New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-10
NORTH SEA MINES
CALLED MYTHICAL
Kaiser'S Ambassador Here
Denies Germans Placed
ANY There.

Count Won Bernstorf, the German
Ambassador, said yesterday that II was
untrue that the Germans had plaCeu
mines in the North Sea, and ne de-
clsred that it was entirely possible for
vessels OF neutral nations to enter al
German ports, which, he said, were not
blockaded. H.
The ambassador declared that ships
could get coal at German ports as
there was no embargo on bunker coal
Count Won Bernstortf has son IN =
regiment Of the Imperial Guard and
he said Yesterday that in letter re-
ceived from the young officer his son
had said that there were bombs in every
Belgian village and the water had been
poisoned.
With regard to the information COM
ing from abroad that the Kaiser had
sent an important message to Presi-
dent Wilson. Count Won Bcrnstorff said
that Mr.. Wilson should be seen.
81 know that | have received no OIL
fetal messages" said the ambassador,
so there is nothing Of an official ma
turc for me to tell you
He said that he would second the re-
mort that Oscar Straus made no deli
mite proposal of any kind TO Mr., Bryan
or other diplomats in Washington re-
garding peace.
"Nfr. Strauss conversation was along
the line of statements he has already
made that the United States ought TO
take the lead in peace matters and
there was no intimRtion that Mr..
Straus was speaking for the German
Ambassador" said Count ven Bern
stortf. "Mr. Bryan saw the German
Ambassador the same day, but Mr..
BRYAN himself has denied that the sub
ject Of mediation or peace was mem
toned between them"
The ambassador then said that he
had merely met Mr.. Straus on the
train, as he had said before. They
were old friends and had ridden along
together.
Later the ambassador read q tele-
gram he received from Washington,
which contained a wireless message adj
dressed to the German Embassy there.
1t was as follows:
"'North German Gazette publishes
text message from Kaiser William to
President Wilson concerning British
French use of dum-dum bullets and
Belgian atrocities on nurses, women
and soldiers"
"The outcome Of the war is more
hopeful for Germany than ever" said
Count Won Bernstortf. The capture o.
10000 men. four generals and 400 guns
at Maubeuge, reported to-day, is some
thing
No German Port Blockaded.
The ambassador gave out the follow
ing statement:
"The rumors that the German ports
are blocked and that the shipping IN
Germany is paralyzed are not true No
German port is blockaded and there is
nothing to prevent the ships Of the
neutral states going to Germany.
at is not true that there are mines
in the North Sea. Neutral ships that
wish to enter ports in the North Sea
must go to a point ten miles north Of
Heligoland, where they will find Ger
man pilots 70 take the ships into the
harborSA Harbors in the Baltic can
be approached directly, and there are
pilots before every port.
"The prohibition of the expectation
Of coal from Germany does not apply
70 bunder coal, and the supply of coal
fer ships is assured"
/ The ambassador was at the Ritz
/ Carlton yesterday afternoon, having
come up from Seabright, n. j., where he
had been the guest of Jacob II. Scniff
II was said at the hotel last night that
he had left the city again, but no one
would say where he had gone.