Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-02-10
Declaration That Submarines
Will Enforce Order Gives
England Scare and Up
sets All NeutraIs.
WORLD is GIVEN WARMING
Vessels of Non-B elligerents Will
Be Sunk If They Fail to
Observe Conditions, Says
Berlin Post Today.
WHAT MEANS.

WHAT BLOCKADE MEANS.
GERMANY-The German admir-
atty has declared = blockade around
the British isles and notified the
world that after sufficient time has
elapsed for all neutral vessels to
clear out of English waters. ships of
neutrals will approach the British
coast at their OWL peril. They either
will he sunk or captured. Subma-
rines will enforce the order.
GREAT BRiTAlN-Official Eng
land is frankly worried by the Ger
man blocked. when threatens to
cut off F%.ngl&nd's food supply. Re
taliatory measures are being cor
sidereG. An order declaring all ood
c~ontrabaal and possibly including
cotton as contraband. is expected.
The blockade order has brought
the war to England's door as moth
ing else mas.
me- at Washington today to discuss
the German blockade of England,
but evolved no plan of action. There
is no precedent In international law
covering 4 submarine blockade.
American shipping probably will be
warned to avoid British shores.
American commerce seems destined
10 SllIItT immense uul1aSe DIS a re-
suit of the new war measure.
London. Feb. 3.-Although refer
ring s~arcastically to Germany's
threat to bottle up the British Isles
by means of submarines as a pa
per blockade England is stirred
today by this latest development in
the marine situation as she seldom
has been since the outbreak of los
~tilities.
The press unanimously subor-
dinates all other war news, not ex-
cepting the Turkish attempt to cross
the SueZ canal. to give prominence
to the dispatches from Berlin. While
the foreign office statement, follow
ing quickly the publication of the
German decree. indicates that h
government authorities take the
German threat as one requiring a
prompt counter stroke.
AS the statement says. the u
thorities are considering 'mor
stringent measure against German
trade. The ministers are treating
the subject as a particular urgency
and a fun official statement as to
the attitude of Great Britain should
be forthcoming shortly.
Berlin. via London). Feb. 9Th
entire German press grects with salts
faction the admiralty's declaration tina
the waters surrounding England
Scotland and Ireland have been in
cluded i'm the war zone. The headline
of several papers speak of the ali
nouncement as Il blockade. The Pos
declares it is Il blockade and must be S,
considered.
Neutral shipping" says the Post. 81
given time to take refuge in safe har
bors. Only after a measured perio'
do all merchantmen going to and r
the British Isles run into danger. Then
to be sure, men and freight not only OF
British ships. but under a neutral flag
are doomed to sink"
The Taglische BuDdschau. says:
I'VE have accepted England's battl
conditions. y \ 50 s. W. let Eng
land play it's role and assumed our wit
all it's rights and obligations. Let hin
guard himself who feels like comin'
between u.s."
+. Using Own Weapons.
The Lokal Anzeiger declares Eng
against her and when Germany des
troys the English yoke under whicl
the world has suffered for centuries" j
will have accomplished n high histor
ical mission n freed the world frol
of it's most dangerous enemies.
The Tageblatt says England'.s con
duct. to which the new decree is an an
swer. has been an admission it coul,
not debeat Germany With weapon
which Germany realizes are not incon
siderable. The paper expresses tn
opinion that neutral powers will suffe
losses from the new declaration. bu
declares these will be small compares
with those which England impose
upon them.
Count Bernstorff. the German ambas
sador to the United States yesterda,
notified the state department to in
form all American ships to avoid tn
west n north coast OF France. TIL
state department. pending further ad
vices. is not inclined to regard the no
tice as Il fornal declaration of Il block
ade, although hat is the iterpreta
ton placed upon 1t by the Germa,
press.
BLOCKADE OF ENGLAND
RAISES NEW QUESTION!
Washington. Feb. 6. - Germany
declaration of a naval war ZONE arouu
Great Britain n Ireland including th
English channel and the northern pnss
g OF the Shetland islands is regarde
here as one of the most serious develop
ments of the a 1t was regarded n
highly possible for one thing. that
would hasten The movement begun "
the Latin-American countries for
speedy conference of neutral states I