The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-03-05

Notes Of Britain and France Saa, -
Make Clear Whether They sv5N m
tempt to Establish an Actual sgasxzs
ade or Foes Ports-Neutrais sxsdsl
nize Effect.
Washington, March S.-The .pr0ssss
Of the United States to the new zes
glo-French policy of shutting or aa
trade with Germany and her sglSw
will take the form in the first instaNns
of request for more light. TsAs
government will want to know xhsxSt
CT 1t is an actual blockade that Cg,sSs
Britain and France intend to eRsaEug,
or whether the same results are tsssx
sought without assuming the aszzn2
responsibilities imposed by fnterrs-
tional law for maintaining bSs~tE
ade. II the latter is the case, ass ssd@
seems certain, this government Ell
make 1t clear that the United Stazzu
as a neutral possesses certain cssxxE
defined rights and that no nation Srr
the right arbitrarily to change 2sss,
rules of war in such way as s4 No.
fringe upon the hitherto Acknowledges
privileges Of neutrals.
President Seeks LighS.
President Wilson told callers gSuss.
he was not yet prepared to anS~r
the question whether the A1a.ssr.
French note declares an actual bsoxR.
ade or goes further than that gNn
impression which the president fa&
formed was that the note did sees IN
establish a blockade. The prsaSr
meaning of the communication, arx
ever, would have to be ascertaiHsR
through further correspondence
The note delivered to the sts1s ~
'artment defines the policy ~ Hisus
and and France in general teypE
without disclosing the exact ussrsz,
by which these governments Sybens
to enforce this policy. 1t is the nsc2si
cd Of enforcement in which this gcY-
ernment is particularly interested Tas
upon 1t will depend the decfsasc
whether or not the proposed bloe&zsss
Is in accordance with the laws ca M
ternationaI law or whether II IL, ms
Is generally believed here, extra Vega
and something thai has been desiTeex
to meet the present emery ency.
President Wilson made 1t clear W
visitors that he has emphatic cUuuS
lions that no nation has the right ~
change the rules of war. He reaXaseS
that changes have been made IN tse'
condition of waging war and in sAr.
means by which blockade may xs
enforced, but he thought 1t proper Ne
summarize the situation in the slxsar.
ment that the conditions Of war ss-zSs
changed, while the rules Of WIZ slSw
not.
Little Effect Think NeutraYx-
The ministers of several or sxE
neutral countries called at the x2SAs
department to learn what the DiSsxs
Safes intends to do about the Eew
policy. TSey were informed tlna IN
decision has been reached as yet
Some Of tsese diplomats tosssl -zsv
view that actual conditions or frast
would be but little affected by sa~
new policy. They poined out that sars
embargoes imposed by the DersGs
countries upon expectation OF snsri.
rails to belligerent countries are .sgw-
SD comprehensive as to. cover silaoN
all the goods that Germany woa!X
naturally seek to purchase from TSs'
trail countries.
Concessions Made by Germany
Berlin, March 3-(Via Londog- p.
In its reply to the American ysC2s
concerning the German navaa raxi
zone, the German government -agreo
that, under certain, conditions, It's SIN,
marines will halt and investigate 'Dzzs
chantnen, and will proceed agsiSsrst
only such vessels as are found tO ssr
carrying contrabapd or are owne5 In
nations hostile to Germany