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Show iRISKN DETAINED IN GREAT BRITAIN Nine Hundred Able-bodied Men Refused Passage to United States. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 6, 4:02 p. m Nine hundred Irishmen, who intended to sail for New York today on the Cunard line steamship Saxonia, were prevented by the steamship company from taking passage. The company declined to per- mit them to sail, after there had been j several stormy encounters with street ! crowds, which took the view that able-bodied able-bodied men should not be permitted to evade liability to military service in this manner. The arrival of the Irishmen in Liverpool Liv-erpool drew a crowd outside the steamship steam-ship offices. Two Irishmen wqre knocked down by women. Others were set upou and decorated with white f eatheis. Ignoring cries of ' ' cowards ! ' ' and "traitors! " and refusing to listen to the appeals of a recruiting sergeant, the Irishmen marched to the dock. When they arrived there the Saxonia's fire-i fire-i men, witnessing the street encounters ; and catching the spirit of the crowd, in- 1 formed the steamship company they i would not leave with the Saxonia if the ' Irishmen were permitted to sail. The company, after a brief meeting, upheld the firemen and refused permission per-mission to sail to all British of military age. It was stated in addition that : the same course would be followed in I the future on all Cunard liners and j that it was hoped other lines would follow fol-low the sa'me procedure. Five of the detained men afterward enlisted. LONDON, Nov. 6, 5:37 p. m. Daily increasing crowds of youths of military mili-tary age are besieging the passport department de-partment of the foreign office seeking permits which they hope will enable them to escape the conscription they anticipate and fear. Mose of them apparently ap-parently have discovered relatives in America and elsewhere whom they are obliged to visit. The rush has been so great since Lord Derby's recruitiug scheme was promulgated that in the last three days more than 300 applicants of military age have been put back while the authorities au-thorities decide how to deal with the situation. The Saturday Review, referring to the crowds of Irish emigrants, demands a strict inquiry as to where the money (Continued on. Page Two.) j I Irishmen detained ix great me (roiuiiuinl from ra,( on '''"'"'i from to ),, II,,. .,,,. of nion, xx h mo of II,,- poorer flu,,,.,, n,l Iho n.l.lil i.xiin I .0 xxhul, l,,.v nui.t luixo on l;u,,lu, |