOr's speech
until he told them to go to the churches
and pray. The crowd then became
solemn.
"The day before left Berlin the au.
thorities issued strict orders" she said
''that no parades of citizens should be
allowed and that any persons found
singing patriotic songs would be i'm.
mediately arrested The idea was. l
understand, that. the Government
wanted to impress upon the people
that it was time to be solemn and
not to be overconfident."
Samuel Untermyer, the lawyer, ex:
pressed regret that the steamer officials
had not given better accommodations
to American women who were forced
to take passage in the steerage. Wom-
en- beautifully gowned, he said, sat at
tables sandwiched among several hun.
dred foreigners, Of the kind usually
found in steamship steerages, who were
eating with their fingers. In the steer
age were Is Americans who had been
arrested in Germany and Russia as
spies, but who were Immediately re-
leased upon proving their citizenship.
DIR. B. Pollock, of San Antonio. Texas,
was among the steerage passengers.
He was in Liege on August and 2 and
said the streets were full Of wounded
men. Many of them were sitting with
their backs against the sides of the
houses nursing their wounds. He said
there seemed to be few doctors in the
town. He himself dressed the wounds
Of several men.
Miss A. Nelson, of Brooklyn, steer
age passenger, rode from Berlin to
Liege in a freight car. She lost all
Of her baggage, jewelry and money
during the trip. When she left Berlin
she said, the baggage of refugees was
heaped UP in front of the railroad sta
tion in piles so feet high.
DR.. S. w. Morris, of Tacoma, Wash.
another steerage passenger, arrived in
New York with $1.S0 and the clothes
he had on. A friend met him at the
pier with large roll Of bills, which
the doctor asked for by wireless when
the Baltic was off Fire Island this
morning.
The Baltic was conveyed by the
British cruiser Essex from the middle
Of the Atlantic to short distance out
side-th three-mile limit. Passengers
said the officers of the Baltic told them
the Essex was travelling so miles II
advance. Just off Sandy Hook thu
passengers saw the British cruiser al
she passed on her way out to Sc;
again.
All the passengers on the shil
praised the British Government for 1T
efforts to ease hardships Of stranded