Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-02-17
Collier DulWich Sunk By
German Submarine in
Channel.
GERMAN DECREE GOES
IN FORCE AT MIDNIGHT
Britain to Announce RetaIiatory
Measures to Exclude
F00dstuffs.
GERMAN REPLY TO U. S.
PROTEST FORWARDED
Admiral Behnoke States Ger
man Position to Prevent Star.
vation of Civilians.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb. 17.-Under the head
line. Supreme Warning" says an
Amsterdam dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph Company. the German
papers publish senni-oficiaI COM
munication once more warning an
neutral ships to avoid the war IONS
established in the waters surround.
ing the British Isles.
At the stroke Of midnight M
waters surrounding the coasts OF tbe
United Kingdom viii become. 80 FAR
as hes within the power Of Germany
to make them. war zone which Al,
vessels. neutral or otherwise. win
penetrate at their peril.
Some of the services across the
channel probably viii be curtailed.
but a majority Of the neutral shin
ping lines will accept the risk and
continue their sailings. The names
and nationality OF the vessels and
the flags of their nations win be
painted on their sides. in thu hons
that German submarines win nof
sink them by mistake
Engiand's announcement OF the de-
tails OF her proposed retslistory pol
! icy by which she plans 10 shut or
The German food supply from the
outside, is expected momentarily. ard
apparently there is not the siisntess
prospect that this country win sc.
oept the German proposal to can on
the blockade If England viii relax
naval pressure on shipping.
II is not expected that there win
be any immediate and. widespread
activity by the German submarines.
but the developments regarding nen-
tral ships should bring to a heaa
one Of the most interesting and
threatening situations Of the war.
By the Associated Press.
HAVRE, via Paris, Feb IT. lag q
m.-The British steam collier Dull
wich, bound from Hull to Rousn.
was torpedoed by a German sub
marine twenty miles northwest OF
Cape de la Heve at 6 o'clock Iass
night The torpedo struck the mid
die starboard side.
AS the crew took 70 the boats tr1s
submarine which torpedoed the shin
was seen speeding away. The Dull
which sank in twenty minutes.
Twenty-Five members OF the crew
Of thirty-one men were picked up hy
the French destroyer Arquebuse and
brought 10 Havre Seven others
rowed to Fecamp The fate Of the
othsr two Is unknown.
A dispatch from AIondcn Last night
stated that Lloyds had received in
formation from Fecamp, France.
that the Duiwich had been blown M.
This Information was brought ashors
BY seven men OF the crew, who
rowed TO land. The Dulwfch was .
vessel or 2s9 tons, owned by the
British Steamship Company.
BERLIN. via London, Feb. IL
Germany's reply TO the United states
note Of protest against the regula-
tions proposed for q war zone IN the
waters around the British Ieles has
been handed TO Ambassador James
W. Gerard. and probably win be for
warded to Washington today.
WASHINGTON, Feb. i7.-Omcisis
Of the Washington government today
had unofficial advices from London
indicating that there was littis iikeIf-
hood there that Great Britain would
accept Germany's proposal to with
draw her threat of a submarine block
ade against England II the latter
would permit the free movement Of
foodstuffs 10 the civil population Of
Germany. Germany's proposal Was
laid before the British foreign once
Yesterday by Ambassador Page al
London.
The same advices stated further
that Great Britain was preparing to
put into effect still more rigorous
measures to prevent Germany from
receiving food supplies from other
nations.
But few hours now remain befors
Germany's sea war zone proclsna-
ton is scheduled to go into effect In
the meantime administration ofi1ciais
AaAe@~
replies OF Great Britain and Ger
many 70 the recent American notes
regarding the use of neutral fiags.
the submarine campaign on mer~
chant vessels and the shipment Of
foodstuffs to Germany.
hopeful of Understanding.
While high oficials admit the gravs
ity of the dinlomatic situation, they
were still hopeful today that an un-
derstanding on the question OF food
stuffs would be reached whereby the
necessity which Germany declares
will result for making war on enemy
merchant ships may be avoided.
Great Britaln's reply TO the Amer
lean note of December 26 protesting
against interference with United
States commerce was being prepared
Al the State department today for
publication. The full text Of the docus
ment, containing approximately zoos
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