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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1917-02-08, Page 5iiiii7i-liTATES PREPARING FO 4 EVENTUALITY OF WAR Governors of Many States Wire Their Support of President's Course. Steps Zeing Taken Everywhere to Prevent Pr6-Germans' Overt Acts. Washington, Feb. 4.—At 3 o'clock 1. Ward King Alfonso of Spain, Curie dor, Count von Bernstorff, several Months ago expreelied the peroonal opinion that not President Wilson, but the King a Spain would be the man to bring peace to the world, The Entente Embassies, confident that the United States cannot help being forced into the conflict, are discussing among themselves what part the United States. would take in the war, Congress, stirred with patriotic fervor, is making ready to stand !sal Lund the President in whatever ne may do to uphold the honor and dig- nity of the country. The only diesel:it- ing not comes from a small pacifist group which several months ago supported . the movement to warn A.mericans off armed Flips. The President is confident that .his action approved by Congrese and the eQuiltree In a talk with President Wilson late to -day about 'revenee necessary in case of trout le with Germany, Chairman Simmons, of the Senate Fl- uent:a CoMmittee, discussed the' rais- ing of sufficient mouey by Congress in the event that hostilities with Ger. many began. The .suro, was not fixed upon, but Senator Simmons recalled that -at the outbreak Of the Spanish- -American War a bond issue of $600,- 0110,000 was immediately authorized. Be. 'felt certain Congress would act promptly when necessary. . :Strong offers of support, wore re- iteeved by President Wilson to -day .from the Governors of 'South Dakota, Oregon, Arizona Utah, Montalline North Dakota, Idaho, Connecticut, Virginia, Michigan, New Jersey and Wyoming and from the Legislatures abrump Hen thee erme n s been • warned that an o -net act means war. of South Dakota, Arizona, North Da- kota and Idaho. • AWAIT GERMANY'S NEXT MOVE. It is not impossible that the present s)tuation Va.; Continue severe:. oe.ye •beiore there aro any evineemae of wuetner teeriainly intends to taut lear cameaign of rutnlessness before ere-- • sident wilson's final gen:lane for re Sect to e Ameficau rights or whether tine will tollow out her Plan oga tette • the censequences. PrOvisioas made .in the net•,* sub- emerine order for the safety of this et sea at the time it was promulgeted may , postpone the over act tyhich • would be an act of war. • ' Onethe other hand, it may comet at nnehenoment by the ruthless oat, or even Mistake, of some enbmarine poandstee..,. ;With 'relations severed and the. • 'country preparing to -meet the next ste.p as it comes, officials - are reflect- ing now upon the situatton as it effects the cause -ot peace and the situation of the belligerents them- e selves.; - et .seeras to be accepted that the action of the. United States win tend to hold the Entente allies faster to- •• gether than 'ever before and deter' talk of a separate peace. •It ;seems to Saturday afternoon President Wilson, ously enough, the Gernlan Ainbactsa- at a joint session of Congress deliv- ered a speech M which lee announced that diplomatic relations had b.een broken Off With Germany, that Am- bassador Yoe Bernstorff had been handed his passports by the United. State, and that Ambassador teerarti had bean instructed to moose the German Clovertunent to return hie passports, • • Although thirty hours base elansede alto situation remains unchanged, no overt act inevine been committed by Germany necessitatiug a declaration of war by the United States, , . . Still hopeful that Germany Will not • ruthlessly sacrifice Amerioau lives or rights, the Administration•is awaiting developments, but leaving nothing undone to prepare the country for the evettuality of war. • The situation as to Austria Is to - •night unchanged. There is ne doubt, however, that diplomatic relations Will be broken with ber when she 'an- nounces her intention to adhere 10 Germany'a course. . Steps to • protect . Aaneritan -cities ,and property again at attack by fore Mgt sympathizers are day and night going forward actively, although. silently. Preparations to prevent the disabling .of German war -pound ships In American ports are being taken, 'but they are unannounced. The (Mese tion of convoying American ships on , their voyages to the submarine zone still is undecided, although :he first inapressitin is to let Americen shins proceed in a initial lawful view on the The State Department has telegraph- ed the Governors et' the States asking them to proteet the Consulates et the Centran powers in their states. 'Identical telegrams ordering imme- diate preparations for active war re- lief work *were despatched to -day by the Americ , Red Cross headquarters here to 266 chapters threhigheut the country, First aid (easel); are to be organized and other preparations be- gun on. a broad scale. To combat German sempathizers in this country, whose depredations are forecast, it le believed, by a number of petty acts reported within the last 24 hours, Congress has set co work be frame new laws covering coaspiracies, and 'other Government forces are tak- ing secret nation to shadow. suspected „persona.: • National Guardsmen may be used extensively to guard Manufacturing plants; bridges and *public buildings, ,is it said. • • Movements of naval vessels, publish- • ed. *daily until yesterday now are not divulged, and orders have been issued by the war and navy departments to bar visitors from all military reserva- tions and eavy yards where damage might be clone or secret information • bo accepted, too, that the rupture 'definitely remove; the United States Issuance of paesports for travel to tie the world's peace-maltoreand from 1 Germany has been suspended by the • the German point of view brings for- State Department. • ilson's Address To U.aS. Congress t Washington, Feb. 4.