Show PATROL I BOATS or OF BRITISH REPORTED TO BE ACTIVE Million illion Tons of Steel Is RePorted Reported Re Re- I ported Awaiting Shipment in in New NevI York fly Ina m l Pr Pre t to T Tb e Tel Trl m. m NEW NE' YORK Fob Feb 1 Travelers H. Travelers from I arriving hero here on British ships speak of or the extreme activity of or ortho the tho British patrol boats boat which thc they say swarmed about them during their Journeys through the submarine submarino war warzone zone Passengers on tho the Laconia and the Ascania which got ol in yesterday est testified to the fact that armed trawlers trawlers trawl trawl- ers and other patrol boats hoats accompanied accompanied accompanied them part of the wa way In relays Tho The of tho the Holland Ameri can enn line lino reached her dock at Hoboken this morning She sailed salle rom nom this port for Rotterdam on January 23 28 but turned about within fourteen hours of ot Falmouth and came back because It Is understood her captain deckled decided not to risk the lives of ot his passengers in tho the blockaded zone zono Tho The carried twenty American passengers ers Steel for export Is piling up on tho the piers and It Is IR estimated than more than tons are aro here awaiting shipment Shippers say that the BritIsh British British Brit Brit- ish government nt Is preparing to 5 send nel tank tanh steamers to take tak ov over r large lar quan- quan titles of oil and gasoline which have been accumulating acc hero here since the th Standard Oil company compan refused to send out Its own ships |