The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-14

New York; June 4.-The American liner St. Paul, in yesterday from Liv- erpool achieved the glory of destroyer escort through the German war zone off the British coast, an honor which no liner flying, the British merchant ensign has attained. There were nine survivors Of the Lusitania aboard the Sc Paul and they appreciated more than any other passengers the pro- lection of the meteoric submarine fighters, which had a soothing effect | on disturbed nerves.
 ] Capt. F. M. Passow did not attrib- ute the St. PauFs distinction to the flag she flies, but to the fact that a personal representative of the Pres ident of the United States, Col. D. M.
 House, was aboard, bearing, as Capt. Passow was informed before the liner departed from Liverpool important despatches from various embassies to President, Wilson.
 There was a report in Liverpool on the morning of Saturday, June 5, the day the St. Paul sailed, that German
 submarines had been sighted off the
 Mersey, and this was also regarded as one of the reasons the British Adnnf-
 ralty decided to see the ship bearing
 the Presidents friend to the open. The St. Paul did not leave Liverpool
 until 6 D. m, and three hours before
 this time the destroyer escort had been arranged through London. Whether the American ambassador had played 1 a part in the arrangement Capt. Pas SOW did not learn. The impression aboard the St. Paul was that thds was
 true.
 Naval Officer Boards Liner. Destroyer No I, so Capt Passow
 designated her.. came alongside the St. Paul about o'clock and the naval officer in command boarded the Yam
 kee ship and announced that the
 British Admiralty had ordered him to escort the St. Paul to Fastnet.
 The naval officer knew nothing about
 the reasons for this step of tn Ad- mira1ty, remarking that his instruc- tions were to accompany the St. Paul
 to the open sea beyond the German
 war zone He said the other destroyer, designated by Capt Passow as No. A.
 at the mouth. of the Mersey. He asked Capt. Passow to say where he would like to have the escorting craft placed, and the captain decided to have one feach bow, redecting that any other position might inperi1 the liner through possible collision in the fog which then enveloped the Mersey.
 Three hours. before the St. Paul stood on her course down the Mersey the Cunarder Ordunat had sailed for New York in the usual way, without protection by destroyers, and the w 4A4CC koIe@4 AA4kcL <AOI4dI1C= JuSI III 1TO1Il New York, was lying in the Nfersey, her holds filled with munitions. She also had passed through the lane of peril without escort. These reflections on the part of some of the British passengers caused comment, which reflected on the partia1fty Of the Brit ish admiralty. but made the com mentators feel a bit more comfortable than they might have felt in Brit ish ship.
 There were occasional erifts in the fog as the St. Paul proceeded to sea and a, cabin passenger, Mrs. H. Sedg- wick, chaperoning Miss Virginia
 Loney, a survivor of the Lusitania,
 asserted that in one of them she saw i a submarine rise near the St. Paul.
 Miss Loney was a bit upset when told 1 of the incident. Capt Passow said
 he had not seen the submarine, and