New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-30
MAURITANIA SAILS
WITH BIG CROWD
Oscar S. Straus Predicts
End of MOnarchies
in Europe.
as. O00AMERICANS HAVE
LEFT SINCE AUG. d
Financial Aid Has Been Given
to Abs Persons Mrs.
SpOoner Collapses.
lRH cahle 10 Ths TrIhnne

lBy cable 10 Thu Tribune
London. Aug. % Four boat train,
left Euston this morning carrying n
record crowd Of passengers for the
Mauritania. including Oscar ). Straus.
who. II is intimatcd. has been in close
touch with diplomatic circles here. He
gave II as his opinion that # the Ger
mans entered Paris it would be only the
beginning Of the war. and added: 1--WE
are living m painfully interesting
period Of history. and none can tell tho
final outcome. The English intend see
ing this thing through | believe Rus
sia's promises will be kept by her, but
! don't believe after the war there will
be a single monarchy left in Europe,
for this isn't a war of the people, but
of the governments. America must
remain neutral and will, as il is the
only power left which can use it's good
Offices for mediation"
Others sailing are Judge Leventritt,
s. K. Guggenheim. Chauncey VI. De
pew. +. =. Knott, Mrs. X. u. Paterson.
A. l.. Devilliers, f. VI. Dunn, II. 4.
Kirby. j. A. Stevens. Mrs. X. Stuart,
Miss /. Sands, J. W. Osborne and the
Rev. II. ID. Lord.
MIR. Hoover Makes Report.
In a detailed report issued to-day ky
II. {. Hoover, chairman of the Ameri-
can residents committee. it is est.mat-
ed that there were $4,000 departures
for America last week. while if all
classes filled on outgoing steamers
next week 5000 more can be accom-
,I,
land for America during the period of
August 10 %, inclusive are estimated
at $4,000
Financial assistance in some form
was given IA as persons last week, or
a total Of i,l35 since the relief work
was instituted carly in August.
Arrivals from the Continent IN the
last seven days are approximately 500.
but this does not include the number
of Americans who have arrived here
but did not register with the commit
toe. Great difficulty was experienced
last night in finding lodgings for the
majority of the 500 arriving from Ger
many, many Of whom are without
money.
Efforts were made to-day 10 lease an
entire hottie to accommodate these per-
sons, and others in the same clrcum-
stances. II was expected TO have il
tonight, but the committee was unable
to get one on reasonable terms. Quar-
tiers have been secured at ? score Of
places. There Is a surprising numb r
of negroes among those anxious to mi
CRATE 10 America.
Mr.. Hoover has been emphasizing 70
many tourists the necessity OF ge,tiug
h, ba tfaf~ IN
to wait for second class staterooms that
thousands have already gone Storage
and the principal thing IS to get home.
Ex-senator Spooner Sails.
EX-United States Senator John C..
Spooner, Of Wisconsin, sailed for home
to-day. although he came very near
cancelling his booking on account of
the illness Of his wife. Mrs. Spooner
suffered collapse yesterday following
the hardships Of her journey from
Switzerland, but to-day she had recoy-
cred sufficiently to travel.
Among the arrivals reaching here
from the Continent to-day was II. Sill
verstOne of Johnstown. Penn, who left
koenigsberg two weeks ago. He said
that when war was declared the Ger
man police visited every house where
Russians resided and rounded up a
large number of them, including wom-
en- and children. The Russians were
taken TO the palace yard, where they
were held for three days and subjected
10 many hardshlps. They were forced
to sleep on the bare ground and had
scanty food.
Another arrival to-day was George
4. Clarke. Of Minneapolis. who reached
here from Paris. Mr. Clarke said that
when he left Geneva on Wednesday
about 800 Americans were still there.
Accompanying Mr.. Clarke was Captain
\. G.. Smith. of Boston. who while at
Amiens. saw many trainloads OF troops
and refugees pass through the French
city. According to Captain Smith, a
German aeroplane followed for some
distance the train on which he left
Amiens.
DR.. William c. Carl and II. F. Ives
and party, all of New York, also
reached London to-day DR.. Carl came
from Geneva. 1t required week for
Mr.. Ives and his party to make the
journey from Lucerne.
More Americans fleeing from Ger
many reached here tonight, coming
by way Of Flushing. Holland. Among
them was l. VI. Zonnenberg. of New
York, who was in Nuremberg for three
weeks. He spoke appreciatively of the
consideration shown by Germans for
Americans lie also praised the work
of the American Consul. who procured
two special trains in forty hours to
take Americans through to Amsterdam.
The first train carried 800 passengers,
while 10 were accommodated on the
second train. which reached Amsterdam
on Wednesday.
Maurice J. Babb. an assistant profess
sor in the University OF Pennsylvania,
another arrival, was in Gottingen few
days ago. where he Witnessed the Ger
man mobilization.
The relief committee formed 20 aid
needy travellers was called on tonight
TO deal with the cases OF many strand
cd Americans These were chiefly per