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Show I Alleged Americans I In Compounds H London, Sept. 9, 2:20 p m Several H alleged Americans aro among tho rot- H ugees already placed In compounds H by the secret service men. The cases H ot many others aro under lnvestlga- H tlon. While none of tho arrested has H been shown so far to bo a spy, many H are declared to be unquestionably H alien enemies ot undesirable type. A H large number hold supposed credent- H lals that have been proven false. Out ot 200 ot the most recent appll-H appll-H cants for passports at the American H embassy only 40 recolved passports H and a number ot passports granted by H American officials on the continent H have been taken up here when it was H shown that tho bearers were not ent-H ent-H ltled to them It 1b supposed that tho H Papers either belonged to others H than tho holders, or wero granted on H the testimony ot persons considered H rcliablo by tho American officials, H Several men carrying American pass-H pass-H ports ucro found to bo unable to H speak a woid of English, although they testified In Gprman that tho); H Mere born In tho United States. Only 300 additional refugees arrlv-H arrlv-H fil at the rooms ot tho American re-H re-H lief committee today. A Inrgo number H ot Americans aro reportod stranded at H Ostend by the discontinuance ot tho Ostend boat service. The American H embassy' Is making an Investigation H and may adlvso that tho cruiser Ten- nesseo be sent from Havre to Ostend H to bring refugees from, thoro to Eng-H Eng-H land. Already the committee has ex- pended more than 180,000 of tho (300,000 relief money set aside for ik Americans In England. The expendlt-r expendlt-r ures were comparatively small until last week when penniless Americans began coming In overwhelming num- bers and tho committee was forced to H Pay their railway and steamer faro and expenses for living until the sail-H sail-H lE ot tbelr shin. Tho American . money transfer commission ban paid. out about 200,000 of the 500,000 ae- posited nt Washlncton fcr the ubb of Americans In Kngland. 3 Tho British foreign 'ofllco has- ro- sumed the issuance to German girl students of permits to roturn homo and small numbers aro leaving dally for Germany by way ot Holland. |
