Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-02-16
BIC PASSENGER LINER,
FEARING SUBMARINES.
BUSHES BACK To PORT
dutch Steamer Ryndham Was
Within 40 Miles of Danger
Zone When She Turned Back
for New York
(By Associated Press.)


| NEW YORK, Feb. 14.-Germany's I'M
restricted submarine warfare resulted
/ in the return today Of the Dutch steam
ship Ryndam to this port.
Her arrival was coincident with an
nouncements that the British liner Adr-
attic, carrying one American citizen, had
arrived safely in England. and that d,
Swedish liner, the Stockholm, would sal,
from here February 16 by way Of Hail.
fox for Scandinavian ports on a route
outside the U-boat zone.
The departure late this afternoon Of
the Observation-Disclosures liner Fred
erik VIII carrying Count Won Bernstorff
is another of today's features of the
marine activities brought on by Ger
many's undersea warfare.
The Ryndam, a Holland-American
liner, came back after a 6,000-mile voy-
age because her captain, Willem Kohl.
changed his mind about continuing aft
er receiving wireless information from
Arlington about Germanys submarine
activities two days after the Ryndam
left here on January 30, with twenty
Americans among her passengers. New
ertheless The vessel continued until on
February she was within 40 miles
of the submarine zone.
There was only one thing for a re-
sponsible man to do" he said today,
land that was take every precaution to
save the lives and property entrusted to
his care"
He denied that he had received a wire
less warning from a German submarine
Travellers from Europe arriving
here on British ships speak of
the extreme activity of the Brit
ish patrol boats which they say
swarmed about them during their Jour
neyS through the submarine war zone.
Passengers on the Laconia and the AS
cania, which got N yesterday. testified
to the fact that armed tfawlers and
other patrol boats accompanied them
part of the way in relays.
Officers of the British merchant ma
rine are more reticent, particularly in
regard to the new and strange courses
they now follow in the eastern Atlantic
in order to avoid the old established
steamship lines. 1t is understood that
British shippers before sailing receives
sealed orders from the admiralty which
they open before taking their noon OBJ
servations, and follow the courses laid
down by these orders unless they are
changed by wireless, In this way, 1t is
said. the British admiralty knows the
approximate location of every merchant
man on the high seas
The first sailors at this port to show
any fear of the new unrestricted sub
marine warfare are forty-f1ve Chinese
members of the crew of the Dutch tank
ship ]. b. Augkessler. This vessel was
unable to sail for France yesterday be-
cause the Chinese deserted her and re-
manned ashore until the police Of Bay
onne, n. J., forced them to return by
threats of arrest
Steel for export is piling up on the
piers, and 1t is estimated that more than
1000, 900 tons are held here awaiting
shipment Shippers say that the British
government is preparing to send tank
steamers to take over large quantities
of oil and gasoline which have been &C
cumulating here since the Standard OH
company refused to send out Its own
ships
The French line steamship Espagne.
with passengers and cargo, left here
today for Bordeaux. The liner carries
defense gun mounted astern and
among the passengers are several
Americans. Her sailing, originally set
for Saturday, was delayed until today
on account of inability to get coal.
The White Star line steamship Adri-
attic, the first British passenger vessel to
leave New York after Germany's unre-
stricted submarine warfare began. has
arrived safely at Liverpool. according to
a cablegram received here today by the
international Mercantile Marine.
The ship reached it's destination Mon
day morning. the message said The
delay in the announcement reaching mere
is attributed to admiralty regulations.
One American citizen, w. G. Uridge, of
San Francisco, was among the forty
four passengers. The ships cargo was
valued at several million dollars. The
vessel sailed February 8 and was armed
with six-inch naval gun.