The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-03-03
U-BOAT BLOCKADE
GIVEN FULL SWAY
GERMANY WILL NOT ALTER ITS
POLICY OF UNRESTRICTED
WARFARE ON SEA.
AMERICAN SHIP SENT DOWN
Schooner Lyman M. Law Sunk in Med.
iterranean-Austrian Submarine
Believed Responsible-No
Lives Are Lost.

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warfare will go on. Under no circum.
stances will 1t be modified, attenuated
or limited, for the sake of the United
States or for any other reason"
In an official statement making par
ticular reference to regard for Amer.
ica," Germany thus substantially an.
nounces to the world that there is no
step backward from the barred zone
decree"
The statement asserts that extend.
ed warfare against all navigation is
now going ON completely" The text
of the official announcement is as fol-
lows:
From foreign countries reports
have been received according to which
it is believed here that the barring Of
the sea against England by submar.
ines and mines had been attenuated
out OF regard for America or for any
other reasons, or that it is going to be
.attenuated.
"Out of regard for the neutrals 1t is.
therefore, once more expressly de.
clared that unrestricted warfare
against all navigation in the an
nounced barred zones is now going
on completely and shall under no cir
cumstances be limited"
Warn Against tempting Fate"
The announcement came upon the
heels of officially inspired statements
in newspapers warning neutrals and
- ot,,o .
tempting fate"
Two main factors are believed to be
responsible for this latest affirmation
OF Germany's infiexible intention to
push through her U-boat campaign
against England:
Il. The news that three American
steamships, the Rochester, Orleans
and Gold Shell, are now on the high
seas en- route for ports on the way to
which they must traverse the barred
zone.
20. The report from Washington re.
ceived here by way of London and Am
sterdam that Germany had asked the
Swiss minister to breach to the United
States government the question Of ne
gotiating for a modification of the sub
marine warfare"
This latter report caused a sensation
in Berlin.
1t was explained that the suggestion
for negotiations" emanated from the
swiss minister, that Germany merely
answered that suggestion by saying
she was willing to negotiate provided
that extended warfare in the barred
zone is not to be interferred with"
US. Schooner Sent Down.
Washington, ID. c., Feb. 1.-THE
steady accumulation OF violations OF
American rights by Germany makes IL
appear possible that President Wilson
will 20 before congress to ask author
ity for further protecting lives and
property without waiting for a serious
disaster which might shock the coun
try. There were no indications, how
ever, that he believed the time for such
a step had come, and it again was
stated authoritatively that he would
move deliberately and with full appre'
citation OF all the consequences in
y yolved.
Official reports of the sinking of the
American schooner Lyman Nj. Law in
the Mediterranean by an Austrian sub
marine, added only slightly to the ten
sion, for, while the act is believed To
have been illegal, no lives were lost
and the vessel APPARENTLY was warned
The incident was not looked upon as
one In itself sufficient to hurry the de-
Nclopment of the situation.
Consul Treadway at Rome forward
ed dispatches showing that the
schooner Law was sunk by IAN Aus
trian submarine without flag" APP
parently by placing bomb aboard
after the vessel had been stopped. The
reports indicate that the vessel was
illegally sunk, as her cargo OF lumber
is not considered contraband by this
Government and that the recognized
rule that a war craft must show Its
flag before taking hostile action was
violated.
II was stated during the day that II
was entirely possible the government
would take no steps towards actually
furnishing arms to American ships un'
less and until the president decided he
should 60 before congress.
While the state department takes
the position that the government has
the right to furnish the guns, other
questions which make the question
more complex have arisen. The great
est Of these is the determination oil
the president to do nothing which
might give Germany an excuse in any
trouble which may follow to place the
responsibility upon the United Strtes
Demand Release Of 72 Americans.
An inquiry concerning the redeten
ton by Germany OF the seventy-twc
American seamen brought in by the
prize ship Yarrowdale. was dispatched
to Berlin on Tuesday BY the United
States. preliminary to more vigorous
action II the men are not promptly re
leased.
The plight of these sailors occupied