Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-02-10
No Submarine Blockade Is
Proposed in Order, Says
German Official.
HE CRITICIZES USE
OF NEUTRAL FLAGS
Declares Hostile Merchant
men Have No Right to
Protection If Armed.
. rRLrN, via The Hague to London,

ID ERLIN, via The Hague to London,
SE Feb. 9.-G0:35 p. m)-Gottlieb
Won Jagow. the German foreign sec
retary who is paying a short visit to
Berlin during the absence Of Emperor
William on the eastern front today
received the correspondent Of the AS
sociated Press and explained to him
the nature OF the recently announced
German naval measures to be taken
against hostile commercial shipping
over which he said there seemed to be
some misapprehension abroad owing
to the delay in the transmission OF the
memorandum accompanying the proc
lamatiQn. The phrase submarine
blockade" as used in the press dis
cussion OF the proclamation abroad,
the foreign secretary said, perhaps
also was responsible for this misap-
prehension.
THE announcement OF February 4
OF the Admiral Won Pohl chief OF
tho admiralty staff was not Il declara-
tlon OF u blockade" said Herr Won
JagOW. confirming an earlier state
ated Press. "All questions as to It's
validity promised on this theory there
fore are excluded. The admiralty
proclamation by a designation Of
waters around Great Britain and ire
land, as war area, announces Ger
many's intention to conduct war oper-
ations in this region and particularly
to destroy commercial ships Of the
enemy
England Forced Action.
England months ago declared In
similar fashion the whole OF the North
sea II war area. German warships
heretofore have destroyed merchant
ships belonging to the enemy only
when there was every certainty that
their passengers and crew could get
away safely. But in the future this
forebearance must be subordnated to
consideration and that Eng
land by measures inadmissible under
international law has paralyzed neu-
tral commerce with Germany In an at
tempt TO force upon the German civil
ian population death by starvation.
Anyhow" Her Won JagOw con-
tlnued hostile merchantmen have no
claim to consideration II as I'm part
already has been the case, they are
armed or offer resistance TO the Ger
man naval forces Since the British
admiralty on January 81 instructed
British merchantmen 20 use neutral
Tags. neutral ships even without TAX
Irg into consideration the unavoidable
accidents OF war, run the risk Of be-
Ing taken for hostile merchant ships
and OF falling victims 10 attacks in
tended for these ships
1T was this danger that the an
nounccment particularly called atten-
ion.
THE German naval forces have OF
course received orders TO use no vio-
cnce against neutral ships so far as
hose are recognizable as such. but
his confidential instruction by the
British admiralty as 10 the use OF neu-
raj flags makes such Identification a
natter of extreme difficulty.
Keep out OF War Zone.
Neutral shipping can, therefore /
,nly be urgently warned again as In /
he earlier announcements to avoid /
he indicated war zone until further /.
iotice."
No protests, according TO Herr Won /
iagOw have been received from neu- .
raj states concerning the admiralty /,
Measure. although several OF them. |
10 said, had applied for information |
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