, 1915-03-03

ST. CROIX STATION.
Continued from 18th paqe.)

bl6H lUhl t10Y 1OFA W AlNOAhJ
to stop all shipping to and from Germany
and the countries of her allies. A formal
public announcement will probably be made
to-day. The text of the Declaration will
declare that it is necessary because of the
German submarine attacks, but Great Bri-
tain and France will respect the lives OF
crews and passengers. The Declaration IS
not a reply to the American representations
looking towards the cessation of the Ger
man submarine activity and the ADMISSION
of food to Germany for civilians 1t does
not affect cargoes shipped before the date
of this advice to the neutral nations, the
exact date of which is probably the Goth. or
9th February. No special articles of COM
merce are mentioned and cotton and food
stufs are not specified. The terms arising
out of the general situation are justified,
according to the English view, because of
Germany's un Unprecedented action in attempt
ing o submarine blockade regardless of the
danger of crews and passengers. Shipping
in the Baltic is not affected, except in so
far as the Allies prevent supplies entering
Norway, Sweden, and Denmark for reexpor-
tation to Germany. Holland, by making
her prohibited export list conform with the
British contlaband list and By the creation
of the Netherlands Interseas Trust, to which
virtually all cargoes entering Holland are
HOW COuSl2 lC(J Will " '"A
that they will not be exported to Germany,
has put its shipping in Il position which is
affected but little. 1t is believed that the
scandinavian countries will take similar
action, to ensure q continuation OF supplies
from the United States and elsewhere for
home use. While Denmark, Sweden and
Norway have repeatedly modified their
lists of prohibited exports, their regula-
tons for the prevention OF re-expoltatlon
have apparently been unsatisfactory to Great
Britain, or the administration of the regu-
lations has been, as cargoes do not move to
the scandinavian countries with the same
freedom as to Holland.
In Washington, the foregoing is regarded
as q practical, although not formal, rejection
of the United States proposals. An intima-
ton of their formal rejection by England
had been previously received.
A Paris official despatch announces that o
French cruiser has arrested the American
steamer "Dacia" and taken her into Brest.
Advices from Washington state that no
protest by the United States is probable
until The French Prize Court passes iudg-
ment upon the status of the "Dacia".
The Paris Temps, in an editorial, shows
considerable irritation that organized briGan-
dage should be a basis for discussion ind
even of diplomatic negotiations between
victims and assassins, and that acts which
place q nation outside the scale of humanity
should become o matter of compromise,
thanks to diplomacy, which, by making pru-
dence a virtue, has lost the capacity to be-
come indignant. The paper asserts that the
neutral nations, when menaced by Germany,
bow before the Germanic violence, and that
public opinion may protest, but Governments
have lost the habi of acting. The Scandl-
navian States are, it declares, satisfied with
the proposed compromise by which warships
will convoy their merchantmen, and the
United States is willing to discuss the Ger
man measures although two American ships,
the Evelyn and the "Carib", have been
destroyed. The United States Government
knows the sentiments of it's country and
feels the sam horror at Germany's action as
do the majority Of United States citizens,
yet it suggests a compromise with an empire
which has put itself outside the law of diplo-
macy.
Censored at Jamaica.)
London. March 1st.-An official despatch
from ConstantinOple states: "After being
subjected for 7 hours on Wednesday to a
bombardment by heavy guns, the outer forts
mai the Dardanelles were damaged al some
points, but we had Only S men killed and IA
wounded. The enemy feet resumed the
bombardment next day, but in the afternoon
retreated out OF range OF our batteries at
Seddulbahr. Some hundreds of soldiers who
were landed from French cruisers on the
coast at Akabah, Arabia, were compelled to
fee to their ships with heavy losses, after q
2 hours battle, and despite the severity of
the cannon and machine gun fire we had
only 3 killed and 3 wounded.
A Reuters despatch from Sofa states that
600 Turkish soldiers were taken from the
Dardanelles' forts, after the bombardment
on February 10th.