The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-11-18
ALLIES GIVE WARNING
TELL ECUDOR AND COLOMBIA TO
MAINTAIN NEUTRALITY.
Great Britain and France Warn South
American Countries Against Fur.
ther Violations.

American Countr1eS Against r E'
| ther Violations.
Ecudcr and Colombia have been
warned emphatically by Great Brit
ain and France that the Allies will
not countenance further violations OF
neutrality by those South American
states.
After making strong representa-
tions through the British and French
minister's at Quito and Bogota, the
British and French governments COM
| municated with the United States IN
view of possible complications that
| might arise between Colombia and
Ecudor and the European belliger-
ents.
Two notes were presented to Secre-
tary Bryan by Sir Cecil Spring Rice,
the British ambassador, and Jules
| Jusserand, the French ambassador,
| respectively, calling attention to rep
| reservations made to Colombia and
Ecudor.
The notes do not request that the
United States t:ke any action, merely
advising the Washington government
Of correspondence with the South
American states in line with the GUS
tomary policy Of keeping the United
States informed Of matters Of vital
consequence passing between Europe
| and countries of this hemisphere.
The notes expressed the hope that
Ecudor and Colombia would be i'm
pressed with the value OF maintain
ing strict neutrality, in which the
United States had given so signal an
example.
High officials Of the Washington
government SID the notes were
phrased so as not to request reply,
and theresis 20 implied obligation in
them requiring discussions between
Ethis government and Ecudor and Co.
lombia. Both the ministers from Co
lombia and Ecudor, who happened to
be at the state department, volun-
teered denials; of the alleged viola
tions Of neutrality.
Just what the infractions consisted
OF has not been made public, but at
the French embassy it was said posi-
tise proof was in the hands Of the
French government.
The British government charged
that the Galapagos Islands, off the
coast of Ecudor, have been used prac-
tically as cooling base for German
ships and that wireless stations in
both Ecudor and Colombia have been
giving German cruisers news Of the
whereabouts Of the British fleet. In
fact, responsibility for the defeat OF
the British cruisers in the battle OF
the Chilean coast is laid by British
officials to some extent at the doors
of Ecudor and Colombia.
British officials say no complaint
has been made against Chile, Great
Britain being satisfied of that coun-
try's neutrality. In this connection
Edurado Saurez, the Chilean ambas-
sador, made public cablegram from
Manuel Salinas, minister Of foreign
affairs at Santiago, giving the minis
ter's reply in the Senate to published
rumors Of assistance to German ships
from Chileans.
The foreign minister said Chile
was suppressing all wireless installa--
tions and that the government had
adopted vigorous measures to pre-
vent the belligerents from making
use of ports Or territorial waters as
bases of naval operations.
One significant point in the cable
gram was that the foreign minister
spoke Of "endeavoring to come to
some arrangement on the point with
other American countries" Some In
Washington believe that Chile may
take the initiative in having South
American countries adopt a uniform
regulation or the wireless question.