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Show NEUTRAL SKIPS TO AGAIN DEPART New York. Feb. 15. Steamships fling the flags of neutral countries, which have been detained here since the new German submarine policy was announced probably will resume their regular sailings if plans to substitute sub-stitute Halifax for Kirkwall as a port of call for examination can be arranged ar-ranged with the British authorities. It became known tonight that negotiation? negotia-tion? to tins end .ire virtually .um-plete. .um-plete. That shipping regardb the change with favor, was indicated by the announcement an-nouncement tonight that the Holland American line steamship Ryndam would sail tomorrow for Rotterdam via Halifax and that passengers were being booked for the possible sailing early next week of the steamship Noordam. on the same route. The Ryndam arrived here yesterday, after having proceeded to within a short distance of the new German submarine subma-rine zone and then turned back. The Swedish-American line agents also announced that the passenger ship Stockholm, now more than a week overdue. In sailing, would depart de-part tomorrow for Gothenburg, via Halifax, as will the freight steamer 'arh-holm. Other Scandinavian lines were said to have cabled their home officers for orders. Arrangements nave been perfected so far. it was said, that Halifax pilots who work under British admiralty orders, or-ders, have been ordered here to board the Stockholm and ihe ('ar)shohm. lr also was learned that a Halifax pilot arrived here and went aboard the Frederik VIII, the admiralty orders requiring all Bhlps, other than those of the entente allies to enter Halifax at night only The passengers who were originally original-ly booked on the Ryndam will not be aboard when the ship sails tomorrow, it was officially announced. The Ryndam wll go strictly as a freighter, carrying 8iOu tons of grain consigned to and owned hy The Netherlands government. oo- |