The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-02-24
FOR BASIS OF UNDERSTAND.
ING ON SUBJECT FOOD
sTUFFs FOR WAR
VICTIMS
UTMOST SECRECY
AS To PROPOSALS S
No concesIpent of Apprehension
Over sitpasion Should Ameri-
canhiyes Be Lost in
Submarine War.
tBy Associa,ed pre.u.,

WASHINGTON, Fec. 23.-Proposals
have been made informally by the
United States to both Great Britain
and Germany. suggesting basis for
an understanding on the subjects of
foodstuffs for the civilian population
or belligerents and submarine war
fare against merchant ships.
THESE proposals have been guarded
with the utmost secrecy and officials
- !. sled their nature because
of the delicacy 81 ae negotiatlons:
Coincident with thu a.ron =, haa 70.
night that new move 'naSrSs,. iiaae Nasl
by the Washington governmef5 .. uss.
patches were received telling Scribes
blowing up Of q second American YES
eel, the steamship Carib, near the
German coast.
The wreck of the first vessel, the
Evelyn. was viewed by President Viii
son as a tragic accident due to pos
sible failure Of the captain to heed
the German admiralty's Instructions
respecting the location of mine fields.
Officials tonight believed the Carib
disaster was of similar nature. though
they had no official adyices.
Proposals made to the belligerents,
II is known, are of farreaching Inn
portance. They were embodied in q
confidential melhofandum which both
Ambassadors Page and Gerard were
instructed TO take up infvrh IL ally with
the respective foreign Offices at Lon-
don and RaraiIl% The new communi-
cations are mott replies to the notes
OF Germany anda Great Britain though
they relate totha same subject. They
constitute what fs described In liplo-
macy rs "ihforn3Sl inquiries" anil,
frequently, ifaccAptabl became for
iiiai.
Speculation as - what the sugges-
tiens were was. Widespread In liploma-
tic quarters. It. was ssaid. The belief
most commonly heta,e was that tn
United States had prdAosed some form
OF supervision over HE distribution
OF foodstuifs TO the Hlyilian popuia-
tion of Germany, either by American
consul agents or American organiza-
tions M
Germany has. offered TO abandon her
submarine warfare if assured that
ships laden with foodstuffs for Ger
many will not be interrupted by
Great Britain.
President Wilson discus,sed with
his cabinet today the general situa-:
\tion produced by the declaration of a
submarine war on merchant vessels
and itwas said later. the replies from
England and Germany to the inform
d repre- citations would have consid-
epble bearing on the final course OF
thk American government.
Earlier In the day the President In,
dic1ed that he had not decided wheth-
er tR notes received from. Germany.
and Areat Britain on the sea zones
and TIE use OF neutral flags reauir-
ed rejdnders.
Ohlcil lls tonight spoke guardedly,
but with no coneealment of their
apprehensbns OTTER the situation
which misi develop Il American lives
were lost q result OF submarine
The Carlb was the second ship in-
sured by thS government war risl,
i insurance bnftan. There was $685.
700 on her carr and $22.253 ON her
hull. With a aItas on the Evelyn, the
Dnreail probably will .laye 10 pay a
4 .otal OF: s6hs, ,100 which about eauals
inc sum collecte "a date In premiums,
Undoubtedly boiA cases will be The
subject Of civil snAs for siamagea by
the bureau IS. g