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Show Americans Do Not Want to Come Home Washington, Aug. 10. Americans In Europe, have about stopped clamoring clam-oring to return home,, according to today's reports to the state department depart-ment 'from Ambassador Page at London. Lon-don. The ambassador cabled that while steamers sailing Saturday for tho United States carried 5000 Americans, Amer-icans, since the treasure cruisers started across the Atlantic and banks began advancing cash on demand, many of thoso who at first besieged the embassy with appeals for trans-uortntion trans-uortntion now express willingness to remain Indefinitely. Secretary Garrison estimated tonight to-night that tho number ot Americans stranded In Europo who really desire to roturn homo has dropped to 30,000. Mr. Garrison now doubts whether It will bo necessary to send any vessels ncross to bring thesu people to the United States, as winmerclal lines appear to bo able to take caro of them all. Ono or two ships, ho thinks mav have to bo sent to some ports whero Americans havo congregated beyond tho reach of neutral commercial commer-cial vessels, but fo tho most pari tho acute phaso Is believed to havo passed without any real ranger to citizens of this couutry. Encouraging roports como tonight from Italy. Mediterranean steamers wero said to ho preparing to rcsurao tralllu and Americans who desire transportation wero assured of accommodations ac-commodations within tho next few dnj. Ono vessol Is scheduled to sail from Barcelona Wednesday or Thursday Thurs-day and nnother Is expected to leave irnun about August 10 Advices from i Germany said there had been gener al Improvement for Americans In that country. Secretary Bryan said that 10 de. oartment had been notified that the largo permanent American colony n Berlin could care lor tnose entlrelv wlthout support. Representations have been made to 119 Grman f'e.gn ofl.ee, he said ; re,sard t0 Sl,cclai -- SS Americans have been detained oa , suspicion. oaa Mother source of anxiety has been ' relieved by a deposit ot gold In New York to cover letters of credit held by marooned tourists In Switzerland Among the contributions today to' tho American Red Cross In response to Its appeal for funds to be used lu European relief work wero checks for 12000 each from Mrs. Redfleld Proc. tor, widow of tho Late Senator Proc-tor Proc-tor of Vermont and her daughter Miss Emily D. Proctor. A group ot rom. inent army women Including Mr3, W. W. Wotherspoon, wlfo 0f the chief of staff of the army, assemble!. today la Red Cross headquarters and worked on uniforms to bo worn by the society's nurses who will g0 t0 Europe. |