—The President .epoko as /ellen% in hii,speech before C-ongreeetSaturday: . "Gentlemen of the Congrees; "The Imperial GOVerntnent of Ger- mauy, on Jan. 3L, anneuneed to tele Government and to the- Uovernments of the. other iletitra,1 natione that on and after Feb, lt the present monih, it would adopt a policy with regard to tlie use Submarineagainst ali hipping seeking to palls through cer- tain designated areas of the high sease to which it is clearly my duty to tall your attention, : • . ."Let me remind the ..Congress that on April 4 last, in view of theeinletvg on Mar& 24 Of the croeinChannel .passengee steamer Sussex by a. Ger- Ivan submarine witbout suminone or earning and the consequent los ... the lives of several citizens or 1110 tnited States, who werenpitseengere aboard her, tlits Government fid'dresati& a note to the Imperial Gerniah •ttlov- eminent, in which" it manethe follow-, eng declaration: •'• • .. WARNING OF LAST APteele . nett it still is the -purpose of tne, Imperial GOVerxlMent .to DrodOeitie re lentleos and indiscriminate -weifare against vessels of commeree-bY the Ilse of ettbrnarines without regard. 'to what' the Government of theeeetnited • States must eonsider thoteete'red, :end indisputable rulen of eaternettionat la* end. the universally recogaized diet - Dees of humanity; tlee'Oevernnient of. the 'United Stateiris atelapt forced to the eoneluelon thatthere.is but One course it can pursue, Uttleei the Im- perial Governmeet should new Milne. iticeoly declare and effeet. an abaft dortment of its preeent methods • of stibmarine Warfare against* nem:Inger and freight-carrving4vesaele, the Gov- teninent of the United .Statee can have, no cboice but to trever diplomatic rola " lions with. the. Germat Empire alto gethere "Ie rep`y to nee de:Ilex:Vine Ant Imperial Government.gave ibis eeoy eminent the following alrittrt1,100: • "'The German Governtneet 's pre. eared to do He utinoet to contine • be eperatione of wee for • the- re It, •11 f duration to On f1Rhtiu force' ofethe leitligerente. thereby alee..iteetirine; the freenorn of the mete, a prittcfple neon, 'Welt the Gerrnan Government he • 1 -eves now, te befelle to b.t ht Artie- r:tree seem the teetreiefertent of the tnited Statee. eieemen' (loeletet- tent, guided 1W thik Mee; notlflie the (*overtime -It of elliVelied Sfetee eliet ike Osman nevel,foreeilleve reeftivel the . following orders: In -accordanee with the general principles, of visit and search and destruction of mer- chant vessel, recognized by interna- tional law, such veeeels, both within and without the area declared a naval war zone, shall not b3 sunk without warning, and without saving Iranian lives,. unless these ships attempt to escape or offer resIstanee. present weee, the German Ambasea- dor Itemise to tite Secretary -of Staten along with e formai note, memoranduni which contained tne fele lowing etateutent: "Tlie Imperial Government, there- fore, does. not doubt that the Govern- ment of the 'United States will under- stand the Situation time Nivea mum Germany bY the Entente Attlee' btettal methods of wet', and bY their deter- mination to eestroy tne Centre' Pow- ers, and that the Government of the United States will fattier realize that the now openly-diselosed intention- et tile Entente Allies gives back to Ger- mauy the freedord of action evnich she reserved in her note atidressed to the Government of the United States on May 4, len. ,Under these circum- etancee, Germany will meet the illegal measures of her enemies hy forcibly Preventing after February 1, 1917, in a Zone around Great Britain, 'Prance, Italy, and in the Eastern Mediterran- ean, all navigation, that of neutrals Included, from and to England, and from and to' France, etc. MI f$hips met Within the zone will be sunk.' NO ALTERNATIVE, "I think that you will agree with me that, in view of this declaration, which suddenly, and without prior in- timation of any kind, deliberately withdraws the solemn assurance given in the Imperial Government's note of the 4th of May, 1916, this Government has no alternative consistent with the dignity and honor of the United States but to take the course which in its note of the 18th of April, 1916, it an- nounced that it would take in the event that the German Goirernment did not declare and effect an abandonment of the methods of submarine warfare estahich it was then employing, and to 'which it now Purposes egain to re - rt. "I have, therefore, directed the Se- cretary of State to.announcine to his Excellency the *Gernien Ambassadar .that ell diplomatic relations between the United States and the German Em- pire are severed, and that the Araeri- can Ambassador at Berlin will im- mediately be withdrawn; an», in ac- cordance with thas decision, to hand to his ,Excellency his paeeperts, "Notwithstandi. t this unexpected action - of the German Government, this sudden and deeply deplorable renundation of ' the assurances given this Government 'at one of the most critical moments of tension in the relations