The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-01
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BARRED
To US.

Berlin, Jan. 31.-(By wireless to Say
ville-Following is the annex referred
to in the German note:
From Feb. 1, 1917, within barred
zones around Great Britain, France,
Italy, and in the Eastern Mediterra-
mean as outlined in the following, all
sea traffic forthwith will be opposed.
Such barred zones are:
I'm the North Sea, the district
around England and France, which is
limited by a line 20 nautical miles;
the district along the Dutch coast as
far as the Terschelling Lightship, the
degree Of longitude Of the Terschel-
ling Lightship to Udsir; line from
there across the point 81 degrees north
latitude, 5 longitude, westward along
81 degrees to a point three nautical
miles south of the south point of Far
over, Faroe Islands?) from there
across the point 81 degrees north, -
degrees west, to 81 degrees north, Is
degrees west; then 81 degrees north,
| 20 degrees West,to At degrees north, 20
degrees west; further, to 43 degrees
north, Is degrees west; then on de-
| gree latitude 43 degrees north to the
point 20 nautical miles from Cape
Finisterre and 20 nautical miles dis
lance along the Spanish north coast as
far as the French frontier.
| Concerning the south, in the Med
| iterranean: For neutral shipping there
remains open the sea district west of
a line from PIT. de les Paquett to SO
/ degrees 20 minutes north and 6 de-
grees east, as well as north and west
Of a zone go sea miles broad along the
North African coast, beginning on CO
degrees west longitude.
lin order to connect this sea dis
trict with Greece, the zone leads 20
sea miles in width north or east fol-
lowing this line: Thirty-eight degrees
north and 6 degrees east, SO degrees
north and II degrees 80 minutes east,
to "a degrees north and IL degrees 80
minutes east to "a degrees north and
% degrees 20\ minutes east. From
there. it leads to zone 20 sea miles
broad west Of % degrees 30. minutes
east longitude into Greek territorial
| waters.
Neutral ships plying within the
barren zones do so at their own risks.
Although PERCEPTIONS are being taken
to spare neutral ships which on Feb.
1 are on the way to ports in the
barred zone, during an appropriate
delay, yet it is urgently to be advised
that they should be warned and di-
rected to other routes by all means
| available.
Neutral ships lying in ports of
| the barred zones can with the same
safety abandon the barred zone if they
sail before Feb. 5 and take the short
est route into the ,opea district.
Traffic of regular American pas
| senger steamers can go on unmolest-
| ed if:
A-Falmouth is taken as the port
| of destination; and if,
Bon the going and return jour-
ney the Scilly Islands. as well as the
point so degrees north. 20 degrees
west, be steered on. Along this route
no German mines will be laid
| eff steamers on this journey bear
( the following special signals, which
| only they will be permitted to display
| in American ports: A coating of paint
| on the ships hull and the superstruct-
ure in vertical stripes three meters
road, alternating white and red; on
every mast a large flag of checkered
1 white and red, on the stern the
American national flag; during dark
ness the national flag and the coat OF
paint to be as easily recognizable as
possible from a distance; and the
ships must be completely and brightly
| illuminated.
| DIFF only one steamer runs each
week to each direction arriving al
| Falmouth on Sundays, leaving Fal-
mouth on Wednesdays.
! Eff guarantees and assurances
are given by the American govern
ment that these steamers carry ne
contraband, according to the Ger
man list of contraband.)
1.-TWO copies Of maps on which the
barred zones are outlined are added