The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-02-19
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German Submarine Blockade Is
Yet To Be Effected; Mean
time Downing Street Waits For
Kaiser To Strike First Blow
WILHELM AND GENERAL
NAVAL STAFF ON HAND
Berlin's Reply To American Note
Of Protest Still In Limelight
and Some Believe That It
win Not Satisfy Washington
tAssOeias,d Press by Federal wireless,

tAssociated Press By Federal wirsisss)
III oNDoN, February 10 Although
~ twenty-four hours have elapsed
mnce the going into force OF the Ger.
man proclamation Of submarine, war
fare against British merchant ships, no
incident, 50 lar as is known, has taken
place TO show to what lengths the Ger
mans win 60 in their announced plans.
The submarine blockade Of the British
Isles Is yet to be effected. ships are
leaving port and arriving almost as
usual. "A,
While waiting for the first German
blow, the British government has made
no announcement nor given any intima-
tion Of the plans Of the admiralty for
the promised retaliatory measures TO
onset the use Of the German snbma-
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PREcAUTIoNs ARE TAKEN
Precautions are being taken ON this
side Of the North Sea by the shipping
men, while the cross Channel service
has been cuftailed TO some extent and
the route ofothe ships has been altered.
Information has reached here that
Kaiser wilhelm and the officers Of the
general naval stan have left Berlin for
wilhelmshaven, from which point they
viii direct the arrangements fer the
blockading Of Great Britain.
In England, Germany's reply to the
American note OF protest against the
interference OF neutral shipping by the
declaration Of an extensive war zone In
TO which neutral ships cannot with
safety enter, Is creating decidedly more
interest than the threatened blockade
itself, and thers Is great curiosity
eyinced as 70 what the United States
win say In reply. #rf73 ,g
GERMANY REMAINS FIRM
The German response, as received
here, by cable from washington, makes
It plain that Germany declines to alter
her position regarding the naval war
zone, although It Is couched in friend.
ly terms and expresses good feeling
The note says that Germany is unable
to recede from its view Of English at
tempts to sever the food supply Of non
e combatants. It recommends that Amer
lean warships convoy American vessels
bearing non-contraband through the
danger zone.
Explaining Germany 3 position as on'
defending the rights OF her non-com
batants and merely adopting the cours,
already laid down by Great Britain, thu
hope is expressed that America win ap
preciate the situation.
REPLY NOT SATISFACTORY
That this reply viii fail to satisf!
the Americans Is the opinion here, al
opinion reflected In the advance yester
day Of the Lioyds' rate for insuranc,
against the breaking out Of war be
tween the United States and German,
within the next six months, the ney
rate being twenty guineas per hundre'
pounds, q quadrupling Of the rate pre-
viously quoted. That the United State
will fan in with the suggestion tina
her food ships for Great Britain, an
Germany, Of course, viii be conyoye
by American warships, with the DANCE
Of complications that this viii involv,
is not credited, fss.
A convoy for British and Frenc
. ships through tho war zone, by Britis
and French destroyers, is promised b
the admiralty, but 1t Is not probabl
that the same convoy win be offered /
the ships Of neutrals, except throug
the British and French mine fields, .
at present .@G A1 ~ ttr
1t was announced yesterday that th'