The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-15
OFF
THIS AT TERNO0N
AMBASSADOR AND PARTY REACH
HosokEN THIS A. M.
GOES ABOARD FREDERICK VII
Kindly Poses For Photographers and
Movie Men But Refuses to Talk
TWO Hundred and Fifty Pas
sengers Booked.

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i Hoboken, N. j., Feb 14.--Under
heavy guards of secret service men
one hundred and fifty Of the neutral
squad Of the New York policemen,
!, Count Bernstorff and his party ar
rived here from Washington.
AS the German ambassador was
boarding the liner Frederic VIII. the
ship on which he is to sail for home
this afternoon, a youth who later
gave his name as Alfred Hopkins,
tried to reach Bernstorff but was
stopped and was taken to jail.
! Hopkins waved letter which he
said he was to deliver to Bernstorff.i
In the letter Hopkins claims to be
cousin of Prince Wilhelm and asked
ito shoulder gun In the cause" the
boy talked incoherently. WI
Bernstorff was accompanied by his
wife and one hundred and fifty mem
bers of the German diplomatic corps.
Except for a swarm of newspaper
men and photographers few in Ho-
boken knew that the diplomat had
arrived.
Bernstorff kindly posed for the
photographers to get his picture and
later went through the same maneu-
vers for a picture show man who had
arrived late as he had for the photo
grapher. ~
When Bernstorff was asked any
aoKaA hn
and say, Il have nothing to say"
The Frederic VIII. will carry one
of the largest cargoes and passenger
lists in her history. 1t will sail with
the guarantee from all allied gov
ernments. s,3.
Two hundred and hfteen persons !
are booked for the first and seccncr
cabins. About two hundred and fifty
for the third class reservations. The
German officials number about one
hundred and ffty-four, making a to-
tai of about six hundred aboard.
No one was admitted to the dock
of the Frederick VIII Relatives of
the departing passengers said their
goodbyes outside the barrier which
surrounded the dock. No one was
allowed on board the liner unless he
was approved by Bernstorff himself.
So complete was the protection
thrown around the German ambassa-
dor that DR.. Paul Ritter, the Swiss
minister now in charge of German
affairs in this country, had difficulty
keeping a luncheon engagement on
the ship with Bernstorff.
I'm Ritter" the minister said
when he was stopped at the barrier.
This meant nothing to guards, and
only when officers came to the rescue
was the minister permitted to go on
board the liner. The baggage OF
every passenger was closely exam
ined except the personal belongings
of Ambassador Bernstorff. One first
class passenger was found to have
some dental rubber in his possession.
He explained he expected to have
some dental work done abroad and
was taking it with him. 1t was
promptly confiscated.
Hopes For Peace.
Washington, Feb. 14.-In farewell
statement before leaving for New
York to sail for home, Count Won Bern
storff expressed the hope that war be-
tween the United States and Germany
might be ayerted and that friendly re-
lations might soon be reestablished.
The former German ambassador said
to group of newspaper correspon-
dents gathered at his house:
in leaving the United States after
a stay of eight years, wish to extend
to my many personal friends my heart
felt thanks for the great kindness and
cordial hospitality they have shown
me.
my heart is full of gratitude to
those whose personal feelings never
wavered during the trying years of the
war. In the last days ! have received
SO many cordial farewell messages
that it was impossible TO send thanks
for them individually.
Countess Won Bernstorff joins me
in this expression of our deepest per-
sonal gratitude
Il hope that war may be averted
and that old friendly relations between
the United States and Germany may
soon be restored"