Evening star., 1941-07-27
Swedish Prince Sails
For US. Accompanied
By American Envoy
West Point Leaves Lisbon;
Consular Group Among
367 Passengers
n, the Associated Press.

LISBON, Portugal, July 90
Prince Carl of Sweden and Fred
erick A. Sterling, United States
Minister to Stockholm, sailed un-
expectedly aboard the United States
Navy transport West Point, which
started homeWard tonight with
American consular officials expelled
from Axis and AXis-occupied coun-
tries.
The departure of the Prince and
the American envoy Immediately
started speculation over whether
Sweden. endeavoring TO maintain
neutrality in the German-Soviet
Russian War, might be seeking some
sort of United States aid.
Their present here did not be-
come known generally until they
boarded the West Point, homeWard
bound with 367 passengers, includ-
ing American consular officials. their
StaffS and families and Chinese
diplomats from Rome and Berlin.
(The Swedish Legation in
Washington said it understood
the Prince Carl aboard the West
Point is King Gustavs nephew,
brother of Crown Princess Mar
tha of Norway, who is in the
United States. Information was
lacking both from the Legation
and the State Department in
Washington regarding the pur-
pose of his visit.)
19 Drivers on Board.
The great gray painted vessel,
heading for New York on the re-
turn voage of the biggest consular
exchange in American history, left
at SIG pm. Her cargo included
10 tons of luggage and an assort-
ment of pet dogs and cats.
Among those aboard were Is
American ambulance drivers rescued
from the Egyptian liner ZAmzam
sunk in the South Atlantic in April
and Marian McGill, American Red
Cross nurse who was among a group
saved from the torpedoed vessel
MaaSdam last month.
Miss MCGill said she saw one of
her best friends 'cheWed up" in the
propeller of the Maasdam. She flew
here from London with K. V. GWyer
and DR.. Jacques. Red Cross execu-
tives, who also boarded the West
Point.
Diplomatic sources said Prince
Carl told them he was going to the
United States to visit friends. Mys-
terry shrouded his sudden appear
ance here shortly before the sailing
The Chinese party included "a
members of Chinas embassies from
the Axis capitals. Also aboard were
the Brazilian minister to Axis-occu-
pied Belgrade, Sousa Peres. the
Ecuadorean conSul-general in Rome.
Ernest Chiriboga; and four Ecua-
dorean military attaches.
Ships Delayed Several Days.
The departure of the West Point,
which brought several hundred eX-
PEELED German and Italian consuls,
agents and their families from the
United States on her eastward trip,
had been delayed several days by
holding OF the American consular
families within Axis-controlled from
tiers until the time the Axis pas
sengers were slated for discharge
from United States jurisdiction.
The Germans and Italians were
held aboard. however, until the
trains bearing the Americans had
crossed the Portuguese border.
With brightly dressed women and
white-clad men at the sails the
West Point gathered way and
slipped down stream and out to set
in the gathering darkness.
Meanwhile, the Axis conSuls and
their families prepared to leave for
their homelands. They had their last
unrationed meals here and before
departing bought huge quantities OF
coffee, sugar, chocolates and butter
Their luggage already held large
supplies of cigars, cigarettes and
canned food bought in the United
States.