The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-27
British Warships Send Out
Warning to Entente Shipping.
Fear wholesale Raid by FlOcl
of Submarines.
U-53 REPORTED AMONG THEM
Intended Victims Include Many
Big Steamers.
Warming Scatters COnsterna'
ton in Marine Circles.

New York. Nov. 27.-Apprehenslon
is felt in shipping circles in we" Oh
the large number of passenger anu
freight steamships nearing this port
and the reported proximity OF Ger
r,,ar submarines. Rumors that two
German submarines have broken thru
the allied patrol and are en- thelr way
TO the Atlantic coast appeare" las'
night in the warning sent out oy tne
British cruiser Lancaster
The varship stationed fifteen miles
southeast of Sandy Hook cautloiie't
all steamships flying the llass ,,tiie 'o tiIe
entente allies to beware OF hostle
.i1h-sen boats on this side cf the At
lantic-
The British wireless read:
German submarine may be met
anywhere in the Atlantic and es-
pecially west of sixty degrees West:
Show no unnecessary llghts- ANolu
all trade routes and converging
points.
Not since the U-5S entered Newport
harbor, October Z, and on the follow
ing day sank several British mercha Mt
vessels, has there been so much un-
easiness in marine quarters. Il IS pc
lieVed that the merchant vessels OF
the allies now loading in this port
will not venture out urtil the British
government gives assurance that the
seas are clear and the danger remote
Carr -,- Passengers
Among the steamships belonging to
the allied countries due to arrive this
week are the Cunard line steamers
Laconia and PannOnia with passen-
gers from Liverpool and London, re-
spectively; the Anchor Liner Tuscania
from Glasgow. the White Star liner
I.apland from Liverpool; the Duca
d Aosta from Genoa. and the Rer-
mudan from Bermuda. The freighters
due include the Celtric and Bowie of
the White Star line Almost a score
have sailed from this port within the
last two days and all OF these vessels
are within the zone which is sup
posed to be most dangerous.
a number of large steamers also
are approaching Boston and Philadel-
phia.
V-33 Off Nc>v Hampshire Coast!
A rumor also reached New York
that two submarines are among the
small Islands near the New Hamp-
shire coast One of these is said to be
the U-53. the submersible which sank
five ships near Nantucket in October.
Six Steamers Arrive L .ay.
New York, Nov. 27.-Six steam
ships arrived here today from Euro
ptdu anu west 1ndleS ports ana re-
ported they caught wireless warnings
Yesterday to keep watch for bellig-
erent submarines but all brought word
that no craft of that type had been
observed The incoming vessels took
such precautions as shrouding the
lights during darkness and having the
lifeboats swung out.
Tne arrivals today included the
American liner Lapland from Liver
pool, the Italian ships Duca D'Aosta
ana Napoli from Mediterranean ports
the Danish vessel Frederick VIII from
Scandinvian ports, the Brazos from
Porto Rico and the Bern,udian from
Bermuda.
The frederick VIII put in at Kirk.
wall, Scotland, where the British au.
thorIties removed the mails. She
brought here Ronald Amundsen. ex.
plorer of South Polar regions. whc
Said he came or a private mission
Lieutenant Asger Eranjean of thf
Danish army, who plans to purcha Sc
American a:rplancs, and Manuel Cal.
oeIon' Cuban minister to Norway.