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Show RED CROSS RELIEF BOAT LEAVES TODAY Now York, Sept. 8 The Bed Cross the Amerlca'n ship of mercy, which will carry1 relief to tho wounded on European battlefields, will sail from tbls port probably Thursday morning It whs announced tonight. Her crew will be made up ot Americans and Spanish men of neutral nations. The Red Cross was to have begun her voyage today, but those employed on board included & number of Germans Ger-mans and her departure was delayed after tho British and French governments govern-ments bad protested against persona of that i nationality among fife crew. It has been agreed that tho vessel shall be manned wholly by-American citizens, officers and men, reads a statoment Issued this afternoon by Sir Courtenay Bennett, the British consul general, after a long conference confer-ence with Captain Bust. From this statement It was Inferred Infer-red that the Bed. Cross would bo hold until all Gorman members ot the crow wero replaced by Americans. Miss Mablo Boardman, chairman of tho national relief boa(d ot tho American Red Cross announced tonight to-night that tho problem raised by thq objections ot Great Britain and France had been solved and that tho Bed Cross with her complement of 120 nurses and thirty-four surgeons was expected to sail within thirty-six thirty-six hours. Explaining the causo ot the delay Miss Boardman said: "Bequests made on vnrlous nations na-tions (or protection and recognition brought up tho question ot tho nationality na-tionality of the members of the crew. Tho British and French consuls suggested sug-gested thnt it would bo better it they wore Americans. All tho.mon who had boon engaged had nt lca'st their first papers of naturalization as Unl-(Continued Unl-(Continued on page eight) '$$0'cridBSXRitF' .m, gtfAfL;iAVES t"6day . (Continued, from page one) tod States Vltiieojit 'but 'to' avold'pos-slolS'confTlbt avold'pos-slolS'confTlbt or embarrassment It has bUti'dcrdocTio' eliminate first paper men. "Deckhands and sailors will now be Spanish, thus assuring their neutrality neu-trality and we have decided to fill the steward's department . with Amerl-Vari Amerl-Vari negroes ' , h I |
