The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-10
COSSACKS RUSHING
TO ARMY IN FRANCE
Lapland's Passengers Tell Of
Transport Of Russian Hordes
From England.
SCIENTISTS NARROWED
Party With 30 Days Provisions
Probably Starved. as Ship
Did Not Return.

Confirmation OF the statements that
land, and the further information ira;
several transports loaded with Cossachs
have left Southampton for France was
brought In yesterday by passengers on
the Red Star liner Lapand, which arrived
from Southampton.
Capt. John Bradshaw OF the Lapland
"a al there were forty transports IN the
hdrbor In Southampton when his ship
lee and they were waiting to carry re-
endorsements to the allies.
High brick walls have been built in
.he cross streets between the railr pad
station and the piers to shut of the view
OF :he public from the transports. and no
civilian IL allowed near the ships. II IL
hard to get any idea OF the movement OF
troops"
Miss Ida NJ Bowling of Toledo. Ohio,
declared that Russians were sailing from
England for France to join the allies.
THE night before the Lapland sailed
from Southampton several transport ships
sailed for France packed with Russian
troops said Miss Bowling. The Eng
lish authorities seemed to he trying TO
keep the presence of Russian troops in
England "A secret. and the transports did
not sail until after dark That was the
night Of August 81. and We sailed the next
day. AS soon as we reached England We
began to hear reports OF Russian troops
on English soil aud at Waterloo station
we saw trainloads OF them. mostly Cos
sacks"
A. Musgrave Hyde OF New York. who
has been studying at the Beaux Arts in
Paris. said
Just before left London I saw Rus.
! sian troops marchins along the embank-
| ment on their way 70 .en,rain for some
one Of the English Channel ports Many
| crossed from southampton. but Others
| crossed from ports TO the north"
The Lapland brought 39s in hor hrst
| cabin. 239 second cabin and five pRssen
| gers in her Storage. Capt. Bradshaw
| denied that she had been used as trans
| port.
| The Rev. Walter LaidlaU, secretary OF
! the New York Federation OF Churches
was "A passenger and confirmed the story
Of his arrest In Germany, which wa:
printed In THE Sun several weeks ago.
August Van Nieuwanhuyse a Belgian
| subject who lives in Gibson city. Ill, said
ne had served In the Belgian army anc
had been wounded In the leg and As
charged. He exhibited the bullet that h
said went through his leg In the battl'
near p,.st on August 10.
Harry l.. Schwa rts OF Dover. y. j., sale
he was on the Hamburg American line
Victoria I.use In the middle Of July whei
four scientists were left Al Smeerenber,
hay. 900 miles north Of Iceland will
thirty days provisions to establish n me
neurological station. The Victoria Luis
WAS TO pick them up on her return trir
but she never returned. Two German ar
lists disembarked from the Victoria Luis
M Kings Bay, 100 mikes further north
MIR Schwarts said. and have probabl
starved by this time.
Mortimer t. Schin and family. VII
were at AK les Bans when the war he
gan. came back on the i.aprsnd. His All
tomohile was Commandcerel by IN
French
Lawrence Hayden. an American ssUo
whose home Is In Oakland, Cal, said h
, was on the German bark Barnbck whe
. II was picked up by a French cruiser o.
! the English coast and towed 10 Brest. III
, was held for a time. but proved his Amer
, lean citizenship and was released
, 4. ". Robson, Baltimore agent Of N
/ International Mercantile Marine, arrive
on the Lapland He was III and WAS ms
, at the pier by his physician from I'alt
? Hospital in Baltimore. whore II was sal
A that ne would be operated on last night
$ Ciotthelf Pach. head of Pach Bros. II
X photographers. also returned on the laI
n iand with his wife. They had been takin
e | the cure at Rad Nauheim when war force
Them to leave.