of the two Governments, I refuee to believe that it is the inten- tion of the German authorities to do In fact what they have wanted us they will feel at liberty to do. WILL AWAIT OVERT ACT. "I =met bring myself to believe that they will indeed pay no regard to the ancient friendshie between their people and our own or to the • solemn obligations which have been exchanged between them and destroy American ships and take the lives of American citizens in the wilful prose- cution of the ruthlese naval pro• gramme they have announced their intention to adopt. Only actual overt acts on their part can make me believe it even now. "If this inveterate confidence on my part in the sobriety and pru- dent foresight of their purpose should unhappily prove unfounded; I? American ships and American lives should in fact be sacrificed by their naval commanders in- heedtess con- travention of the just and reesonable understandings of international law and the obvious dictates of humanity, I shall take • the liberty of coming again..before the. Congress that aut- • hority be given me to use any means that may be necessary for the protec- tion of our seamen and our people in the prosecution of their peaceful and legitimateerrands off the nigh seas; I can do nothing less. I take it for granted .that all neutral Gevernments will take the same, course. FRIENDS Ola -GERMAN PEOPLE. "We do not Cesire any hostile con- flict with the Imperial Gnemoit Gov- ernment. We are the sincere friends of the German people and earnestly desire to remain at. peace with the Government which speaks for them. We shall not believe that they are hostile to us unlese and until we are obliged to 1 elieve it; and we purpose nothing more than the reasonable de- fence of the undoubted rights of our people. We wish to serve no selfisa ends. We senk -merely to eteencl true alike in thought and in action to the Immemorial principles of our people, which I hey° sought to express in my address to tae Senate only two weeks ago—eek merely to • vindicate our right to. libertyand justice and an unmolestee life.., These are the bases of peace, not war. God -rant that we may not be challenged to defend fhem by acts of wilful injustice on the part ot the Government of Germany." • THREAT TO NEUTRALS. . "Bete it added, 'neutrals cannot axpect that Germany, .forced to fight for her existence, ahall, for the sake 'of neutral intefest, restrict the use of an effective weapen if her eneidi is permitted to continue to apple at will methods of warfare violating the rules of international laW. Such. demand would be lacompatible with the char- acter of neutrality, and the German eloverntnent is convinced that the Government of the United States does -not think of making Such a demand, kneWing that the Goverrunent of the United States -has repeatedly declared that isetietermined to restore the printiple of. the freedom of the seas, from- Whatever -quarter it has been itiolatecte ' FREEDOM GE SEAS. , • e ', To this -the Government of the Un- .ttt1. States replied on May 8, aceepte -the assurance given, but _adding: "The Government of the United States feels it•neeefelary to state that it takes It for geeeted that the Imperial Ger- man Government does not interid to -imply that 'the- maintentinee of Ste newly -announced policy ite in anY WILY eontengertt Upon the course or result of- diplomatic . negotiations between the Goverhment of the United States and any other belligerent Government, 'notwithstanding the fact that certain patieagei le the Imperiel Government's note releht appear to be suseeptible of that constrnetion. In order, however, to avoid any misunderstanding, the -Government Of thellnited States note - Lies the Inmerial Government that it eaneet for a moment entertain, ninth lese disellss, a suggestion that respect' by German naval oeithoritiee for the rights of tire • citizens of the 'United States Upon- the higit eette should in any way or in the slightest degree be made contingent upon the eenduct of any G0vernyetent3 affecting the rights .0f neutrals end •tion-combataitts. Ile- egtmeelbility in such inattere.is Singlet not joiet; absolute, not relative. - Tien LAST STRAW. •' "to thle note of Mey 8 the Itriperitil Geeman GoVerittnene made no reply. On einuary 21, the Wednesday of tbe - NEW YORK 18 UNDER GUARD HEAVY GAINS ALONS ACRE BY HAIG'S MEN Push Forward 500 Yards On a Front of Three -Fourths of a Mile. OTHER GOOD RAIDS French Also Had Best of Several Small Fights With Enemy. London, Feb. 4.—British forces have carried out several successful raids on the Ancre front during the Past 24 hour% The most important 'enterpriee resulted in the pushing for- ward of the line Some 600 yard a on a front of about three-quarters ot a mile east of Beaucourt. Over a, tnun- drea prieonere and. three machine guns were captured. During the day two hostile counter-attacks were re- puleed with heavy losses to the 'enemY while the Britian casualties were Might, The report from British headquar- tare in France Sunday night reads: "On the Somme front an enemy attack last evening in the neighbor- hood of Rancourt was repuleed by. our fire. ,Our pesitions were entirely ntaintalned. We advanced our lines slightly west of Le Transit**. "We •carried out a successful op- eration last night north of the Ancre, aa a result of whigh our line east of Beaucourt has been pushed forward some 600 yarde on a front of about three-quarters of a mile; over a hun- dred prisoners and three