The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-11
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FALMOUTH, England, Feb. Ii
Tho cargo Of food stuffs on the Ameri-
can steamer WiIhelmina was formally
seized by the government today. Act
Ing under Instructions sent from Lon
don by the foreign Office, the port Off
ciais formally took possession Of IN
steamer and ordered her Transfer :
to dock where her cargo will be
loaded Its final disposition VII 8,
determined by . prize court ar . q
stated that every effort will de
to hurry these proceedings.
II 10 Understood that owners Of the
cargo will enter the claim that It 10
not subject to seizure inasmuch 40 It
left the United States before any ac.
tion had been taken by the German
ofSiciAIs to seize food stuffs. The
steamer itself will not be interfered
with but will be free to sail after the
cargo u taken of.
NO THOUGHTS OF PEACE.
LONDON, Feb. 11.-The allies SEQ
no likelihood Of any opening which
would lead toward peace at the pres
ent time.
This was emphasized In the house
Of commons this afternoon by Sir Ed
ward Grey. In reply to q question
propounded by J. o. Wettes, the Ia
borlte member, asking what terms the
allies would be willing to offer to
Germany at the present time, the
foreign minister said:
"The recent public utterances by
Germany have not given US any rea-
son to suppose that the questioner's
object would be promoted by adopt
Ing the course suggested and outiln-
inp any tentative terms for peace"
There 10 very small group Of la
Dor members Of the house who have
advocated sounding out Germany to
determine hoN. she stands on the
peace question, but the emphatic
statement Of the foreign minister
was construed az indicating that Ger
many has no desire to even consider
peace at the present time.
DRASTIC MEASURES
LONDON, Feb. fin the house Of
commons this afternoon. Premier As
quith announced that the British gov
ernment was considering drastic
measures to paralyze all German corn
meres. He stated that the recent
'.flaGrant breaci1es of the rules Of IN.
terhational warfare made such steps
necessary.
While Il Ws4s not disclosed what ac.
tion 10 contemplated at this time, Il
10 understood that the suggested "sub
marine blockade" by Germany will
be followed by an actual blockade Of
all Of the German coast by the British
fleet.
The premier stated that he recoa-
nized that there had been consider
able unnecessary anxiety resulting
from the lack Of reliable news from
the fighting front. He stated that in
order to relieve this, the government
has decided to publish twice weekly
from now on, reports from Field Mar
shall French, showing just what is
tranepiring on the continental battle
line.
THE PRICE OF FOOD.
LONDON, Feb. 11.-England 10 not
yet ready either to buy up all food
supplies for distribution or to fix a
maximum price above which men
chants shall not go In selling such
articles. In the house Of commons
this evening, Premier Asquith decIin-
ed positively to back a maximum
price movement, or to have the gov
ernment take over tho business OF
marketing the nations food stuffs.
In explaining his position the pre-
n1ier said:
"The prices Of the necessaries Of
life have risen, It is true, but they are
still substantially below the level
which the best Informed judgments
anticipated would be the case after
war involving most Of the civilized
world for six months. The advance
10 natural one and has not been gem
orally manipulated"