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Show DESTROYERS TO CONVOTOEES Swift British and French Warships War-ships Will Meet All Steamships Steam-ships Under Allies' Flags. ROUTES UNCHANGED Danger No Greater Now Than Before German Decree Was Made. New York Feb 18. Swift Britisn and French destroyers will meet all threatened steamships flying flags of the allies and estort them into port, according to cable messages received by official of steamship companies with offices in this city The receipt re-ceipt of these messages officials of British and French lines announced today, made them confident that the German sea decree which went into effect today would have little effeci on shipping to and from ports in England Eng-land and France. Inquiry at the big steamship lines brought forth statements that there was no intention of changing routes or sailing dates. The White Star linpr Adriatic from this port with many prominent passengers, pas-sengers, is due at Liverpool about nuuu uii riiua.v. i ui: minims ui uh line say she will undoubtedly be con-eoyed con-eoyed by war vessels through the war iione. Danger No Greater. Harold A Sanderson, president of the International Mercantile Marine, was a passenger on the White Star liner Megantic yesterday. He said he did not believe the danger to passenger passen-ger steamers was any greater now than before Germany's decree went into effect. The Megantic will call at Halifax, N S.. and should reach Liverpool next Thursday. The Mannewska of the Atlantic Transport line was to depart from London today She probably will have no more than a dozen first-class cabin passengers and little freight. White Star Liner to Sail. The White Star liner Zeeland will sail on Saturday irom Liverpool for Halifax and Portland, Me , with second sec-ond class and steerage passengers and freight. The French liner Chicago, Chi-cago, escorted by destroyers, will leave Havre on Saturday for this port The American liner New York will leave Liverpool on Saturday with a large number of passengers, some or whom gave up berths engaged on other liners that fly the British flag. The commission for relief in Bel glum today gave out a list of forty-seven forty-seven charted steamships plying between be-tween American ports and Rotterdam, through the war zone declared by Germany. Ger-many. A majority of these ships fly the British flag but the entire fleet is operating under American control and with the full sanction of the Qerman as well as the allied governments. govern-ments. rwi |