machine guns were captured. During the day two hpstile counter-attacks were repulsed with heavy losees to the enemy; our casualties were slight, "The enemy blew a mine yester- day west of Vime. Little damage wee done. •Wo entered trenehee during the night:southeast of Souchez and took 21 prisonere and a machine gun. Another machine guneand an en- emy shaft were destroyed and several dugouts •containing Germans were bombed. • , "This afternoon we operated an- other raid in the same neighborhood, capturing a few prisoners and a ma- chine gun and destroying another mine shaft and eeveral dugouts. • "There was considerable wafflers activity on both sides during the daY north of the Somme and in • ' the neighborhood of Beaumont Hamel." Saturday night's report read: "Iiostile raiding parties were driven off during the night east of Bouch- avert:le...and in the neighborhood of Arras. The enemy suffered .consider able losses from our artillery fire while retiring. "North of tbe Ahcre our positions on Beaumont -Hamel ridge have been further improved. We entered the enemy'slines early this morning.south of Armentieres and setured a few prisoners. The enemy blew A me last taight east Of Ypres, doing insig- aificant damage. We have °coupled the Crater: "Successful bombardments were carried out by us to -day north bf the Somme and in the neighborhood of Beaucourn, Arra e• and Armentieres. Elsewhere •the usual artillery activity continues on both sides. "A number of fights took place in the air yeeterday. Two German aero- planee were destroyed; two others were driven clown damaged. Three of our machicee are miseing." FRENCH, REPORTS. • Taking No Ohinces -With Pro-Gernian Treachery. Important' Points Watched —Naticknal Guard Called. • Paris, Feb. 4 -The communica- tion issued by the War Office Sun- day night reads: "A surprise attack on the enemy trenches in the region of Moulin- Sous-Toutvent resulted in the cap- ture by us of ten prieoners. At Lea Eparges an enemy attempt' to oc- cupy a crater failed. "Our artillery carried out effec- tive firesagainst German works at varkins points along the front, not- ably.in the sector of Hill 304." Belgian tommunicatiOn: "Nothing to report." Sunda.y afternoon's report "Between the Oise and the Aisne we Made' a succeseful ourprise at- tack on German trenches in the region of Traaey le Val, and took 22 prison- ers. "On the Verdun front there were in- termittent artillery engagements in the sectors of Dead Man Hill ane Hardaumont work. "Our aviators threw a number of projectiles on barraeis and railroads at Apilly and Tergnier. One of our squadrons bombarded military esta.b- lishmente at Thionville." Saturday night's report lead: • "There was an intermittent can- nenade to -day at various pants along the front. Patrol encountera occurred in the region of Bezonvaux; we made prisoners, "Two • aeroplanes were brought down within our lines by our special gum, one in the direction of ()niched (Aisne), the other near Blanc Sab- ions, in the itagion of Beatiriettx. New 'York, Feb, 4a-Detachnients of the New York, naval Militia triuipped as in- tantrymen to-uay lattoilect ana guaruea the- live great I:4st itiver bridges con- necting kannattan-witn Long Island. At sunset five' naval militia tugs, one an ocesn-going vessel, began steaming up and down the river in proximity to the structures, 'warning all river tofu not to approach within fifty feet of thi. bridge piers. • Special vigilance was e/tereised at the Ntailliattantrooklyn • and Williamsburg bridges, between Which the .NeW navy aiard lies. Destruction of one of these Driugesit was. pointed out, woUle interfere seriously with The uoparture of warships front the navy yards. To oath bride details of 100 railltianien were assigned.; working' 111 threo reliefs, with lastructions to Search vehicles and 'maestri:mai 'crossing the bridges in the aiscretion of tho sentries and to per- mit no person to halt on the structures. A sharp watch Was kept at the cable anchorage and "other points where the discharge of it small quantity of high cePlosives Might load to the destruction ,of the bridge." One three pounder gun and machine guns -were posted between the bridge piers on both sides of the river. Anchoragee, foot -ways and drive. uays had extra, Illuminations. to -night. 11011 (late bridge a.nd. tts connecting railways were being guarded to -night -by naval militia, Tills structure la consider.- eutle otnootmotfryt.he best engineering feats in (loverner Whitman's order for the gen- eral idobiligittiOn of the National Guard' went into effect to -day in modified form, he explained' in n statement here • to -night., Oily small detachments of the Slate% military and nava forces were venially •calied• out, the (Inventor said. 