WAIFS OP WARFARE

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2274, 7 October 1914, Page 5

WAIFS OP WARFARE

Tfoo Sargasso Sea, eo long the pleas* ing haunt of the more fantastic of bestseller novelists, lias loosed its moorings, drifted away from tlio fateful slow , whirlpool of tho Indian Ocean, and cas , !; anchor in Now York harbour. Here at least is a curious collection of shipping, caught in this back-water of international war, which might conceivably pass itself off as being nearly related to tho mythical argosies of the Sea of Deai? Ships. Tho New York Press explains : — . . From Ellis Island to Tottenville, in the Upper Bay, there is to ho seen today a sight not equalled anywhere in tho world. In this greatest port of this Greatest neutral nation lie strings of ships flying flags of all the countries now grappling to tho death in Europe They are so close together that the proverbial biscuit could be tossed almost from one to tho other, so close that scowls and hard words are communicated easily enough by tlie crows. ! Yet they lie in amity; tho mantlo of this nation I covers all alike. . It is a striking illustration of tho part this country is playing—and wo trust may continuo to play —in this great war drama. Our aid in combat is given to no nation; • our hospitality is extended to aH. Here aro British tramps and German liners, Russian emigrant ships and French freighters, Aiistrinn hookers, and many others, their ensigns all fluttering. Some may grow weary of inaction, perhaps, and slip out past Sandy Hook, to brave the dangers of destruction or oapture. How ma.ny will bo afloat a year from now P.