The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-04-30
Face and Pace Of BrltOn lndl'
oates Effect Of War on Mind
Of POpulaoe.
rENsENEss, BUT NO ALARM
Edward D. Clark, Fresh From Ship
Passage Through Mlns-strewn
St. Georges Channel, Gives
His Impressions Of Trip.
E8y EpWARD 3. CLARK.

many submarines in them as they have
FISH, which is exceedingly doubtful,
but they are pleasant places with a
sufficient half-moon shining down
upon their waters.
Was there danger az the American
liner made It's way through these
salt seas toward Liverpool Perhaps,
but. II so. no passenger on board gave
expression to II in word Of face.
There was a ~tenseness among the
men and women on the ship, but II
was an inward thing. No one with
sense believed for a moment that &
submarine would sink an American
passenger ship. Thought dwelt on
the possibility, but II seemed to be
one which could come only as the
offspring OF an awful mistake.
Other American ships %unquestion.
ably will continue to go through the
channel and the lesser sea unmen-
coed. There was the spice Of a
Of danger to make the trip exhilarat-
ing or depressing as spice Affects the
human frame and mind. No one spoke
OF danger save rarely, and then the
speakers were men. The m said
nothing. In times that seem to be
those OF emergency, even II they are
not, women always are stronger than
men, but few men there be willing to
admit the patent fact.
Show Up Vessels Name.
AS soon as the lights of the South Of
ireland were sighted, and the Phila-
delphia entered what in truth is a raj
zone. the sailors rugged two great
electric lamps and hung them over the
sides OF the vessel, where their con
centrated beams fell On great white
letters announcing the name OF the
ship and the fact that she was IAN
American" The name could be read
over a long distance, for It was high
enough above the tumbling waters to
stand in the line Of vision. clear and
~beacon-like,
Until the edge OF the war zone out.
lying Ireland was reached no flag was
shown by the Philadelphia. When the
waters Of so-called danger we're ap-
preached the Stars and Stripes were
broken out at the proper station. Or
dinarily the British flag would have
been displayed forward as the ensign
Of the port Of destination. but the
American captain vas taking no
chances with the British nag. either
forward, aft or amidships.
There we're Ave natives OF England
to one native Of America on the Phila'
delphia, and for once at least on the
high seal the Stars and Stripes looked
good to English eyes. At sunset the
flag came down and the bright cleo
trio lights we're turned Gu to the name
and nation OF the ship, where withir
certain sea limits all men might read
them.
Man-of.War Asks for information.
Some forty miles beyond Daunti
rock the lights of a man-of-war ap
peared. The vessel was lying in th'
sea shadows, not more than three
quarters Of a mile away. Nothing bu
the lights we're visible. but their dis
trlbution showed even the unpracticel
eye that the vessel displaying then
was a warshlp OF a greater type. Sud
denly from the %starboard side Of tn
dreadnaught, predreRdnRught Dr. cruil
re, whatever she was, came a sharI
fash Of light. which was followed b
successive wrinkles. The Britishe
was signaling the Yankee. and tn
Yankee instantly paid head.
What ship is that7"
An answer was twinkled back froI
the bridge
where bound2"
Back went the answer.
n the response had not been give
quickly and readily a shot would hav
come across the Philadelphia's bow
The British guardships where s
Georges channel meets the ocean ar
taking no chances. and this notwitl
standing the fact that German me
chant and German war ships virtual
have disappeared from the waters
Ne Fear Felt by Americans.
There may haze been no submarine
in the Irish sea when the Philade
phia made it's way toward Liverpoo
II there we're. let Il be said again thu
no American OF seasoned sense q
board thought for an instant that Il
ship was In danger OF a torpedo FRO.
any German craft unless the missi
were fired as the result Of gross erro
Some Americans In America mt
| think differently about the matter.
would 80 seem TO one who had to tai
leave Of some friends more or leI
fearful One American on board sa
70 another when midway betwe'
, Queenstown and Liverpool. the plal
OF reputed greatest danger. that the.