, 1915-02-10

shortly.
The DAILY News correspondent al Copen-
ha8eL says that representatives of the Berlin
Press were summoned to a meeting with the
imperial Chancellor on Thursday night,
when the head official of the naval depart
lEent whose namt ~ not given, but who was
doubtless Admiral Won Tirpltz, mnao n
speech expl essins bis CONVICTION that lie
public and the Press OF GeImary would una
Dlmous,y approve the policy of a blockade
OF the English coast. England, he said, had
since the beginning of hostiIites. carried
out the war on the seas in q way without
resemblance to historic usage, and now
Germanl's patience was exhausted. Ger
many had at her disposal all the necessary
means 10 carry on "a blockade and those
means would be used with all possible swift
ness, after q fortnisht's respite given to the
eutral Powers to bring THEN SHIPS safe 10
port. The German Government hoped that
the neulra, Powers would not only realize
the situation, but would agree to the block
AIDE decision, as E~neland's tyranny on the
seas OF the world would be smashed this way
only. BY the British AdmiraIty's recently
published and absolutely au: hentic secret
order that Commercial ships should fly neu-
trail flags, England had placed herself out
side OF lnterna ional Law, and by the blockade
of the northern part of the North Sea she
bad already assented to the legitimacy If
Germ0ny's blockade policy.
Tn Berlin semj-otic.aI "Lokal Anzeiger"
says: "Whut need We care for the squalling
OF neutrals or the Indignation of our enc
mics? We Germans in this war should
learn the lesson not to be s~queamish regard
ing our methods and not TO heed what neu-
trails say"
The ''K euz Zeitupg' says. "Our Admi-
rally gives notice to neutral ships that we
are starting a submarine war. Ii we we've
to follow the procedure adopted in the lush
Sea II would be impossible TO mistake neu-
trial vessels for those of the enemy. It
appears, howeye, that we are going 10 siuk
Shipping without giving any warning, and
@e are flied with satisfaction by the an.
ncGnceluent that our submarines are about
to wage Il merciless warfare
Dispatches from Cairo state that the Turks
have olawn off. but it is regarded as pro
babIc that the recent encounters were only
The prelude to u real attack, which Is likely
to be entrusted to the Fourth Turkish Corps.
A Paria Official despatch states: "Ihe
/ eAch walshlps "ReguIn" and "D. Eutre-
c~nsteau' Contributed efficiently to the Suez
CaLal against the attacks of the Turkish
army. The "Rcguin' slleuced their heavy
artillery ana tn ID. Entrecasteau" scattered
lalge bodies of the attacking troops. No
loss occurred aboard either ship,
The New York "Times" says: ''No law,
no custom and nothing in the practice of
nations %justies the German Admilalty's
order. 1t will hurt Germany infinitely more
than ii will England. 1t is sn act that
might seem to Ind cate that Germany is de-
termlned to rid herself CT any friends that
remain. The effect upon the German pro-
paeanda IL this country would be paralyzing,
and it would be futile to attempt TO win
American approval for a Government which
has once more nude it plain Tint its
success in the war would mean he triumph
OF principles directly contrary to those for
which our Governmtnt was founded to esta-
blish and maintain".