Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-02-06
Will III, LEAVE GERMANY
No Break in ominous Cloud Which
Hangs Over Submarine Issue Be-
tween Washington and Berlin.

Washington, Feb. g. All Amerl
cans have been advised to leave Ger
many.
Il was learned today instruction:
forwarded to Ambassador Gerard
and American consuls in Germany
Saturday were to give them this al
vice and to assist them in leaving
wherever possible.
Confirmation of the killing o1
Richard Wallace, negro seaman
reached the State Department today
in a cablegram from Consul Eros
at Queenstown.
The message showed Wallace wa:
killed in the shelling of the boat:
after the crew had left the provi
sional British collier Eaveston' The
message said:
provisional British collier Eay-
cston sunk by shell fire Of German
submarine in vicinity Fastnet yester
day february d. American negro
able seaman, Richard Wallace, OF
Baltimore, killed during shelling Of
boats after they had just left the
Eaveston. Details not yet available
Amsterdam, Feb. 6.-Richard Wal
lace, of Baltimore, Md, was killed
when a German submarine sank the
steamer Eavestone, according to ar
official report from London, The re-
port states that after the crew OF the
sinking vessel had taken to their
boats they were shelled by the sub
marine. The captain and three sea-
men, including Wallace were killed
and the second mate was seriously
wounded
Two other British steamers, the
Isle of Arran and Hurstwood, have
been summarized, and Russian sail
ing ship, the Garnet Hall, is believed
TO have been sunk. Five fatalities re-
suited from the torpedoing OF the
Hurstwood, which is said to have
been done without warning. The
Danish steamer Lars Kruse, with a
cargo of wheat for the Belgian re-
lief committee has gone to the bot
tom near the Belgian coast, either
having been toredoed OF struck
minc. One sailor was wounded when
U-boat shelled the Spanish steam
er Parma.
Washington, Feb. g. For the
third time in 4s hours the United
States faced last night the menace
of actual war with Germany. From
Amsterdam came reports OF the
sinking of a British vessel, the
Eayestone, with the resultant death
of one American, Richard Wallace
a Baltimore sailor Adding even
graver complications to the issue
were supplemental details reporting
the survivors of the Eavestone
sheled in their open boats
Oficialdom, .harassed with the per-
nlexing circumstances Of its task,
sat late into the night waiting de-
tails of the reported attack.
There was a possibility that tht
report was unfounded, as had proven
the case in two previous instances
Pending the receipt of authentic all
vices, no statement was forthcom
ing from either the White House o.
the State Department.
Believing war with Germany Inc
vitable before many days, the Presl
dent Yesterday took over the tas'
of preparing the United States TO
armed conflict with Germany and
probably with her central European
allies.
Preparing for any eventuality tina
may grow out of the German Crisis
but hoping to avert actual hostilltles
President Wilson faces two great
problems. They are:
The handling and protection o
American shipping which, clearing
from an American port, may go dow
to death and destruction in the Ger
man submarine zone, precipltatine
a physical clash between the Unite
States and Germany.
The status of Austria, which IN
formal note has Endorsed the Germa
declaration Of relentless submarin
warfare, practically forcing tn
United States to take the same pos
tion toward her which has broke
relations between this country ar
the German government.
When in Washington and ,hunEf