The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-01
GERMANY WARNS ALL
NEUTRAL SHIPS OUT
OF new WAR ZONES
VESSELS ENTER AT
THEIR OWN RISK
Restrictions Placed on Ameri-
can Vessels Cannot Be
Even Considered.

] BERLIN, Jan 31.-tWlreless 10
i Sayville)-Germany has transmitted
a new note to the United States gov
ernment The note refers TO the
Presidents speech before the Senate.
The official statement issued to-
day by the German government an
nounces that neutral ships plying
within the new barred zones Will 90
so at their own risk. Precautions
! will be taken to protect neutral ships
! which sailed for those zones prior to
February l.
Neutrals are urgently advised to
warn their vessels on the way to
! ports in the barred zones and direct
/ them away from these areas. Neu-
trail ships in port within the barred
zones will be given until February 3
! to sail, and must take the shortest
route out of the restricted areas.
The German note in part says:
From February l, 1917, within
barred zones around Great Britain,
France, Italy and in the eastern Med
| iterranean. as outlined in the follow
ing, all sea traffic forthwith will be
; opposd.
! Such barred zones are:
In the North Sea. the district
, around England and France which is
! limited by line 20 nautical miles;
far as the Terschelling lightship. the
degree of longitude Of the Terschell-
! ing lightship to udir; line from
there across the point 62 degrees
| north latitude longitude, westward
! along G2 degrees to a point three
! nautical miles south Of the south
point of Farover (Faroe Islands)
from there across the point 62 de-
grees north-degrees west. North
/ degrees west, to 81 degrees north,
! IS degrees west; then 81 degrees
north, 90 degrees west. to AZ degrees
north, 20 degrees west; further to
AZ degrees north, Is degrees, west:
then on degree latitude 43 degrees
north to the point 90 nautical miles
! from Cape Finisterre and 20 nautl-
cal distance along the Spanish sorth
/ coast as far as the French frontier.
| In the Mediterranean.
! Concerning the south, In the Medi-
; terranean: For neutral shipping there
remains open the sea district west Of
line 60 de Les PaQuett to 38 degrees
: 20 minutes north and degrees east,
as we'll as north and west of a zone
50 sea miles broad along the North
African coast, beginning on - degrees
west longitude.
! in order to connect this sea
district with Greece, the zone leads
! 20 sea miles in width north or east,
following this line: SO degrees north
and 6 degrees east, 3S degrees north
land II degrees 80 minutes east to "a
! degrees north and II degrees 80
minutes east to "a degrees north and
i22 degrees 80 minutes east. From
there 1t leads to a zone 20 sea miles
broad west of % degrees 80 minutes
east longitude into Greek territorial
water.
Neutral ships plying within the
| barred zones do so at their own risk.
Although precautions are being taken
to spare neutral ships which on Feb. l
are on the way to ports in the barred
lit is urgently to be advised that they
should be warned and directed to
other routes by all means available.
Neutral ships lying in ports Of the
barred zones can with the same safety
abandon the barred zones IL they sail
before February and take the short
est route into the open district.
Regulations for Americans.
Traffic Of regular American pas
senger steamers can go on unmo-
Tested II:
"A-Falmouth Is taken as the port
of destination, and II.
ney the Scilly Islands, as we'll as the
point so degrees north, 20 degrees
west be steered on. Along this route
lno German mines will be laid;
."C-lf steamers on this journey hear
the following special signals which
only they will be permitted to dis.
play in American ports: A coating of
paint on the ships hull and the super
structure in vertical stripes three
metres broad. alternating white and
red; on every mast a large flag of
checkered white and red, on the stern
the American national flag; during
darkness the national flag and the
coat Of paint to be as easily recog-
nizable as possible from a distance:
and the ships must be completely and
brightly Illuminated.
OFF only one steamer runs each
week in each direction, arriving II
! Falmouth on Sundays, leaving Fal-
mouth on Wednesdays.
Eff guarantees and assurances
are given by American government
that these steamers carry no con-
traband (according to the German list
OF contraband).
"Two copies Of maps on which the
i barred zones are outlined are added"