New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-15
Dispatches from London
Say Steamers Soon Will
Resume Trips.
WHITE STAR SAILlNGS
ANNOUNCED TO-DAY
Companies Confident, Ii Is Said,
That England Can Control
North Atlantic.

Announcements from London that
the important British steamship lines
would resume their services within
week gave new life to the shipping dis
trict OF this port yesterday. Optimism
was apparent IN the Offices of the Cum
ard. international Mercantile Marine,
French, Fabre, Holland-America and
Italian lines.
The general explanation that
Pritain's control Of the North Atlantic
and the ability Of her cruisers to keep
away or sink the few German cruisers
low off the American coast was ad-
vanced to account for the decision OF
the steamship lines TO resume their
schedules.
II was said, also, that the promptness
Of the British government to assume
control Of war insurance, making an
increase of only 4 per cent on shipping
risks, gave heart to the ship owners
and prevented the brokers from reap
ing enormous profits on the few steam
ships that were ready to take their
chances on the Atlantic.
Press dispatches announced yesterday
that the Olympic would sail from
Liverpool on August 10, the Mauritania
on August % and the Lusitania on
September 3.
A representative of the White Star
Line said yesterday that the company
had received no advces regarding the
plan to put the Olympic and other OF
its ships into regular service, but that
- IL & ,aA col
be made public to-day.
The Cunard Line officials received no
word from London yesterday concern
ing the resumption of service, but me
press dispatch was received with de-
light.
The American liner New York left
port Yesterday for Liverpool with 30
saloon and So steerage passengers, a
complement much larger than was ex-
pected. Also she had 1900 sacks Of
mail. She carried as much cargo as
her limited time in port would permit
her to load, including a consignment of
$4,000 dozen eggs for the English mar
kct.
Distributed in her cabin and steer
age accommodations were thirty-fve
Frenchmen and fifteen Englishmen who
were returning to their respective
countries for enlistment in army SER
vice. On the pier were about 1000
persons who had assembled to see
friends and relatives sail. Tears were
plentiful and there was an abundance
Of cheers as the vessel moved out into
the stream.
Among the passengers was Miss F.
Jesse rennyson, novelist and play
wright and grandniece of Lord Alfred
Tennyson. She had been touring South
America and the West Indies and was
called to London by "The London Daily
Mail" for war correspondent service.
Another passenger was Philippe Blu
nau-Varilla, the veteran French engi-
neer, who mad been in Panama inspect
ing Tire canal, which his company
started to build so many years ago. He
said he was returning to offer his SER
vices % France. He was anxious, he
said. 20 join his two sons, who already
were with the French forces in Rel
GUM.
Among the passengers who will sail
to-day for Liverpool by the Red Star
liner Kroonland are Mr. and Mrs. Edou-
ard Phillipart5, Of Liege, Belgium, who
came 10 this country several months
ago on vacation. Mr.. Philliparts is q
son of the owner of the factory in
Liege whose women employees defended
il against the German soldiers.