The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-01
Propose to Sink Neuttals as well as Belligerent
Vessels without Watt1ilez New York 4ar>
kpr Ordered qMedby Customs Heads Pre-
: '1na''ly 70 tI1terned Ships p eaving'
Elited States Faces Crucial Test

The American nation knows the
me4hs taken in order to move Eng
lan and her allies to return to the
Law Of nations and to respect the
law5pf freedom Of the seas. The
kh government persists in its
wnffof starvation, which certainly
mot touch the military strength
ef8s adversary, but which forces
|Tol sn and children, the sick, and
|a9eH i,ersors to undergo painful
rieStion for their country's sake,
viii is harming the national vital
ity.
ilus British imperiousness in
cold Blood accentuates the suffering
Of tie world without regard for
evert command for humanity, with
out regard even for the silent long
ing peace within the nations Of its
own allies. Every day in which the
fearful struggle goes on brings new
dew tatien, new misery, new
0S8CzI6. Lively uAE Dy WHICH JfIe war
is shortened will preserve on both
sides the lives of thousands of brave
soldiers and means a blessing for
tortured humanity. The imperial
government, before its own con-
science 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 negotiations.
"The attempt to establish an un-
dertaking 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
is therefore forced to do away
with the restrictions which until
now it has impressed upon the use
of its fighting means Of 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
government hopes that the UHited
States will appreciate the new state
of affairs from the lofty and exalt-
ed standpoint Of the imperial gov
ernment, and on its part also will
cooperate in order to avoid further
misery and avoidable sacrifices of
human lives.
referring as to details as to the
planned war measures at sea to the
the government at the
same time begs to express its conf
dence that the American govern
ment will warn American ships a.
gainst entering the barred zones de-
scribed in the annex and also will
warn its citizens against taking pas
sage on or confiding goods to ships
plying to ports in the barred zones.
Similar notes have been handed
to the representatives Of all neutral
Following is the annex referred
to in the German note:
"From February 1st, 1917, with
in barred zones around Great Bri-
tain, France, Italy and in the East
ern Mediterranean, as outlined in
the following, all sea traffic forth
withs4will be opposed. Such barred
zones are:
"Iny the North sea, the district a.
round England and France which Is
limited by line twenty nautical
miles; the distance along the Dutch
coast as far as the Terschelling
the degree Of longitude Of
the Terschelling lightship to Udir;