Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-03-05
I}EIs TO KAISER
=, ocKADE OF GER
49, ;. nFcREED BY THE
~ ALLIES.
!, GIVE NOTES TO U. $.
, France Forced to Retail
u ''' Assert-DecIare En-
h mS ...i,utes Indiscriminate De-
n tor Regulated Capture.

dion for Regulate"
,,.rcb 8.-Premier Asquith
'i' 3D. IN the house of commons
n 1,sy that the government had
p'l'n :, nrevent commodities OF
" y 5ro n reaching Germany or
z means 'sr that no foodstuffs OF any
IN T he allowed to reach Ger
VII Tho embargo will also be ex-
y 10 raw materials. n...,,
~ ..+ion was taken by the British
lsn as in retaliation for Ger
snbmarine warfare against
,b merchant ships.
..nd will now try to starve Ger
! nto submission. 1t is believed
.b ,s embargo of the British gov
,.snt upon foodstuffs and raw ma
u, will increase the activities OF
r,-man submarine in the bread
sgsinst England. In making the
n,rto,s announcement, Premier
eqth said;
.T,.,0 ia no form of economic pres
which we do not consider our
|,s entitled to assert under exist
conditions"
9.mier Asouith, in speaking of Ger
,rFs submarine war, declared:
rsmany has taken a step without
rsdeDce in organizing a campaign
lDtacy and pillage.
This is not the time to talk peace.
so,s who do so are the victims OF
,Rdelusion The allies will never
astb the sword till all objects
taefore they have gone to war have
ka achieved"
Washington, March 3.-The sub
oDce of the British and French notes
swntained in the following statement
ten out by the state department on
Monday;
Germany has declared that the
hgsh channel, the north and west
casts Of France and waters around
he British Isles are a war area and
has officially notified that all enemy
dips found in that area will be de-
hued and that neutral ships may
b exposed to danger. This is, in eff
ht a claim to the right to torpedo at
sight, without regard to the safety of
be crew or passengers, any merchant
TsSels under any flag. AS it is not
hthe power of the German admiralty
bmantain any surface craft in these
RterS, this attack can only be deliv-
Ged by submarine agency.
The law and custom of nations in
regard to attacks on commerce have
dVayS presumed that the first duty
d the captor of a merchant vessel Is
70 bring it before a prize court, where
Hmay be tried, where the regularity Of
the capture may be challenged and
where neutrals may recover their car
goes. The sinking of prizes is in itself
an lnadequable act to be resorted to
only in extraordinary circumstances
md after provision has been made
or the safety of all the crew or pas
engers.
II there are passengers on board
De responsibility for discriminating
etWeen neutral and enemy vessels
no between neutral and enemy cargo,
oVlously rests with the attacking
alp whose duty it is to verify the
'atus and character of the vessel
10 cargo and to preserve all papers
eOre sinking or even capturing it.
II is upon this basis that all pre-
Ous discussions of the law for regu-
ulg warfare at sea have proceeded.
herman submarine, however, full
is none of the obligations; she en-
Us no local command of the waters
which she operates; she does not
he her captures within the jurisdic-
IN OF a prize court; she carries no
lie crew which she can put on board
prize.
The German declaration substi-
YES mdiscriminate destruction for
suIated capture. Germany is adopt
these methods against peaceful
'uers and noncombatant crews with
I aYowed object of preventing COM
'uIIles of all kinds, including food
the civil population, from reach
OF leaving the British Isles or
Fthern France.
ner opponents are therefore driven
frame retaliatory measures in or
IN their turn to prevent commod-
5 OF any kind from reaching or
wing Germany. These measures
l however, be enforced by the Brit
and French governments without
h 10 neutral ships or to neutral or
lcom0atant life and in strict observ-
e OF the dictates of humanity. The
ush and French governments will
ieIore hold themselves free to de-
j and to take into port ships carry
goods Of presumed enemy destina-
J. ownership or origin"