New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-02
London, Notified of Con-
gestion Crisis, Sends
Tennessee to Rescue.
KAISER AND KING
SWAP RELIEF FUNDS
Seven Hundred Americans Daily
Flock to Paris-Exodus Only
About 100 a Day,
tRy cable to Ths Tribune. ]

London, sept. line American Gh'
bAssy received a telegram to-day from
the Embassy at Paris stating tnat
many Americans in France and Swift
ssrlGnd were leaving for Hayre, where
board and embarkation facilities al
ready were very congested, and re-
ouesting that $4,000 be sent imme-
diately to the American Consul there.
The embassy here replied to-day that
thew had arranged for the Tennessee
at once to proceed with the money to
Hayre. arriving there tonight.
The embassy here is without any
news regarding Secretary Breekinridge.
They do not know where he is: Inc
last advice received was that he ex-
pected to leave Berlin on August 20
returning to London via Vienna, SWlt-
zerland and Paris, and that the Ten
nessee was to meet him at Havre on
September 5. The British government
have formally notified the American
Embassy that no alien enemy can Dc
represented before the British prize
courts.
Third Secretary Green estimates
that he has issued $500 passports TO
Americans in the last two or three
weeks. The rush of applicants has
considerably decreased during the last
few days, only forty or fifty being Is
sued to-day. One in every five appI-
cants is refused, AMI on an average as
many persons who are not American
citizens apply. For instance, SWISS
who was born in Switzerland, has ilVed
most of his life there, and intends 20
live the rest of his life there VIII
calmly ask II he can have american
passports.
Run on Passports.
Numerous Americans arriving from
Paris are applying for passports as
the embassy at Paris is issuing eertl-
ficates which serve only the noloeFs
for entry into England.
Two hundred thousand marks (SoO'-
000) has been appropriated by Ger
many for the relief of German SUD
jects in Great Britain. The distrlpu-
ton Of this fund began to-day by
Lieutenant Rufus F. Zogbaum, U. 5: NJ,
and will be devoted chiefly to the lam
lilies of men who have been called 10
the colors.
This sum of money actually is OBJ
tanned in Great Britain, and is onset
BY a similar sum given by Germany 10
aid British subjects in distress In that
country.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Lehr have ar
rived from Paris minus Mrs. Lehrs
Jewels. They heard that communica-
ton with London via Boul ogne might
be severed, SO they placed the valua-
bles in the American Bank IN Parls
and hurried on to London. =,
Upon their arrival they were dis
turbed to learn that Paris may be cut
off shortly. They were anxious about
- g. nd g.
sistance of the American Embassy,
Major Hedekin, of the American
army money commission, reports from
Geneva that Switzerland is free of
Americans except few stragglers, and
that he will return to Paris.
The American Embassy at Paris is
without any accurate figures on the
number of Americans still there, but a
conservative estimate places the total
at FIVE or six thousand.
Americans Flock to Paris.
Americans have been leaving the
capital at the rate of one hundred a
day for the last fortnight and arriving
from other parts of France and Swift
zerland at the rate of seven or eight
hundred a day. Four hundred are ex-
pected from Switzerland this after
noon.
Most Of the Americans are leaving
Paris for this city, travelling by way OF
Dieppe and Havre. These routes, how
ever, are overcrowded, and to-day no
tickets for London by way of these
two French ports could be purchased.
Some Americans are going from Paris
to st. Malo by automobile, there to
take the Southampton boat.
The American Relief Committee, at
Paris, through its chairman, E. Il.
Garys and its secretary, H. H. Harje9,
continues to advise Americans to leave
the capital.
1t is the opinion of the committee
there that it would be the part Of
wisdom for those Americans now in
Paris who cannot be of especial service
during the war, or who are not re-
CURED to remain for business or pro-
fessional reasons, to leave the city
whenever an opportunity presents itself.
Philadelphia, Sept. 1.-The Ameri-
can liner Merton, flying the British
flag, arrived here to-day from Liver
pool with 20S cabin and 240 steeraZe
passengers. The trip across was with
out special incident. Nearly all the
passengers had tales to tell of per-
sonal experiences in getting out of the
war zone.
DR.. Daniel Longaker, of Philadelphia,
confirmed the cabled story that Chaun-
cey Depew, of New York, rode in n