'while every armory in the State.was pa- - by n, corporal's Andrei. -in field . unload,. YmtilY to nut into „tperatiOrt the oral. for a..full mobilization. &mad§ of tellers front the 'Milted States- battles:hip. New • elereey, armee With rine% guarded the•appeetteliee and iroatIon of the recently eompleted New t Jersey. armed With rifles, guarded tho eren•otteliee and trestlee of the latently tempi:keel* New York eonneeting yeliwaya Inzalsorattng iteigrd. the Worn( With AA. fancy ot the wdr, it is an, ex- raugement incorporated 1,4 all of the lateen submersibles for •freeing sub- eurrace Witted mines, while hidden in the eovering water. The new nem has a serious; range of pos- sibilities for deetruetion, It can be used to 'Charge with hidden ininee whatever waters come nethin the cruising radius of the new inilmeare Ines, It cen be need, to (env ininee in suepecting and helpless In the Rae U • President instructs His Envoys To Bring the path ef au intended victim, 0 WILSON URGES NEUTRALS TO BREAK WITH GERMANY the new attack. Germany, in plenning her startling blockinle, determined to draw more than el Submarine ring around the eotWil of Britain, The blockade was to be the promise of the leaders to. the, people of a quick Teutonic peace, and it was to be made failure -proof. It Was, of course, impoeeible to pro- ceed in the old way to place these mine& Britain's control of the up- per .gbaS amend her coat remains un - contacted.: and, with small, swift mem- bers nf her mosquito fleet continually doing scouting duty far and wide around her, a mine -layer would have had aut short shrift to work upon its task. So the submarines were equipped for the purpose of laying intim, thee aequIring a new kind of sting and an important one. Hundreds of thousands of Mese mines were turned out in Germany and. eatored away. They will make their' appearance in the second line of blockade, strung in a menacing ault before the important harbor. They will, also, probably be used by the submarines in attacks upOn dumb* convoyed fleets of merchant shipping for the submarine that chances to °rose the petit of such a convoy can etrew death behind it without ex - Posies itself in manoeuvres for 'tor- pedo satEtacckz. R T SUPPLY BASES. There have been a number. of Ge- er:alone since the beginning of • the submarine war when the British have anxiously searched the ,out-of-the-waY nooks and crannies of their coast for the discovery of submarine bases. The great importance attaching to these *bases was the fear that the enemy was receiving native supplies of fuel • and oil from treacherous hands. The advantage that such a base would of- fer ies a place for the submarines to replenish their stores was of leeser Importance, considering the wide cruising radius of the present-day submersible and the -fact that its crew needs frequent periode of, relief fromthe w e grilling nervous atrain ot HOwever, thea foreign supply bases exist, and they are not concealed in the wilder places along the British and Irish coats. They are so well conceal- ed that it is hardly poesible that the seekers will even blunder upon them. The submarkie supply -stations are an- chored in convenient, rocky wastes of elle ocean floor. There are no tell- tale traces to bear evidence against them. Moreover, they are so arranged that one not in their secret runs a etrong risk through improper handling of becoming a victim of the high- powered explosives that guard them. The ,submarine in need of etores seeks one, of these undersea supply depots, raises it to the surface, replenishes it inaterlais and sinks and anchors the depot again. TAKE PLACE OF EMDEN. HUNS USING MINRAYING _ SUBMARINES Said to Be Germany'Great Hope 111 the New . Undersea War, SECRET BASES ' I venture to give just a plain piece of gossip, The subject wee commerce raiders. Mr. Roth, our Vice -Consul at Plauen, watt the silent 'partner of a, leigQtettleiewee debate,. in which the othe er member was one of the prominent men a hin district. • "Great things are brewing," his friend ' told him. "There has bean another German eurprise prepared 'for -the-world. Our Government will soon septa out one of our super - submarines to take up the work of the Emden, disguised as a surfaee ship. She will be equipped with col- lapsible mastie and a stowable super- etructure." "Of couree," Mr. Roth commented In telling me the story, "his story was gossip. To my objections that it seemed to me a bit of supereogatorY geniality he told me that' it was for the purpose of alarming the British fleet, of occupying a nutithereof Its units with a vain .pursult, ant ale° to corivince neutrale that Germany hat( not lost ter freedom to come and go upon the surface et the seas." But, as dangeradet es their work has been in the past, the submarine sail. or must know that it will be far more dangerous with the campaign fairly declared. England's preparations, whatever they are, have undoubtedly been thorough. The duel was announc- ed mot than two years ego; and it leas been growing More. eerious, more cere tain and more definite ever since. Under the Sea Around 33ri- tain—Bitt Defenders Have .Been Busy. New York, Feb, Tribune to- day pubilehee another topyrighted story by Louie Derant Edwards, In which he Gays: There is a new weapon in the arsenal of terror, It is More dreadful in some reepects than any other hate- • RELIEF SHIP IS TORPEDOED Probable First Victim of the New Campaign. • Not Many More Than Usual. List. London Cable. --The second day of the new German submarine warfare apparently has not resulted in any M. creased sinking of shipping. Des- patches from London announce the sending to the bottom ot five veseels, including one or neutral registry, and a report of the sinking of another, • The ,Spanish steamer Algorta, of 2,116 gross tons, was the largest steanter sunk, the othersheing of less than LON tons, includieg two traw. Ws, The Norwegian steamer Recta Is believed to have been sunk. The Belgian trawler Marcelle was sunk by gun -fire. Official information received con- tenting the sinking of the steamer Euphrates thOWS that the probable first victim ef the new submarine me, Hoy -of the Ceritral Powers, was a Belgian relief ship. The Euphrates had earned a eargo of relief supplies from the United About tine•Up Against Huns. Hopes to Compel the Kaiser to Abandon His Plan of Undersea War. London, Feb, 4,—Iteuter's• dam correspondent says that, wleile Berlin Is preservine ailence in regard to the rupture at relations between dummy and the United States, the (3em= Government has issued the following statement: "It is etated that negotiations are afoot between the authorities interest- ed concerning how Germany, by re- moving Certain transport difficulties, can take into account tlie requirements of some neutral States in relation. to ezsential raw materials, especially eeal and iron," • Washington, Feb. 4.