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Show OFFiCEHS lETURPj M THEIR ZONE Belong to Navy Aviation Corps and Will Report Observations. NEW YORK, Dec. 2S. The Red Star liner Finland returned today from Mediterranean Med-iterranean ports bringing with her four naval ct':'Iecrs from the United Stales cruiser Nortlt Carulinu, which has buen in eastern Mcdi terra nean waters since the outbreak of the war. They were Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Commander Henry C. Austin, Tvieu tenants Richmond C. Saui'lcy and Patrick N. U Bellinger and Ensign TV'jid-leigJi TV'jid-leigJi Cape-hurt. Tho Finland, during fcfcr trip, was three times stopped in the .Mediterranean by warships, once outward and twice homeward home-ward bound. A email portion of her . cargo, declared to bo contraband, was seized, A 1 1 hough tho four officers wpre reticent ret-icent about dipcupping condition! in Turkey, (t was learned before they left the Inland that fur several clays after Lite declaration of war by Turkey a panic existed among' America n missionaries of tho Beirut district, and that, as a matter mat-ter of precaution, the officers of the North Carolina had mapped out the prineipn I streets around the American missions and consulate and were in readiness, on signal, to land marines should the occasion occa-sion demand. Tho situa tion in Turkey wlllt res pec' to the attitude toward foreltu'rH when they left, they said, was decidedly peaceful. peace-ful. The Incident of the firing upon t lie launch of Iho Tennessee by the Turks was given more prominence, they thought, than conditions justified, as trie shot was merely u warning to the warship's boat crew not to run into a mine field. The officers are attached to the navy Aviation corpe and part of their time abroad has been spent In observing the aerial work of the French and British. They declined to discuss the matter, saying they had a report to make to the naval authorities at Washington. |