Show JN IN U. U N WAR ENTRANCE l LESSENS N Confirmation of Release of Prisoners Prisoners Prisoners Pris Pris- Awaited Man Many Y Americans Stranded t l to The Tha 7 T Telegram l tram HALIFAX N. N S. S Feb 16 The liner Frederick VIII bearing Count von Bernstorff arrived off this port this afternoon She will not enter the harbor however u until til after dark in accordance I with a government ruling By By John Edwin Nevine Nevin tn national M fc t u t ir- ir irr t International 4 e tl News Service Staff Cor- Cor r I j respond respondent nt WASHINGTON Feb 16 16 V The file United States awaits official confirmation of the Berlin Berlin Berlin Ber Ber- lin reports report that that Mlle the wdale prisoners have been released This confirmation may take taka considerable ble time tune in view of or the tho almost complete Isolation of Ct Germany from the United States In addition it vas it admitted by state department officials toda today that Inquiries have been ec een n directed to Berlin to find out tho the status of American consuls consuls consuls con con- in Germany who have havo been re reported reported reported re- re ported In newspaper dispatches aa as detainee det de- de t This Inquiry carries with It no de de- de mand It was explained that it wants to find out first of all aU whether the consuls actually still HUll are In Berlin and then why thc they are there The Tho next step must of necessity depend upon what this Inquiry shall dhUl divulge c. c DEMANDS FOR FREEDOM Meantime It Jt was as learned that n a peremptory peremptory per per- emptor demand demana for the Immediate freedom ot of the wdale prisoners was completed last night before beCore the tho Berlin BerUn reports reports' that such action had been beets taken had reach reached ll here The demand already ma may havo have been lIeen forwarded forwarded for for- or- or warded through h the Swiss SwiMs minister hero and by ly him to the Berlin foreign I office from Crom the Spanish ambassador at Berlin Should the men actual actually have been turned loose before It arrives it way rna never be bo presented Inasmuch however as It sets forth in sharp language lan lan- guage that reports report of detention of or German Ger Ger- man subjects hero and their alleged ill treatment are arc utterly false fallie officials intimated that it might yet ret be consid consid- considered ered cred g good od policy to deliver the note There There- Is Is' no desire on tho part of officials here hero to question the truth of the rep reports that the tho prIsoners prisoners prisoners pris prIs- havo been released an and that the American Belgian relief work may be continued It Is re realized that with communication between here and Berlin Berlin Berlin Ber Ber- lin kept open under serious difficulty that it may tAke tako some time for the official word wOld to get gel through REFUSE Efus TO TO COMMENT But In view vie of ot the fact tact that tho the arrow prisoners originally were ordered freed and afterward taken prisoners and that Minister d dispatches from Crom Bi Br seem cm to take an unusually long time lime t to reach this city officials decline to make an any comment comment com com- ment on the situation ut at this time On One high official of the state department department department depart depart- ment d declared cared that he will not accept Continued on page nano 2 MANY AMERICANS ARE STRANDED IN N EUROPE AS EXODUS IS S RUSHED Continued from page paJo 1 I an any word that the prisoners prison prison- ers havo have been released until they actually actually actu actu- ull ally are aloe reported on on neutral soil A material lessening of ot the tho extreme tension In the tho International situation was apparent today So far as is the Inquiry regarding the status of the American consuls In Germany Ocr Ger man many was concerned officials said Raid thc they did not want to sa say anything whatever about It Just now They are hoping for forth or th tho best hest but In view of the difficulties put lUt in the tho wa way of ot Ambassador Amb Gerard leaving Germany German they feel that it would bo be unwise to overlook th the tho newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper reports that they are lre detained h by the government go TURKEY CONDITIONS Conditions In Turkey Turley are arc also troubling troubling troubling trou trou- I bling tho president The last report I received from Ambassador Elkus was dated February 11 Secretary Lansing has refused to make it public It is d however that It reports a growing anti-American anti feeling everywhere everywhere every every- where throughout the Ule Ottoman empire So far however It Is understood that i Americans have havo not been molested Reports from Paris laris that the Ule United States has ordered all Americans to j vc l Austria arc are characterized as un untrue tin un- true truo at tho the state stata department It Is also claimed there that they havo have not been advised nd that it would be well for lor them to reach neutral soli soil although It is ad admitted admitted all all- that the policy of this government government govern govern- ment now v is to keep all citizens out of ot orthe the territory of or the central powers Sinco Since the break with Germany not a single passport has hns been Issued to Americans to go to Germany Austro- Austro Hungary Bulgaria or Turkey The Tho cabinet this afternoon discussed the tho entire International situation growing growing grow grow- row row- ing 1111 out of oC the crisis with Germany Germano It Itis Itis Itis is understood tood that the navy ll department depart depart- partI part m ment nt reported that It had in reserve at I Atlantic coast points somo somo guns uns that could be used for tor arming AmerI American Amerlean Amer Amer- lean ican merchantmen should It finally bo be bod I d decided to authorize such action j Ry fRy B Pras to The Telegram j WASHINGTON Feb 16 InquIry Inquiry has been sent to Germany through the I Spanish embassy at Berlin regarding the delay In tho the departure of the second sec see ond end trainload of or former American officials of ot I fi lala from Germany for Switzerland I it was was announced officially today The I train should have left Munich carl early this week carrying six sir former 1 American consuls and their families I and a an unknown number o of other Americans I The only Information the department department department depart depart- ment has had about the train came from Mr Gerard and Minister l Stovall II at Berne neither of or whom has given any more definite time for Cor departure than some time this week Several requests for information have been sent to them but no definite word has arrived Of Officials here refuse to behove believe be be- lieve hove Germany Is purposely delaying the train and expect to hear of Its departure departure departure de de- de- de shortly Official reports of ot the release of or orthe the two seventy American prisoners taken to Germany on the prize ship had not reached the department de I early today The protest against their detention may go forward for for- ward as a of ot record and as offering offering of of- fering a means of showing the treatment treat ment accorded German crows crews here The Tho transfer of or Joseph C. C Grew formerly formerly for for- merly merlo secretary of or tho the German embassy em cm- bassy at Berlin to the embassy at Vienna was announced toda today at the department where it was said that his knowledge of the tho situation in tn Germany and the attitude of the American government gOY gov would be of great aid there |