The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-28
SHIP DODGES ROCKS
TO ESCAPE U-BOATS
Passengers on Italian Inner Tell
Thrilling Tales of Dangerous
Passage.
SAW RESCUED vOYAGERs
Gouverneur Morris Found Allies De-
terrnined to Fight KaiseVisrn 10 Ind.
American Spirit "Ovcr There" Won
deFfnI

New York. Feb. 25.--Accourts 81
brought to an Atlantic port by pas
scnEers aboard an Italian steamship.
From these accounts It appears that
the lodging involves dangers more
tangible, and therefore more terrify-
ing for the average passenger. than
those presented by the elusive and
uncertain submarine
In any event the story. as told by
passen gers. OF the great ship uosing
into the night through the dangerous
currents of narrow channel that
oil but scraped tia SHIPS sides. sound
ed like a first hand recital Of a night
mare and may have accounted for
come OF the gray heads aboard. The
tchannel. usually avoided by mariners
RS a sane man avoids the plague lies
close IN OF the coast Of Spain.
Object Lessons IT Danger.
II was chosen by the captain Of ne
Italian steamship after he had twice
turned back, once on word signAIed
from a torpedo-boat destroyer that the
western passage was swarming with
/ submarines, hunting in packs OF FIVE
and six, and once on a wireless re-
port OF the sinking Of the Due de
Genoa and two other Italian craft
which had been cut out OF conveyed
fleet. On its second flight to cover
the vessel passed lifeboRts laden with
rescued voyagers.
With this object lesson in mind, the
lcaptain OF the Italian liner had deter
mined, when he put out she third
time, 10 chance the lesser Of two evils.
the narrow channel which lies we'll in
SldA the IhrAa n1ilA
tween the Island OF Tarbacia and the
mainland. He made il. but that night,
in which men. women and children
huddled on the darkened deck mo
! IN entarIiy in dread Of overw inning
mishap from rock or submarine will
last many OF the passengers a full life
time.
Among the passengers who passed
safely through this night of horror
was Gouverneur Morris, who has visit
ed all the fronts from Flanders to
! Padua as a Red Cross worker.
1 Fight knLserism TO Finish
! "AII of the allies are war weary
/ but their resolution to hold on TO ex-
/ termination IL need be guarantees they
i viii make no peace while kaiserism
continues" said Mr.. Morris. The
/ Italians have completely recovered
from their disastrous btwk OF last
fall. They now believe they were sold
out by some of their own people and
they have taken precautions against q
repetition of such an occurrence
/ The spirit OF the American troops
as l saw them in October, is wonder.
full. Everywhere YOU go you find
young American officers studying the
fighting methods OF our allies. They
fchafe under the present policy OF at
triton: thew want TO get out of the
me nufacturer. said he had heard a re-
trenches and start something. Every
one over there believes they will make
a wonderful showing when given the
chance"
George I. North. Boston she's
manufacture, said he had hear a re-
port in Italy to the effect that Alfred
ICoccht, Ruth Cruger's murderer, shows
signs of insanity and will not Ions
survive solitary confinement, the pen.
atty for murder in Italy.