The New York herald., 1920-01-25
752 VOYAGERS HERE
ABOARD THE BALTIC
british Naval Commanders
Family and Army Officer
Among Arrivals.
ON WAY TO SIBERIAN POST
Brigadier General Blair, Enroute to
Far East, Says Germans May
Enter Russia.

Among the o40 saloon passengers on
board the Baltic. of the White Star Line,
which arrived yesterday from LiVerpooi
after a ten-day voyage was Lady Napier,
wife Of Admiral Sir Thomas Napier, COM
mander of the British Atlantic West
Indies fleet, and her daughters, the Mis-
presence In Ottowa, Canada. before pro-
Be-aus, of the urgent necessity OF nus
ses Joan and Margaret Napier.
ceeding to his station in the West Indies,
Admiral Napier took passage on the Car
mania of the Cunard Line. which
steamed from Liverpool the day before
the Baltic and which was scheduled 10
make a stop at Halifax before proceeding
to New York. leaving his family TO mako
the more leisurely trip by the Baltic. Lady
Napier and her daughters will await
Admiral Napier's arrival from Sanada
here and viii then accompany the Ad-
mral to the headquarters OIL the Nesl
Indies fleet. Bermuda.
Also on board the Baltic was Harold
A. Sanderson, formerly the chairman OF
the Board OF Directors OF the lnterna-
tional Mercantile Marine and now the
chairman of the British lines subsidiary
to the T. NJ NJ. MIR. Sanderson was
met at the pier by =. 4. 5. Franklin,
president OF the I. NJ. NJ, and other OF
the company's officials. He said that
his visit here at this time was merely
a routine one and no significance OUTSIDE
of ordinary conferences between the heaos
of the various affiliated companies.
Mr.. Sanderson said that the British gov
ernment, while no longer controlling
nriyately.owY.ed steamships flying the
British flag, still controlled the trade
routes and, to some extent, the cargoes
carried by the mercantile fleet. He VIII
be in this country but fortnight pc
fore returning to England.
the American representative Of the White
Star line arrived for visit. He is no"
representing the Canadian Pacific Com
pany at Liverpool. Captain William j
Roberts, formerly in command OF the
American line steamship New York, ar
rived as a passenger on board the Baltic
ell expects to take command OF ms oio
vessel as soon as she is reconditloned ano
ready for her peace-time service between
New York and Southampton.
The Countess Cowley, Formerly MISS
Mae Pickard, Of Virginia. who married
Lord Cowley when she was doing profes'
sional work in the United States, came foi
Il visit during which she expects to ARRANGE
for the purchase Of Virginia estate. Shc
said that Lord Cowley would come to the
United States an April, to join her In Vir'
ginia.
ner voyage from liNSiPooi' CSN
to get through the gales without damage
TO herself or accident TO any or her pas
scngers. Besides her saloon contingent the
steamship brought 39l in her second class
and 221 passengers in her steerage
Brigader General j. NJ. Blair. or the
Gordon Highlanders. arrived from Enn-
land en- route TO his post in Siberia, where
he is Chief of the British Military Mission
General Blair saw active service in Siberia
in 1918 and until last October, opposing the
Bolsheviki at that time in front of Ekater-
;nburg. eli and Mrs. Blair have been to
Eengland on a brief vacation.
TT strikes me as If the situation In ST.
IBERIA is going back to where 1T was in
1915" he said yesterday. THE Allies must
consider the Bolsheviki either as serious
menace to the peace of the world or else
as a harmless lot who might as well be
eft to their own resources. Personally
DO not believe the Allies appreciate the
danger of the Germans stepping into Rus
sia and cleaning house there. The Rus
slams certainly cannot do 1t themselves
Once the Germans get into Russia We shall
have new troubles"