—Besides break- ing off diplomatic relations with Ger- many, President Wilson has made a bold stroke to range the moral force of all other neutral countries along with that °of the United States in the interest of peace. The President bas suggested to all the other neutrals that they break oil diplomatic relations with Ger- many as the United States has done, and haet instructed all American dip- lomats in thoae countries to report immediately how the suggestion is received. The opinion in diplomatic quarters here is that European neu- trals, at the very doorstep et Ger- many, threatened by her military power, will hesitate to take such a step, The effect of the suggestion in other countries is being eagerly awaited. Thie was the only known development of first importance which came out of a day cf tense waiting which followed the actual announcement yesterday of the break with Genitally. • The •Presidents invitation to neu. hale to follow his action was con- tained in instruceions to American diplomats to announce the break with Germany to the Governments to which they are accredited. It was contained in the following note; • "You will immediately notify the Government to which you are ac- credited that the United States be- cause of the German Governmentes, recent announcement of its intention to, renew unrestricted submarine warfare, has no choice but to follow the course laid down in its note of April 18, 1916 (the Sussex rote). "It has, therefore, recalled the American Ambassador to Berlin and ha.s delivered passports to the Ger- man Ambassador to the United States. "Say, also, that the President is re- luctant to believe Germany actually will carry out her.threateasablekalinn. tral commerce, but if it be done the President will ask Congress to au- thorize use ef the national power to protect American citizens engaged in their peaeeful and lawful errands on the .8000, "The course taken is in the Presi- dent's view entirely in conformity with the principles enunciated in his address to the Senate Jan. 12. The address proposing a world league for peace.) hIle believes it will 'make for the peace of the world if other neutral powers can find it possible to take similar acticei. "Report fulty and immediately on • the reception of this announcement and upon the suggestion as to similar action." . . .Thus it becomes apparent that in the•shedow of war the President has not abandoned his efforts for peace, and as the first step has, moyed to direct the moral force of the neutral world to compel Gerinan.yea return -to an observance of ialernational law at sea. Should it eventuate that sill other neutrals accepted the President's sug- geetion that they sever diplomatic re. lations with Germany, the choice of a peace mediator would have to come 'from the Vatican, IMPRESSION IN HOLLAND. States, and was.itomenard bound in ballast, when she was torrpedoed, Se- veral Mutinies of the ereW have been rescued and have reached an outlying port. The Euphrates *ea sunk on February le The sinking af the following ships has also bees announced: The British steamers lessonite and Itevetesburnd; th S anish stettiner Algerta the lebie Amsterdam, Jan. 4.—Ru,pture of re- lations beeween the United States and Germany created a profound impres- ,siefi in Holland, where it is the one subject of discussion. Anxiety con- cerning Holland's -future is more in- tense than at any tirae since the put - break of the war. Several Motors eentribute to the gravity of the situation. In the first place, Holland is now facing starve- tioa. She never produced more food than sufficed to feed the population four and a half months of the year. .Existing stoke of grain are only suf- ficient for a feel weeks. Until yes- terday hopes were entertained that she would be able to provision het self ..frem America via the Channel between the two .blockade zones. The Germans made a great show of ma.king concessions to Holland but it is pointed out that the latest eiterman assuraimes leave much to be tresired. Tho Germans say a relative certainty will eXist from February 4, to an ab- solute eortitinty March 6, that their .warships wilt not atteck neutral ships without search. The Dutch declacticin as to the relative security of which the Germans . speak is likely to be rather small as apparently all the Gentian war vessels new at sea did notreceive new instructions before March 6, even If the seeurite is coin- plete it would seem Anierica must cease to be a, source or supply if as now appears inevitable the United Stateehters the war beeatise in that case the German objection the Dutch trading in British ports would pre - suitably apply to American ports, It Is learned on eecellent authority that the Geriimns lime given Holland to nederstand they tire ahintated by ;friendly feelings and do not wish to cauee, her unneceseary ineeneerilence. liversone mast form his OV11 coflcht- alofia respecting tee value of the German assurances. The Dutell are moet anxious to. nelleve these assur- ances end will rejoice if they rind them, Well -heeded. They do net seo. what the, Germans hope togain by attaelting Holland, where the footi supplies are se small that they would riot repay an atttt0k.. Certainly the wegian steamers Itecla, Portia and ,Ierv, the Ituesitut steamer Egret, The British trawler Violet and the Belgian trawler Mareelie neVe beet sunk, e.eetleeeeset-6.