New Britain herald., 1915-02-09
GERMAN NEWSPAPERS
 DISCUSS WAR ZONE
LuShanla Flag incident Also De-
 baud by Press.

Berlin, Feb. 8, via London, Feb. 9. 2:4O a. m.--A number of the Ger man newspapers point out that the memorandum accompanying the proc lamation of February made it clear that Germany has no intention of starting war against neutral trade. They declare, however, that Germany was perfectly within her rights in de- claring the zone around the islands a war area, in which it is dangerous for neutral vessels to venture on ac- count of mines or naval operations, as well as owing to the possibility of mistakes being made i'll submarine Warfare--a danger which they assert has been enormously increased by Great Britain's resort to neutral flags.
 The newspapers assert that if the United States wishes to protest, it should do so first to Great Britain, whose alleged abuse of neutral flags as was reported in the case of the LIsitania. threatens, they say, the safety of all imports.
 rapoc Welcomes Incident.
 The vosslscne Zeitung declares that it welcomes the incident as the occasion for a free interchange of views between Germany and the United States which may result like the pending Anglo-Amer1can nego- tiations on the American protest against delays in commerce, in clearing up the situation.
 "If America feels called upon to send a protest to Berlin,' says the Vossische Zeitung, cit will be met in quite as friendly spirit as in London. and will find Germany ready to establish by a joint discussion what Germany, while maintaining the vital interests which are as i'm portant to her as they are to Eng land can do to avoid as far as pos sible the damag ging of American in terests.''
 Question of Risk.
 As to the danger announced in the German warning the newspaper says: "It will in many cases be inn possible to protect neutral ships against it. It is not a question of German submarine torpedOing neu- trals in the belief that they are il- legally flying neutral flag, but far rather question of risk from mines
 When the government declared certain waters a war area the Vosssche Zeitung continues, it re- served the right to use all perm1s- sible war measures therein and it will not make a later specific dec laration of where and when mines are laid within these waters after February 1S America certainly can not question Germany's right to un- dertake military operations in all water around the United Kingdom. Should it wish to protest 1t might involve American ships because of misuse of the American flag such general protest in advance of a spe- cific case should be addressed to London and not to Berlin because England already has begun a dellb- crate misuse of the American flag and defends it as permissible meas ure of defense.
 Shot at America. t "Can America expect Germany to ressnct it's flag when it is mlsused as ln~~Ahe case of the Lusitania and what Will Germany do to combat such misuse to it's interests and es- cape the conseauences
 The Vossische Zeitung says it hopes that such a frank discussiop also will , extend to the field of the export of , arms and nunition-a subject which it declares has been largely responsi- ble for the introduction of the new phase of naval warfare.
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