New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-22
NEW U-B0AT ZONE
MENACES BRITAIN
Germany to Put Barrier"
Around Isles February
1, Is Report

Germany will declare deep sea
bsrriery around the British Isles on
February 1, according to American
travellers who returned from Germany
bv way of Bergen, Norway, on the
Bergensfjord yesterday. The barrier
will be patrolled by thirty latest U
tvpe submarines, all Of which nave
been launched during the last TWO
months. and have six-thousand-mile
cruising radius. The are expected 70
make a thorough job Of starving Eng
landp both in food and munitions.
These Americans declare that tney
have the best of German authority ior
Tho statement that on or before fep-
rr.rv note will be sent by the
Central Powers to all neutral nations
warning them of the danger zone IL
will be similar, they say, to the hoVe
sent on February Is, 1915, to which
president Wilson replied that the Cen
+rsl Powers would be held to strict
accountability lor OIL
placed in jeopardy.
This newest danger zone IS moio
oa.i,v Guarded than the old "war zone
u includes only the North Channel
which separates Ireland and Scotland,
G. Georges Channel, between England
and Ireland, and the entrance 10 'n'
rnolisb Channel. All Allied vessels
u.hetber carrying contraband or no''
rir he stopped, their crews ordered 70
tote 70 the boaus and the vessels I'M
mediately sunk.
UBoats Have High Speed
The submarines which Will patroi
this zone have speed OF ls KNOTS on
the surface and II knots submerged II
!. aid novel feature Of the plan as
aoscribed is that each submarine Will
hs "on post" operating IN ten-mi''
radius. These submarines are equipped
with six torpedoes, tive Iapid-nre guns
r,ornted fore and aft, bomo-layihs
chambers, a large supply OF oomos
mines and grenaoes. They Will car,
sufficient provision, to last fve NeeA'
without revictualhng' s
In the case of neutral vessels pass
ING through the prohibited area, th1i.
caT0oes will be examined as previously
"a If thew are carrying contrapah'
80 TOO. will be sunk, but after Inei'
crews have taken to the liteooats.
II il understood that Germany IS pre-
noring a new list of contraband aru
cIes. which will 20 into enect as SUI
a. ,ba new note is sent 10 neutrsls' !
o. believed that most foodstufs, as wei
o,hsr necessaries Of life, VIII appes
a., this new contraband list
Tba reason for this list is tnat Her
.,ao,, a determined TO stop as large
nun,ber OF neutral vessels az Pls,e" .,'.H
nnnag.d narso in carrying food TO the Allie
as possible.
tn Match British Blockade
carmanv will endeavor to keep a
-. blockade OF ships enterln
pr;t;sb norts as Great Britain wit
- acct ia at present exercising owe
LYMAN norts, the only difference DC
&c tbat the word blockade Will no
80 n in the note TO neutrals. II Tn
- "hlocka6e" were used u woul
Incumbent upon Germany TO orin
- Aeet into action TO make IN
hIo.kade effective. whereas IN utllii
ing the term barrier and perml'tln
nsntral ships to pass, her navy ca
remain intact within German water
The armed ship controversy VIII
made more acute when the osrf1ei
becomes effective, the travellers ss
Allied merchantmen similar TO "
British steamer Aberlour, which salle
SATURDAY for Southampton, VIA hsl
, fax. with q steel gun turret 70 nav
six-inch gun mounted for onensi,
as well as defensive warfare, WILL
considered armed cruisers and VIII
, .unk on sight IL Is now asserted