Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-22
SAYS WAR NEWS IS
SCARCE IN ENGLAND
Drew Professor Says Even
Troops Do Not Know Where
They Are Going.

Special to the Evening Star.
MADISON, Aug. 22.-Professor
Robert William Rogers, NJ. A. Phi. d..
d. D., Lift. D.. LID, F. r. S. g.,
professor of Hebrew and Old Tesla
ment exegesis of Drew Theological
Seminary, returned to Madison by
way of Montreal, Canada. yesterday
afternoon after a stay of year in
Europe.
In an exclusive interview last night
he told something of present condi-
tions in England.
'As | was at Avonmouth, Port of
Bristol" he said, there were eleven
hundred motor wagons, large, SER
viceable vehicles, that had been taken
over by the English government and
were being packed on ships to go to
the scene of war.
"As you know" he continued, "the
British press is severely censored as
well as all news matter that passes
through the cables. The English pa
pers have been forbidden to give any
movements of British troops out of
the country or even to say that they
are going. Yet everyone knew that
troops were being constantly sent out.
Even the troops themselves did not
know where they were going, as they
were moving under sealed orders.
The war is apparently being carried
on in quiet. and secrecy, but none
the less effectively, we understand.
None knew that there were troops
stationed on the Isle of Wight, and
yet there were t.-ousands of them en-
camped there. One woman on the
streets of London told me that her
house had been taken away from her
to quarter officers. There were also
thousands of troops housed In the
large warehouses at Avonmouth.
They were undoubtedly going to- the
continent, but, like the motor wagons,
no one knew where he was going.
1.-THE people of England are very
calm, but very determined he con-
tinued.
S DR.. Rogers laughed at the idea of
the United States being drawn into
the struggle.
Don't you think" he said, that
there ought to be one great nation
that Is not in this struggle?"
DR.. Rogers had been studying at
Oxford. England. for a year, and al
the close of that institution, when lie
took high honors for his work, he and
Mrs. Rogers left for a stay on the
Continent. When asked If he had
had any trouble In getting away from
Europe, DIR. Rogers replied:
81 had the most comfortable jour-
neys all the way around The first
discomfort | experienced was the
heat of America L foresaw the con-
dition that would shortly ensue on
the Continent, and three days before
there was even a general intimaticn
of war we left for our home at OK
ford. Consequently, there was nc
unruly horde on the streets of Lon
dom"
DR.. Rogers, who will take up his
work at Drew Seminary again this
year, did not intend to sail until Au-
gust 80, but he decided to sail as
soon as he could get a chance.
Mrs. Virginia Jourdan- Herbst, of
Rosedale avenue, this town, is worry
ing about the safety of her son,
George Jourdan- Herbst. who. is
studying at the Royal High School
of Fine and Applied Arts at Munich,
Bavaria, one of the war countries.
Mrs. Herbst last heard from her son
oversa month ago, when he was going
through the Austrian Tyrol with a
travelling art class.
A different story of the difficulties
of getting out of Europe is told by
Mrs, W. Reginald Baker, of this
town, who is now in London awaiting
passage after several months on the
Continent. In a recent letter, she
states that there is the greatest diff
ficult in getting money. She says:
"The express company, Cooks and
railroads are giving small amounts II
you have checks, but none can get a
cent on a letter of credit. The
streets are filled with Americans be-
sieging the United States Embassy,
the express company and the steam
ship companies. Our baggage has not
as yet arrived from the Continent.
We expect to get passage about Sep
TENDER 8.
1--WE are in the midst of the most
stupendous affair the world has ever
known. We people here think that
washington Is slow to recognize the
Night of Americans here"