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Show CUD BRITISH LIKE STEAMER HUM HOISTS THE AMERICAN FLAG Now York, Fob. 10. Passengers on tho Cunard lino British steamer Orduna which arrived hero today from Englnnd said that tho steamer How tho Amorlcnn ling for nearly 24 hours on January 31, whllo passing through tho Irish sea. Tho Stars and Stripes, thoy said wero hoisted on Sunday about an hour after tho Orduna loft Liverpool nnd not haulod down until early Monday morning. Tho Orduna was to Ball from Liverpool Liv-erpool Saturday, January 30, but did not depart until 10:30 tho next morning. morn-ing. Passengers heard that tho reason for tho delay was that a Gorman submarine was hovering in tho vicinity. Tho American Hag was raised, thoy said .shortly after tho Orduna cleared tho Mersey. Tho explanation which tho passengers passen-gers said they rccolved from somo of tho Orduna olllcera was that tho American flag had been raised for tho purpose of protecting tho American Ameri-can citizens among tho 240 passengers. passeng-ers. H . T. Strong of this city nnd Jas. Ford of Lynn, Mass., wero two of the passeugors who said they would vouch over tholr names that tho American ling was arrlcd by tho ship. Thoy said It was not until sho had cleared tho Irish sea that It was hauled down. Cnpt. Thomas Taylor, commander of tho Orduna, refused to discuss tho mattor, saying ho was under orders from tho Hrltlsh admiralty not to talk. Charles V. Sumbor, general agent of tho lino In this city, denied today that tho Orduna had flown the American Am-erican flag oxcept nt her foremast, which ho explained la customary on all ships to Indlcato the country to which thoy nro hound, Both Ford and Strong, as woll as other passengers, passen-gers, Insisted, howovor that tho Hag was Hying nft, Indicating the nationality nation-ality of tho vcssol. "At no tlmo wns tho Amorlcnn flag raised at the Btorn of tho Or-dunn," Or-dunn," Bnld Mr. Sumbor. "Tho American Am-erican flag was raised to tho foro-mast foro-mast hend upon leaving Liverpool to Indlcnto thnt Orduna wbb sailing for nn American port with American passengers and AmcrUnn mail Tho American ling romnlnod nt tho foremast fore-mast head nil tho way across the ocean." |