The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-16

u~o1Hsr : el~sr.cuf violation Of IN
+ vnnflunol ~ ~ Germany.
n ne esportment announced Il hsi
rnon1vs6 further vcrd from AmbAs
49, Elkus nj Conssantinopie. CIV
- s<6sttonaI details Of the situa
- ~ fsr a. Americans are AFFECT
- IN Turkey. Apparently condi
1leus are not A. bad as at nrs'
feared.
The Department declined To reveal
the contents Of the Elkus message
while no ofsciai statement was
Forthcoming today regarding Aus
s,s.n-American relations. questions
uuf 90 department heads a. 10 that
,hnsr OF the international situation
indicated that negotiations continue
,endIng 10 avert break with Aus
tr,a. despite kustria's identie U-ooAt
pronouncemenL
This government. II Was oneiaiiy
stated. has MOI advised Americans
IN leave Austria
Axsrasating incidents continue !"
.~cumuiate. but the president dis
advisers say. will hold 10 his vowed
surpose OF moving deliberately 10
every step he takes
when he goes before congress 10
- authority 10 protect American
Iivss and prpperty--a move oehe'ed
s.~.,ss.ha~ and a matter of not many
1evs--she president wants To feel
lnst the entire country vii back hrs
action.
m tbis connection the prevailing
e,,essiou In Washington IL What -
~ prssident's idea OF an overt act
.oeh ss would warrant his goang be
fors congress 81
TIE president has no eoneIe.o
49, Of what -the over act Wit De
- fesls It may be a single inet
4ent such M would shock the conn-
~ into immediate response' OF
srrtes a incidents such a. would
enaTlv cause the country to break
a., Indignantly and despite peace
propsganda oAll upon him 10 take
drastic action.
n other words he feels that when
80 time Gomez, whether marked
bv some single act or whether
marking merely the end OF 'ne
oountrys patience over series OF
aofs. he wfIr feel u. the country
nj -feel" Il. the world will feel
n. and all WIN know that the time
has arrived
In he meantime the most imme-
aIsteIy vexafious matter is that OF
seoucmic conditions that are rap
idly growing worse. ~ result OF
the Indirect blockade Of American
ports.
win freight shipments piltng
hieAer and higher at eastern sea
Soard terminals and the nations
sxperf railway men admittedly in
quandary over this situation, u Is
felt solution to this problem must
osms soon. incidentally, some on
cials pointed out today that this
matter may carry IN II the potential
oau fsum the country that drastic
sct1Gn bc taken.
They said that IL the conditions
now sxisting continue much longer.
1ood shortages may result in many
sscf10as. should this result come.
4 y believed any peace propagan-
q, % matter how widely or ef-
fsctive,y disseminated. will 20
down under weight OF demand for
relief from the threatened food
The release Of the Yarrowdale
prisoners came IN the very nick OF
time 10 stop a determined and per.
enptory demand being made on the
iaiser's government for their free
com-
The demand already had been pre-
fzfsd II was 20 have gone Forward
foday.
LONDON. Feb. is.-Representa
tfves Of the American commission
for relief In Belgium will not with
draw from the occupied parts of
Belgium and northern France. ss
previously bad been arranged. but
win remain for the present
The commission received last
night dispatch from IFS once In
Rotterdam that. AT meeting held
In Brussels. the German authorities
announced all representatives OF the
commission might remain IN Bel
GUM and northern France on the
same footing a. heretofore. Present
NJ this meeting were Baron Won Der
Lsncken. civil governor OF Brussels;
the American and Spanish ministers
and representatives OF the Belgian
relief commission and OF the Bel
gian national committee
OFFERED EGGS TO
H1nCE HIST NR