Show NEW AVENUE OF EXIT FOR THEREFUGEES WASHIGTO Aug 16 A new ave nue of exit for Americans stranded in Europe was opened today when the Ger man government offered to place at the d posal of the United States government a Hamburg American 1 ne steamer wh ch would fly the American flag to bring home refugees There was e ery ind cation that Secre tary Gar son cha rman of the govern ment board of re ef would accept the offer and the opin on was expressed that some of the o her nations involved In the European conflict wou d divert liners fcr the transportation of the American refu gees. According to p ans of the re ief board the refugee ships would sail d rect to European ports where the marooned Americans have been unab e to secure transportat on on the few steamers bound ac oss the At antic How many of the stean ers of the na tons at war woud be aval ab e or of fered for t e refugee serv ce had not been determ ned ton 0ht but there were poss b ties that suff c ent faci t es wou d be found so that the p an of send ing United States tran ports abroad might be abandoned Se era transports now are on the r way to Newport News to be outf tted for that service A message from Secretary Garr son ask Ing If some of the German 1 ners now y Ing id e at New York cou d be used to br ng hon e refugees ev dent y crossed the offer of a sh p cab ed today bv the German go ernment As there a e twen tv seven German vesse s at New York Mr Garrison ton ght expressed the be ef that t ere wou d be no d f f cu ty in br ng ng a Amer cans In Germany home with d s patch He th n s h s request to other countries that refugee ships be regarded as neutra w p ompt y be granted "Wh e the Ber n go ernment has sug gested that any German sh p emp 05 ed sa 1 around the north coast of co and for German por s it appeared probab e that an attempt wou d be made to agree on a Mediterranean route that wou d take the sh ps to French and Ita an ports where the refugees m ght ga her By that means a dancer of encountering m nes would be avo ded |