--aea nothing undone to preserve peaee con- Shitently with the maintenance of na- tional houor. They will carry the policy of conellation further than US posable At the eame time it is impossinle to Ignore the eleraents of danger *which exist. Tne Duiten are uneasy regard. Ing the persistent rumors of German troop e concentrating on the eastern frontier. If mistakes on the sea occur, and if Dutch grain allies are sunk: it Will be impoesible to foresee the con- sequences. Dutch opinion, however long suffering, is not without limits, SWITZERLAND AGHAST, Berne, Switzerland, Jan, It is not too much to say that the Swiss Government and. people alike are aghast at the new German menace and consider it a measure of des* peration. Great irritation has already been caused, first by Germany's bad faith and failure to fulfill her en- gagements to deliver the specified amount of fuel monthly; secondlY, the deliberately insulting way which she chose to put the closing of the fret:Were to imports. The irritation has now deepened with almost be- wildered anger though no pritise is too high. SOUTH AMERICAN NATIONS. London, Feb, 4.—Reuter's cones - pendent at Rio Janeiro says that in- formation obtained from a trust. •woethy source confirms the opinion that the Brazilian Government is con- vinced the time has come to abandon the attitude of an Impartial spectator, and line up with the allies, if the measures indicated in the Gorman note"should inflict direct harm on vit- al interests of Brazil. The Govern- nierwie of the opinion, he says, that if the United States enters the conflict the only logical course for South Am- erican nations will be to attempt to establish general ,uniformity. of contin- ental Policy. A protest to Germany is mild to have been drafted at a meeting last night between President Braz and Foreign Minister Muller, SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES London, Feb, 4.—The Exchange Telegraph's Copenhagen correspon- dents says he understands negotia- tions are in progress between the Danish, Swedieh and Norwegian Gov ernments concerning. the submarine situation. SPAIN HAS REPLY READY. Madrid, Feb. 4. The Impareial says It understands that a reply by. the Spanish Government to the Ger- _man lade ,regarding unreetrleted.sub- marine warfare will be 'made public to -morrow, and that if will be in the form of a strong pretest. The cone tention of Spain is understood by this newspaper to be that the torpedoing of neutral steamships in the manner threatened is not authorized by inter- national law. "Spain cannot paralyze her national life by acceding to the position of Germany," says the Impareial. "Any answer other than a refusal would imply not only acceptance of the Ger.. man doctrine, but also our consent to the interruption of the nation's life." .tro Olean Atcel knives nee a torobid- Butele, veto itirinounted many diffe ton. , 02 bate 1)04 and baiting Itede cell0110 -durieg the war, will leave HOUSATONIC TORPEDOED But U -Boat Acted Under International Law And No Trouble Over the • Case is Likely. ENEMY SHIPS TIED UP IN U. S. HARBORS Crews of Auxiliary Cruisers Haire Been Interned by Authorities. MANY SHIPS TAKEN German Gunboat Geier, In- terned at Honolulu, Fired by Crew. New 'York, Feb. 4—Officers and crews of the 25 GerMan Bleat:Wilco which have been self -detained here since tlie outbreak of the European war wero ordered late to -day to re- main an board tileir vessels. At the same time the guard of Customs offi- cials about the piers virtually was doubled, while police were on hand to keep visitors at a distance from the approaches to the docks, Reports that the Government au- thorities contemplated seizing the German ships, the total tonnage of which is 261,000, were denied to- night by Dudley Field Malone, col- lector of the port, as "absolutely dfaaletieonu,n, d without the slighteet foun- Collector Malone asserted that the officers and crews of the German ves- sels had not been ordered "forcibly detained," but that they were "sim- ply requested" to remain on their ships. Shortly before the doubling of the guards on the steamship piers, a re- port wee circulated to the effect that the crews of the German vessels tied up at Hoboken had put the engines of the ships out of commission. A (sai- lor front the Kaiser Wilhelm 11, was said to have aeserted, as 1.e and others abandoned the vessel before the de- tention order was announced, that the engines of his own and other ships had been damaged beyond repair. No confirmation of this report could be obtained, however, from the United States officials. It was learned to -night that the guards on the piers had received strict orders not to permit any of the men connected with the ships to leave them. Washington, Feb. 4.