The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-13
CHARGE COLOMBIA
 AND ECUADOR HAVE
 AIDED THE GERMANS
Allies Warn South Ameri- cans That Violations of Neutrality Will Not
 Be COunternanced

1 Washington, November l2.-Eeuador and Colombia have been warned emphatically by Great Britain and France that the allies will not eountenanee further viola tons of neutrality by these South Ameri- can states.
 After making strong representations through the British and French minister's at Quito and Bogota the British and French governments communicated wish the United States in nview of possible complications that might arise between Colombia and Ecuador and the European bellgerents.
 Two notes were presented to Secretary Bryan by Sir Cecil Spring-Rice. the British ambassador. and Jules Jusserand, l the French ambassador respectively call ing attention to representations made p Colombia and Ecuador. The notes do not request that the United States take any action, merely advising the Wash 1 mgton government of core spondence with the South American states in -line with the customary 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 Ecuador and Colombia would be impressed with l the value of maintaining strict neutrality 1 in which the United States had given so signal an example
 No Reply Required High officials of the Washington gos- ernment said the notes were phrased so as not 10 require reply, and thero IS no implied obligation in them requiring discussions between this government and Ecuador and Colombia Both the minis ters from Colombia and Ecuador, how ever, who happened to he at the state department today, volunteered denials of the alleged violations of neutrality.
 Just what the miraculous consisted of has not been made public but at the French embassy 1t was said positive proof was in the hands of the French government. The British government charges that the Galapagos Islands, off the coast of Ecuador, have been used practically as coaling base for German sh.ps, and that wireless stations in both Ecuador and Colombia have been givins German cruisers news or the whereabouts of the British fleet.
 In fact. responsibiltl for the defeat of the British cruisers in the battle off the Chilean coast Is laid by British of ficials to some extent at the doors of Ecuador and Colombia.
 No Complaint Made
 British officials say no complaint has been made against Chile, Great Britain being satisfied of that country's neil- trality.
 In this connection Eduardo Snarez the Chilean ambassador. made public tonight a cablegram from Manuel Salinas. m. m.nis- ter of foreign affairs at Santiago, giving the minister's reply in the Senate to pub lished rumors of assistance to German ships from Chileans.
 The foreign minister said Chile was suppressing all wireless installations, and that the government had adopted various measures to prevent the beligerents from making use of ports of territorial waters as bases of naval operations"
 One significant point Tn the cablegram was that the foreign minister spoke of ''endeavoring to come to some arrange 1 ment on the point with other American | countries" Some here believe that Chile | may take the initiative in having South | American countries adopt uniform regu- | lation on the wireless question.