Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-03-03
ENEMIES GOODS
TO BE HELD UP
Great Britain Closes Their
Ports to All Trade
AN ACT OF RETALIATION

AIIies-Germans Classed as Cpl
rates" In Asquith's Announcement
In House of Commons-Says Ger
man UNDERWATER Campaign Cannot
Be Called Acknowledgment Will
Not Relax Until Every One of Her
Ends Is ompished-Germans
Gain Little by Driving Troops From
East Prussia-Stormy Weather HaIts
Allies Attack on Turkish Forts
Great Britain made public her an
swer to German submarine attacks
upon British merchantmen. Premier
Asquith announced that the govern
ment has decided to lay tar-reach-
ing embargo against the shipment OF
all commodities, including foodstuffs,
into Germany.
Notes carrying this announcement
have been sent to the neutral powers.
They were transmitted at about the
same time the premier made the gov
ernment's policy known.
Germany has driven her opponents
to adopt retaliatory measures to pre-
vent commodities Of every kind from
reaching or leaving Germany" said
AsQuith.
Referring to what he termed wh1s-
pers of peace, Asquith said it was not
time to talk of peace; that this time
would arrive only when the great
purposes of the allies are in sight OF
accomplishment"
The proposed measures of reprlsal
against Germany, the premier said,
would be enforced with strict ObserV- :
ance of the dictates of humanity, but
the allies did not propose Ito allow
their efforts to be strangled in a net
work of judicial niceties. There was
no intention, he explained, to con-
tiscate detained ships or cargoes I'M
less they were liable to contiscation
under the ordinary conditions of war.
Calls Germans Pirates
Referring to the German naval cam
paign against British shipping, the
premier declared Germany had vio-
lated Systematically all the conven-
lions intended for the mitigation or
warfare. She had taken further steps,
he said, by organizing IAN under
sea campaign of piracy and pillage.
Germany, he declared, was not block
aiding and could never blockade Eng
lish shores.
The premier declared the allies
would hold themselves free to cap
ture goods wherever there was a pre-
sumption that such goods were des-
tined for the use of their enemies
or had been sent from hostile coun-
tries.
Referring to the two occasions on
which German warships have been
seen by the British at sea, Asquith
said that the object of the Germans
in both cases was murder and whole
, sale destruction of property and I'M
defended towns" He described the
German campaign against British ship
, ping as grotesque and puerile, and
said that it was a perversion of Ian
guage to call it blockade.
To Draw on All Resources
THE gravity of our immense task
+ increases each month, ," he continued.
THE call for men has been respond
ed to nobly, both at home and
; throughout the empire. That call has
: never been more urgent than today.
Referring to recent labor labor
: troubles, the premier said that the
first duty of all concerned was to sc
on producing with might and main
what the safety of the state required
If that were done, the government
would insure prompt and equitable
q settlement of disputed points affecting
the labor world.
. In case of proved necessity, the
f premier said, the government wouIC
e give on behalf of the state such helI
as lay in its power.
| soldiers and sailors, employees anf
I, workmen in the Industrial world, are
i partners and co-operators in one grea
enterprise, to achieve the purposes
wherefore we and our allies embarked
: on this long and stormy voyage" he
continued I'VE must draw on all oul
resources, both material and spirit
a ual. We have not relaxed, nor shall
f we relax until the pursuit of every one
OF our ends is accomplished.
The premier made an appeal for +;
: display Of the inbred qualities of tn,
race-self- sacrifice, patience, tena
n city, unity and inf1eXibie resolve
The premier prefaced the reading o
n the statement with these words:
The statement declares in sutfi
o GENTLY plain and unmistakable term.
the view We take, not only of ou
e rights, but Of our duties .
A "Starvino- Out" Process
i, The government believes the new
o decree will swing the tide strongly il
favor of the allies at once. 1t is be
{ lieved that but few neutral vessels viii
care to encounter the danger of run
ming the blockade of British fleets OF