New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-08
REFUGEE DISTRESS
REACHES MAXIMUM
Influx of 5000 Swamps
London Committee with
Appeals for Aid.
HUNGRY BABIES CRIES
FILL SAVOY BALLROOM
H. c. Hoover Says 1t VIII be
Month Before Continent Is
Free of Americans.
Tnv cable to Tho Tribune. J

nv cable 70 The IrlouHe'1
Iondon. Sept. with the arrival
here in the last twenty-four hours ol
unfortunately 5000 American relugses'
he majority in greater distress Vn .Sa
any others that have reached mere tnV
Numbers Of the committee OF Iesl 'i',ns
Americans have found themselves
s" SccprSing 20 H. c. Hoover, the
..ha;rnan. The latest arrivals are IN
core Night. indeed. Many arrived les'
oiebt late. and the committee was eh-
-aeed mn TO an early hour this morning
Getting them sleeping sccommodstiohs'
Ant after a few hours sleep hphdteos
~ refugees, a large number OF Wh0rh
,,,sro German Americans, sWRrme9 the
committee rooms at the Savoy. mere
thev were herded in the big ballroom;
Few had any money DINERS hao
some Continental coins. loWar9 ~ III
chiidren's cries Of hunger ereateu uIn
That was heard above the talk Oh Sne
excited refugees. To insure tleaLs AZ;
the most needy Mr.. Hoover Deg9n US %
v,onainq small amounts to Iamllles W
s,ot lunch. epd tonight he has ar
Sssnged Tor leasing many rooms IN Ihe
R,,,ce House. which is the Lonooh
Countv Council lodging house, ana pro
,yiston has been made Tor furnishing
meals TO the destitute II
In view of the larga influx OF reiU-
Gees. steamship companies sara to-ua!
That unless extra boats were aooeo "
IN sailing list { might be seVeraI
weeks before all applicants Tor passage
conId be accommodated. TINS does ho'
necessarily mean an lndehnile ueIay'
for many of the poorer refugees
orioinally came to Europe IN the steer
age and expect to return hU Ia,,.,,.',.
T'sv Other accommodations, however
are limited. 5-.;.,,+o refugees
.,,ono those landed to-day from inc
Tonnessee. which brought IN a seSoi0
hatch from Havre, among them eN-oeH
oIor William A. Clark, some OF Whose
,.aInable art works he left IN MS faI4S
house. He said: -. al
SFortunAtely, IL. most valuable col
,..t;on ;s i'm New York, but ! nave
a-IaS the embassy at Paris to protecI
~, art objects Their personally ~
5c,Y believe the Germans ever VIII
80 Paris though every road from the
citv is choked with fleeing rel ueeCS.
From what we heard IN ParlS' go
hattie soon will be forght IN tHe Ies stor,
of the Marine, and if Germany is De"'''
II will mean her downfall. -,o;r IN 1
Senator Clark expects 10 Ieii'''''
England some time. -.o,,ors
=, IIoyre the city was quiet, ana IheIe
W .Lo 80 TO be TO excitement Mrs ~
opel ~ Tioinbans. of Belvidere, n. D. is
W, -, Tho marty who went aboard INC
a -inIeseee Saturday. Last THURSDAY
.iI4 sbs spent on the dock at haVre'
~. i.ter was able to get rooms At
hotel. c-,.,- sov there is
Iii a iaroe number of American cru
80 in Germany who are unable 70 geI
- because of the limited train 1ach-
80 There are only two trains uAy
ron, Berlin to Rotterdam, each carry
no 300 passengers; consequently
Americans are filtering out OF the ger
I'm canital very slowly. other reIu-
$50 report that Rotterdam is SUN
erowded, and that many Americans are
waiting in Holland for opportunity 10
get to England
Although the committee mas OeeH ca
colIentIv sygtematized and has a corps
Of verv efficient helpers, its rooms at
the SAVOY Hotel have become made
onote and it may become necessary 10
oct LARGER quarters. Herbert G. Hoover
chairman Of the committee, does ho'
believe that the Continent will be Tree
of Americans refugees for thirty days
yet. ,.:-ol
Ambassador Page has been advised
Of the arrival at Paris OF H. 5. Brock
inridge. the American Assistant Secre-
tary Of War. who has been on the Con-
tinent overseeing the distribution Of
financial relief b American citizens.
He has not, however, been informed OF
Mr.. Breckinridge's future movements.
Alfred Scillitan, of Brooklyn, fifteen
wears old, arrived in London to-day
from Budapest, travelling alone. He
has been visiting his grandparents in
the Hungarian capital, and he worked
as 3. volunteer Office boy for the Amer
ican relief committee organized in Bud
apest by the American Consul. He said
that everything was quiet in Budapest
that prices had rot advanced and that
virtually all Americans had left the
city.
Samuel Zolty. a New York singer,
came into London to-day direct from
Vienna. He reported that about 10000
Serviau and Russian prisoners Of war
were at present engaged in building
earthworks for the defence of Vienna.
Miss Jacquellin Stephens, of Detroit,
arrived with a party from Deauville,
France She said that there were many
Americans still at the French resorts
or the Normandy coast who had an
nounced their intention of remaining
there, as they felt perfectly safe. ~
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