Somers Held Back

Falmouth, England, April 2B.- Commander Hazleton of the United States torpedo boat Somers was notifled, as a result oL the neutrality measuresadopted by the British government, that he must not leave these waters. Consequently the Somers lowered her pennant at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. A British torpedo boat has taken up a position in her vlclnity. The flres of the Somers will be quenched and the erew of the torpedo boat will be paid off. The Somers will then be towed further up the harbor and will be moored until t'urther orders. One American and four Seandinavian seamen arrived here from Londen to join the Somers. The customs authorities sent them to the sailors' home and warned them that they would be arrested if they left the building. Kingstown, Ireland, April 26.- The mail steamer Ireland, which has been plying between this port and Holy Head, Liverpool, and which was supposed to have been purchased by the United States, was in readiness to leave when the coast guard boarded her and notified her eommander that ,she could not sail owing to neutrality measures.