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Show m SH DASH TO' PORT OF REFUGE M Halifax, N. S., Aug. 7. Two b'.f? M trans-Atlantic liners, flying the Brit-, M Ish flag, bound from Liverpool for H New York, put into Halifax today as 'II a haven from German cruisers. H The unexpected arrivals were the H mammoth Cunard liner Mauretanla. H and the big Cedrlc of the White Star IH line. Moth had been warned by tho H British cruiser Essex of the presence flfl of hostile vessels in the north Atlan- M tic waters thoy wore about to trav- H orso on their voyage to Now York H and were advised to mako with all H hasto for Halifax. Tho Essex hemic J convoyed the Cedrlc into port late to- B day and anchored with the liner la , "s, (v'l tho Inner1 harbor. " , iH It was early in tho day when tho M Mauretanla surprised Halifax by M steaming Into port. Arrangement M for convoying her passengors to New . Vt Yorlc wero still In progress when ; M word reached hero that tho Cedrlc M also was making for this harbor at M tho outer lino of Great Britain's stra- tcelcal ports in tho Nprth American H contlivcnt. jt Tho Mauretanla brought more than H 1C00 passengers nnd the Ccdrlo morcf H than 1000. All will be sent by fast H trains to their destination, ending pro- H salcally in Pullmans and day coaches iH tho trip from war ravaged Europe H which was Interrupted so dramatic- H ally by tho flight of each from tho H danuer of belzuro at sea. iH |