Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-01

powers to bring about peace failed
on account Of the lust for conquest Of
their adversaries who do not want
peace. Under the pretext of the
principle of nationalities they un-
yelled as their war aims opposition
to and dishonor for Germany, Aus
tria- Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria.
To our desire for reconciliation they
opposed their will They want to
fight to the last
Thus new situation has sprung
up, which forces Germany also to
new decisions. For two years and a
half England adopted political and
naval measures in critical attempt
to force Germany and Austria Hun
gary to subsection. Brutally, despite
the laws of nations, the group of pow
ers marshalled by England not only
prohibits legitimate trade of its ad-
versaries, but by reckless pressure
even on neutral states it stops all
trade relations agreeable to it, or
forces them to limit their trade &C
cording to its orders.
LAWS VI oCd tIOldtcu.
THE American nation knows the
means taken in order to move Eng
land and its allies to return to the
laws of nations and to respect the
law of freedom of the seas. The
British government persists in its war
of starvation, which certainly does
not touch the military strength Of
its adversary, but which forces women
and children, the sick and aged per-
sons to undergo painful privations
for their country's sake, which are
harming the national vitality.
Thus British imperiousness in cold
blood accentuates the suffering of the
world, without regard for every COM
mand of humanity, without regard
even for the silent longing for peace
within the nations of its own allies.
Every day in which, the fearful strug-
gle goes on brings new devastation,
new misery, new deaths. Every day
by which the war is shortened will
preserve on both sides the lives Of
thousands Of brave soldiers and
means a blessing for tortured hu-
mainly. The imperial government
before its own conscience and before
history, would be unable to assume
the responsibility if it left untried
any one means to hasten the end of
the war. Together with the president
of the United States it had hoped to
obtain this aim by negotiation.
Takes Down Bars.
The attempt to establish an I'M
Outstanding between the adversaries
having been answered by the an
nouncement of intensified warfare.
the imperial government must now
continue the war for existence once
more forced upon it by using its
weapons. The imperial government
therefore is forced to do away with
the restrictions which until now it
has impressed upon the use of its
fighting means on the sea.
Trusting that the American peo-
pie and its government will be alive
to these reasons for this decision and
for its necessity, the imperial gov
eminent hopes the United States will
appreciate the new state of affairs
from the lofty and exalted stand
point of the imperial government
and on its part will also cooperate
in order to avoid further misery and
avoldable sacrifices of human lives.
Referring as to details of the
planned war measure at sea to be an
nexed, the government at the same
time begs to express its confidence
that the American government will
warn American ships against enter
ing the barred zones described in
the annex, and also to warn its citi-
zens against taking passage on or
conhding goods to ships plying to
ports in the barred zone"
Similar notes have been handed to
the representatives of all neutral gov
ernmentS.
Annex of Note.
Following is the annex referred to
In the herman note:
zones around Great Britain, France and
Italy, and in the Eastern Mediterranean, as
outlined in the following. all sea traffic
forthwith will be opposed. Such barred
zones are:
In the Nrrth Sea, the district around
England and France, which Is limited by
line twenty nautical miles; the district
along the Dutch coast far as the Tersch-
alling lightship, the degree of longitude OF
the Terschelling lightship Udir; Il line from
there across the point, g. degrees north
latitude, longitude, westward along So
degrees to a. point two nautical miles south
of the south point Of Farover (Faroe ISL
and); from there across the point 81 de-
grees north. - degrees east. to 81 degrees
north, Is degrees west; then 81 degrees
north, 20 degrees west to A degrees north.
20 degrees west; further 43 degrees north.
15 degrees west; then ] degree latitude. AZ
degrees north to the point twenty nautical
miles from Cape Ftnisterre, and twenty
nautical distance along the Danish north
coast as far as tho French frontier
Concerning the South.
Concerning the south In the Mediter-
ranean For neutral shipping there remains
open the south district west of a line from
Point De Les Pauquett, to 30 degrees 20
minutes north and degrees east, as well as
north and west of zone sixty sea miles
broad along the north African coast begin
ming on degrees west longitude.
In order to connect this sea district with
Greece, the zone leads twenty sea miles in
width north or east. following this line;
30 degrees north and 8 degrees east "a
degrees north and II degrees 30 minutes
east to 81 degrees north and II degrees 20
minutes east to 20 degrees north and % de-
greeS 30 minutes east From there II leads
to zone twenty sea miles broad west of 90
degrees 30 minutes east longitude, into