The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-02
WARDRIVESALL
GER MAN LINERS
FROM THE SEAS
Sailings Cancelled and Ships
Ordered by Wireless to
Neutral Ports.
CTNARD TO CONTINUE
England May Convoy Crack
Liners Across With
Fast Cruisers.
CTNARD TO CONTINUE

German line utlr.1 mere dPpdi''Ht '"'
heads. who had re. arded such coniin-
ecncy as almost impossible
declaration 81 war by Germany was
half expected befn-, the Offices closed IN
the carly afternoon. as II was thought that
Herr BALM. friend Of the Emperor. other
wise yolld no. nave ordered the recall of
all STEAMSHIPS wi'hln reach Of an Amer
lean port. and the abandonment or the
Atlas service Of the line between New
York and the car obean.
The dstpp,A. dhce OF Ger man inel-
chantucn from the Atlantic will mean
Tremendous commercial deprivation 10 the
uort of Sew YORK and an enormous loss
10 the Two big German companies whose
profits IN season Of unusual ACTIVITY
promised to reach hghei perCentaE
than ever before In their prosperous ms
tory.
work on Bismarck stopped.
The HAMBURG american fleet in all
seas "a o. was larger than that OF any
single steamship company In the world
The VI. viii stop work on the most
colossal OF liners, the Bismarck Of greater
tonnage than the mammoth Nateriand'
now held az liohoken, and the lmpe alor'
bottled up at Hamburg.
The withdrawal OF the Atlas fleet takes
from tn. Caribbean fruit and passenger
carrying trade eight vessels OF an aver
age gross tonnage OF about $500. They
will be laid up until the end OF the war.
The misfortune Of the Atlas Line VIII he
the opportunity OF the United Fruit Com
many whose vessels, owned almost
wholly by American capital. may get
permission under the proposed congress
sional emergency act to go under Ameri-
can registry and thus increase Yankee
prestige In the Caribbean.
Cunnrder Saxonia Held Up.
One ~ the surprises n yesterday was
the holding up Of the Cunarder SaNonia
nv order from the Liverpool office or
the line She was scheduled TO san a
noon for the Mediterranean and the Adri-
attic but Il was decided on FRIDAY thit
she should not run the risk or appr'hch-
ing Austrian shores and should take IN
italian por.s only after touching NJ Ma
daira and Gibraltar. Before the Cunard
officials here knew that Germany had de-
clared war, they said that the SaNonia
would probably sail at IL o'clock th's
morning 1t Is likely that her sdlilhs
will be cancelled by orders from Liver
pool
Fifty Austrian reservists who cam" 10
the Cunard pier in the afternoon to take
passage on the Saxonla 10 Trieste wer"
sent to the Italian liner San Guguelmo'
which sailed yesterday for the Medlter.
ranean, About 400 reservists slept ABOARD
the Saxonia last night. II looks I'M
probable that they will be able to get
out OF New York.
Expcct England to Clear Seas.
The Cunard Lines representatives. here
expressed confidence in the ability Of Great
Britains mighty navy to keep IN" war
craft OF European enemies from pieSlne
on her merchant marine. and the sailing
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ish ports will not be changed.
The Iusitana will sail for Liverpool on
Tuesday evening with many passengers
who had booked by the Hamburg Amer-
can liner Vaterland, II is possible that
arrangements may be made with the
British Government for the use OF cruisers
as conveys for the ships OF the Cunard
Line and those flying the British flaG
OF the International Mercantile Marine.
The French Inc ONCE announced yester-
day morning that the crack OF the fleet.
the France. would sail from Havre for
New York on Tuesday with large con-
tingent OF Americans. 1t is certain that
her sailing will be cancelled because OF
Germany's declaration OF war,
The Red Star liner Kroonland. which
flies the American flag and Is therefore
immune. left Antwerp yesterday for New
York. with all her cabins fed chch,
with Americans
The Cunarder Mauretania sailed from
Liverpool before the news OF the declara
tlon Of war became public with 4SI cahir
passengers $50 second cabin and III
steerage passengers
Holla md America Liner Sails.
The Potsdam OF the Holland America
Line, which left Rotterdam yesterday
calling later at Bouo2ne. also has
zhronged cabins Among her passengers
Ia Julius =. Never, one Of the vice-dlrec-
tors Of the Hamburg American Line who
boarded her at Boulogne, having gone
there from Paris. he had expected to sal
from Hamburg by the Imperator.
The North German Lloyd office here re-
ceived from the home Office in Bremen
yesterday orders to recall to America IN,
Friedrich der Crosse, which sailed from
Baltimore for Bremen on Wednesday tn.
Grosser Kurfuerst. which left this port OF
Thursday for Bremen, and the Seckar
from Galveston for BreTen They hav.
received wireless notification and are OF
the way back Tho Willehad, which wal
preparing to leave Montreal. was ordcre,
70 go 20 Boston and tie M.
The Hamburg American liner Prcsldcn
Grant did not get the wireless mcssag
recalling her sent out on Friday mornin
until late on Friday night, when she wa
$50 miles Ou,. She was reported YES
'terday afternoon about 200 miles ems, o
N" Hook returning N full speed Sh
Will dock this morning in Brooklyn.
Tho SAINT Anna Of the Fabro Line. ny
tng the French nag, which did no, e.
away ms scheduled yesterday. may No
attempt TO sail to-day. About half he
cabin passengers cancelled their rcsorva
tons Among them We're the Duke an
Duchess de Il Chcieu. The Duke sal
he had been instructed by the Frcnc
$sve rnmcnt To remain here to asslst
me enrolment and transportation {