The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-15
ALLIES PROTEST
 LIFTING OF LID
 FROM SHIP NEWS
Britain Requests No Men tion of Vessel Move
 ments.

While the announcement of Secre tary Daniels that the restrictions | placed on publication of arrival and | departure of merchant vessels and | other shipping news may now be | safely removed, the naval officers at | this port yesterday stated that they | had received no official ruling and | could make no decision in the matter. At the marine department" of the Custom House it was stated that no instructions to that effect had been received from the Treasury Depart ment but that the question would be taken up with Washington in view of Mr. Daniels announcement. It was also learned that both the British and French ministers of marine had pro I tested against such publication at the
 present time as many of their ships
 are still carrying troops as well as
 foodstuffs and are not inclined to leave any loophole for the enemy to | sink them.
 Both the Cunad and the White Star
 Lines refused to give out any infor-
 nation in regard to the movement of
 vessels under their jurisdiction and it 1 is understood that the whole matter
 is being discussed in Washington and that a definite ruling by the authori-
 ties may be expected soon.
 1 The British ministry of shipping
 with offices at No 165 Broadway, an-
 nounced today that 1t desired no men | tion should be made by name of Brit
 ish ships arriving at and departing
 from American ports. The British
 ministry has made it plain that it re-
 gards such mention as inadvisable in
 view of the fact that all British ships
 are still either carrying troops or war supplies.
 l A naval officer said that the per sonal but unofficial interpretation of
 MT. Daniels broad statement to the
 press was that all restrictions on the
 publication of maritime news were
 suspended for the time being. He
 thought it could do no harm to pub
 fish lists of arrivals and departures
 unless the Navy Department in Wash
 ington issued an order prohibiting the
 same.
 Does this mean that the port of
 New York regains its name, and is
 not to be known in print merely as
 An Atlantic Port'?" the officer was asked.
 q should think the port of New
 York could safely assume its name" he said.
 In order to block a rush of tourists
 from this country to the battle areas
 of France and Belgium, it is under stood that the United States passport regulations will be maintained for some time to come. The army au- thorittes are specially averse to hay 4 a Ia mi N1IJSS up with curiosity seekers, even with a relatives of soldiers, who will prob s ably have to serve with the coEors in q Europe for months to come. It is un- deEstood that visits from relatives in 8 this country would have anything but ; S statutory effect on discipline in the a army, which will not be relaxed, even I though the fighting is over. Ell The immigration authorities said that the long delays to which aliens : have been subjected before they arc : permitted to leave the United States 2 for any country except Canada may d be lifted within the next few days 9 but no instructions on this subject 8 have been received thus far from the $ State Department.
 S Bergensfjord, of the Norwegian a American Line, whose ships have a been running continuously during the lS war, will start on her return trip tc @ Norway on November 21 The NieuH 5 Amsterdam, of the Holland-Americar 8 Line, will sail on the 18th or goth fol N Rotterdam, and the United States, ot Es the Scandinavian-Americ Line zs which has been lying for severa 4 months in the North River, will de. A part for Copenhagen on the 18th. The fa Stockholm, of the Swedish h-Americar q Line, will depart within a few day. % for Sweden.
 Sa These neutral lines will once more s resume their regular business, 'wlicI ! will be curtailed only by the regula, A tions of the United States authorities % Although some tourist traffic ma1
 be under way in several months, al s official of a large American line stated Fl that there was no chance of it assum & ing pre-war proportions. He said i
 was not merely a question of provid @ ing steamship accommodations at thi E end, but return journeys would hav @ to be considered, as all accommoda & tions from the other side would b.
 needed for troops.
 E The $6,000,000 loan at per cent