—The United eltates steamer the Housatonic was sunk by a German Submarine off the eenly Islands on Saturday while ea route from ualveston to Louden: Tne crew has been laiided at Penzance. A aespaten. from Londoe says that when hailed by the euumanne the Housatonic was flying the American flag and lied the American colors Painted on her side. The crew was given an hour in which to love% the ship, the submarine commander say- ing: "I have orders to sing every vese set coming to England." The Germans searched the Housa-• tonio and took a• quantity of soap, which they said was difficult to ob- tain. The second mate of the Housa- tonic Was seeond mate of the Ameri- can steamer Gulflight when that ves- sel Was sunk by a German submarine off the Scilly Island s early in the war. As the Housatonic was carrying contraband, any controversy over her destruction is expected to prevent no more serious an issue than laim for monetary damages. If the Con- eults report is correct, the case eppar- ontly falls into the same category as that of the American ship Wm. P. Frye, destroyed With it cargo of grain early in the war by a raider after her crew lied been taken all, In some quexters the nnusual pre - Cautions taken to ensure a safe land- ing for tho crew was taken to mean that international law and Germany's submarine pledges would be obeerved more scrupulously than ever in the Muse of the litany vessels which were on the high sees at the time the new =ledge), o2 unrestricted warfare became effeetive on Feb, 1. In her note ennouncing the eaumaign, Ger- Many field immunity from the new Inelnaires of warfare would he extend- ed to all ettipe which had loft their home ports before the effective date, Minns (speaking of one. Who bite Just paesed)---He certaialy luta a squelched appearence. Stili bet—Nti lender. Iris wife won't let him ex - prose his mind at home, mid his boss won't lot him eeprese it at the effice. Mingem—Whers hiteinees7 Sil- SHIPS SEIZED 7A.T PANAMA. Penama, Feb. 4.—Four *Hamburg. Ataerican Line steamships, which have been in Cristobal harbor, were seized this afternoon by the canal zone authorities. Night harbor traffic at 'Cristobal has been stopped. and strict Protective measures have been taken throughout the canal zone. Following the seizure of the Ger- man merchantmen, Lieut. -Col. Hard- ing, Governor of the canal zone, In- creased the guardstat important points along the canal. • All measures for the protection of the 'canal were at once gotten under way.. W.ATCH ON HAMPTON ROADS, . Norfolk, • 'a., Feb. 4,—A coastguard cutter and the battleship Arkansas, besides a squadron of artillerymen, are doing neutrality duty in Hampton Roads. The Collector of Customs has or- dered a close watch to be kept on the German steamer Arcadia and the Austrian steamer Budapest, tied up here since the beginning of the war. Other artillerymen were guarding the German prize ship Appane seized yes- terday by Federal authorities. Lieut. Hansberg, who brought the Appam into port, with his crew of 27 men, were under guard of Immigration offi- cers. SIX SHIPS AT BOSTON. Boston, Feb. 4.—The crews of fie German steamers and one Austrian at this port were ordered confined to their vessels- on orders received by local Customs officials front the Treas. ury Department at Washington to -day. United States Marshal Mitchell to- day ordered a thorough examination of the North -German Lloyd Liner Kronz Prinz Eosin Cecilie, whose ma- ehinery was found to have been slight- ly damaged after' the vessel's eelzuve last evening in acivil proteeding. Mar - ghat Mitchell said that the boiler and several valves had been tampered with and the electric lighting system put out of commission. Temporary re- pairs were made to -day. CREWS AT PHILADELPHIA IN- TERNED. 'Philadelphia, Feb. 4.—Upon instruc- tions from Washington, W. H. Berry, collector of the port, to -night ordered the of -ricers and crews of the German liners Prinz Oskar and Rhaetia and the Austrian 'merchantman Franconia confined to their vessels. The guard about the ships was materially in- creased after the order became effec- tive, -The three trews aggregate about 'fifty men. CREW SET GUNBOAT AFIRE. • Honolulu, T,. Feb. 4.—The In- terned German gunboat Geier is burn- ing in the harbor here. She was set on fire by her crew, according to the local authorities: The Geier, 01 1,604 tons, was intern- ed here shortly after the war began. She was built at Willielmshave in 3894. GERMANS DISABLING SHIPS. • Waslaington, Feb. 4.—War-bound German crewe at Philippine porta have attempted to disable some of their ships, and appropriate stews have been taken by the Island author- ities.- CRUISERS TAKEN OVER. Philadelphia, Feb. 4.—The Philadel- phia, navy yard virtually was en .o. war footing to -day, while extraordin- are. precautionary measures were taken to guard the port's shipping, munition planta and the arsenals. The usual guard was on duty at the mint. Tho 750 officers and men ventoved from the German auxiliary cruieers lermi Prinz Wilhelm and Prinz Eitel Ieriedrieh by orders of the Nall' ne- partment were quartered in abuildlug in the isolation section of the yard. A strong guard of inarinee was plated over them with. Inetructione to allow no one to leave the building, At the tune time titited States marines 'were stationed on board the German eras - ere, which, it was reported, 'were found in enact romiltion. The navy yard was closed to all vieltors and it was annonneed to -day that a. police ef striet examination and identitica- tion for all workmen employed there litette-eile'sa inewepaper editor. Life. will be. put into effect Monday.