Show f r YM C ESCAPES SUBMARINE 0 ATTACK j. j W Worships Whips Convoy Liner Through War Zone Jo F Periscope Is S Seen een N YORK NEW Aug 2 21 I. Pas Pas Passengers and nd crew rew of th the White Star liner asserted upon their arrival l here today that the had been convoyed tor thirty six hours after leaving Liverpool LI August 11 ii 11 by relays relas of at British warships five In n number and arid that she had not riot been permitted to sail Mil unaccompanied until the war warzone zone zoric zone had been left lett behind Several passengers saM said Id the of ot a submarine had been s seen en but officers of or the he declined to discuss this assertion The took virtually the same course as the Arabic which was sunk stink Thursday by by a Gen German m submarine marin The Tho carried passengers of ot whom were In tho the steerage When the steamer left eft her dock tho the high flag pole recently erected at atthe tho the mouth of ot the Mersey Merse where all aU outgoing vessels could not riot fall tall to toRea see Rea it H displayed tho the warning that German submarines were lurking In Inn n nearby arby waters Warning Wa Given This This This' warning the passengers said was was was' in m the form torm of ot n ri big black ball ban hoisted at tho the top eft df f tho the pole It had been agreed among ship 0 owners at Liverpool It wa was said that the black ball was to be tho the sign of ot danger when the admiralty's warning of ot nearby submarines came camo to port too late to warn outgoing craft by messenger or telephone Before the was out of ot tho the Mersey sailors sailor provisioned tho life IlCe lifeboats boats and swung them outward The passengers were wore assembled and as assigned assigned ris- ris as- as signed their respective places In tho the boats so that t there might be no confusion confusion contusion con con- fusion In emergency Wh When n clear of or Liverpool harbor the sighted a a. small cruiser formerly a converted yacht which steamed m d silently along side siele sometimes sometimes some some- times Umes approaching as close as yards till tm nearly sunset when the second relay a fast vessel of the destroyer type was sighted ahead apparently apparent awaiting the arrival ar ar- ar- ar rival In tn her zone zone Lifeboats boats at t Ha Hand Haid d. d The e. e cruiser dropped behind and arid the tho destroyer yer took her place That night all lights except candles were extinguished and every ery porthole was blanketed The passengers slept with with life life belts belts belt at hand All next da day th the tho convoy was con- con Four destroyers destroyers' passed the ship from one to another each warship warship war war- Ihl ship app apparently patr patrolling a certain zona zone and acting as ns the liners liner's escort through h. h her liei patrol patro The Tho destroyer yer er according to the passengers darted back and forth and anI around d the ship circling he her frequently Some timo thu during the right night of the twelfth the destroyers ceased their solicitude c A over the liner and dropped behind nd |