The Little River news., 1917-02-03
WILL SINK ALL
 SHIPS INI'HE SEA
Premises Made to Unitcd States New Are to Be Broken by Germany; the Breaking Off of Relationship Is
 Nearer Than Ever Before.
THE NATIONS MOVE ES
 NOW UP TIC PRES. WILSON

Washington, Jan. 31.-Ger- many has declared unrestricted submarine warfare.
 A starvation blockade of England, the like of which the world has never seen, was an- nounced to the world today in notes delivered to American Minister Gerard in Berlin and 10 the State Department here by Count von BernstOrff. Thus begins the long-f3ared cam paign of ruthlessness conoaiv- ed by Von Hindenburg, it is said here, on a magnitude never even contemplated by Von Tir- pitz.
 Aga n the United States faces seyer- ance Of diploma ic relations with Ger many with all it's possibilities. Presi- dent Wilson's repeated warning, and Secretary Lansing's verge of war" statement arc recalled with feelings of apprehension and misgiving.
 GeImanys action is tho super-crisiB Of all those that have stirred the Am orican government in two and a half years Of world war.
 Hope of Peace Van 'slfes.
 Peace and means of preserving peace have gene glimmering President Will son, ineredulCus at first when the un- official text of Germany's warning WIS brought to h m, at once called for the official doeumen+r which haG just been presented to Secretary Lan- sing by the German ambassador. MT. lansing refused t. comment Presl- GoGt Wilson began at once a careful study Of the document.
 WiIsGn Undecided.
 President Wilson went to bed a II o'clock tonight after spending the evening alone in his stuGy with copy -lf the German note. This apparently disposed of expec tations that some ac- ton might be taken before morning.
 The president saw no callers, but is As far as could be learned, no plans nave been laid tlc5r him to so before Congress as lie did to announce the sending of the Sussex note, threaten ing to hreak off diplomatic relations.
 The president has the task Of Gccid ing what shall be the course Of the United Stats. Three immediate steps appear among the possibilities. The United States might solemnly warn Germany againt violation of her pledges; it might be decided that the German warning is sufficient notice of an intention to disregard t&oEe pledg- os and a sufficient warrant for break in& eff of diplomatic relations; i. might be decided to await the results of the blockade and determine the course of the United States as the op- erations develop.
 Germany Admits Her Peril.
 On almost every side Germany's drastice action is interpreted as an open confession of the effectiveness of the British food blockade. It is re- garded as a Getermination to strike back in kind German officials in the United States estimate the food supply on the British Isles will last a month
 The plan is to carry starvation to the doors of England with swift, stag gering strokes as fulfillment of Ger. many's announced determination to use every weapon and agency at her command ta end the war victoriously. She counts on the operations of an un- hd rG of number of submarines te de- liver blows to bring England to her knees within 60 days One German official here predicted the war will be over in a month.