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' ' ' ' ' ' ' nrifr rrvTX. .. TORTLAXD, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26. 191-. VOL. I.T-0. 16,920. 1 1 linTf NAVY RAZES FORTS , OH DARDANELLES Allied Fleet Is Still Pounding Away. LANDING FORCE IS POSSIBLE Second Attack Gives Entry to Well Fortified Channel. RUSSIANS MAY BE JOINED Opening of Way to Black Sea Also Would Enable Czar to Send Aid to Srrbs and Montenegrins and Re-establish Trade. TENDON, Feb. 55. All the forts at tbe entrance of the Dardanelles have been" reduced by the allied fleet. This announcement was made officially to- nl!?lit. The announcement of the Secretary cf the Admiralty follows: "The weather moderating, the bom bardment of the outer forts of the Dar danelles was renewed at S o'clock this morning (February 25). After a period f long-range fire the squadron of battleships attacked at close range. Operations Are Continued. "All the forts at the entrance to the traits were successfully reduced, and the operations are continuing." For several days the allied British and French fleet has been pounding at these forts, which constituted the greatest ' obstacle to pajsage of the straits. Within the straits and in the Sea . of Marmora are other fortifica tions, but these are believed to be of a weaker structure. The straits are guarded also by lines of mines, believed to number at least even. . Troop Garrison Islands. Recently the Turks, fearing the en trance of the allied fleet into the Bea cf Marmora, sent troops and heavy ar tillery to all the islands in that water. If once they force the straits, the British and French warships, which are thought to number between 30 and 40, would likely attempt a landing, with a subsequent march on Constantinople. The Bosphorus, the narrow strait about IS miles in length which connects the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmora, is also strongly fortified and it is through this strait that the Black Sea fleet of Russia would have to come in order to reach the open. - - Within the boundaries of the Black Eea a powerful Russian fleet has been bottled up, together with hundreds of steamers which might be used for transport purposes if Russia deemed that advisable. Furthermore, should the allied fleet be successful In its present undertaking Russia would be enabled to release millions of bushels of wheat and to send troops to aid Serbia and Montenegro. The Dardanelles is a channel sep arating Southeast Europe from South west Asia and is about 47 miles long, connecting the Aegean with the Sea of Marmora, on which is situated Con stantinople, to which city it la the gateway, as it also is to the Black Sea. The channel is only from one to four mile-t wide. High bluffs line the European side, making it particularly adapted, to defenses against passage of hostile vessels. Passage Usee Forced by Fleet. It has been considered amply pro- Tided with forts on both sides, which contain numerous guns of large caliber. However. Sir J. T. Duckworth, com mander of a British fleet, forced the passage of the Dardanelles in 1807. The treaty of July, 1841, confirmed by the Paris peace convention of 1S5S, prescribed that no foreign warship might pass the Dardanelles except by permission of the Turkish government With the outbreak of the present war Russia made representations to the Forte for permission to send ships through the channel, but this was re fused. When Turkey entered the war as an ally of YSermany the passage was closed even to merchant vessels and the fleet of the allies has kept the entrance blockaded. Submarine Steals Tbrong-h. Probably the most striking perform ance of a submarine was in the Dar danelles, when the British "B-ll" stole past five cordons of mines laid in the channel, torpedoed and sank the Turk ish battleshlD Messudieh. which was lying at anchor at "Tchanak Kalessl. The "B-ll" later worked its way back to safety with the British fleet in the Aegean after having been under water continuously more than nine hours. Should the allied fleet force its way through the Dardanelles It still must contend with fortifications almost as substantial in the Bosphorua, which connects the Sea of Marmora with the Black Sea, if forces are to be Joined with the Russian fleet which is oper atlng against the Turkish navy. Tho opening of the latter would en able Russia to open trade with the out- side world, as well as to send troops to reinforce the Serbians and Monte negrins. ' " Jovian league to Meet. C. E. Condit will be chairman of the day at the meeting of the Jovian League luiliv at the Eenson Hotel at noon. V. P. Hill, formerly of California, will be the speaker. Miss Roxanna wommels dorf and Miss Evelyn Ewart will con tribute to the musical programme. CAPLAN SPIRITED FROM JAIL IN TUG DETECTIVES, UNDER COVER OB' NIGHT, TAKE PRISOXER, Alleged Dynamiter Handcuffed and lut on Shasta Limited to Go to Los Angeles for Trial. TACOMA. Wash.. Feb. 25. (Special.) Taken from the Port Orchard Jail last night. David Caplan. last of the gan- wanted for dynamiting the Los Angeles Times building October 1. 1910. was brought to Tacoma early this morning on the tug Resolute by five Burns detectives, who, with extradi tion papers, obtained Caplans release from the Port Orchard Jail. The tug arrived while it was still dark. With Caplan . socurely hand cuffed, the detectives went to the Union depot and waited for the Shasta Limited at 10 :?0 o'clock and started for Los Angeles. . "The game is up." said Caplan here. "They got the drop on me and it s up to Davey to take the path of least re sistance. I tried hard to keep out of their way and save myself from a term behind the steel portieres." Included in the party with Caplan were Sherman Burns, son of William J Burns; Guy Beddinger. general man ager of the New Tork agency: Dan Leon of the New Orleans agency; Charles Trotter, of the Minneapolis of fice; W. M. Ingram, police detective at Los Angeles, and S. A. Woodford, rep resenting the Los Angeles District At torney's office. '' CUPID WINS NIGHT LICENSE Belated Couple Rouse v Auditor at Vancouver at 10 r. .31. and Wed. VANCOUVER, "Wash., Feb. 23. (Special.) Deciding not to postpone their wedding, a couple from Portland telephoned Mrs. May R. Haack, County Auditor, last right at 10 o'clock ask ing her to go to the courthouse and Issue a license. She obligingly com piled The couple were N. J. Van Ness and Mrs. Lulu G. Livingston, of Portland. They had hoped to be over at 5 o'clock, trot had trouble in getting a witness. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Charles J. Waehlte, of the First Pres byterian Church.' SERVANTS, GO TO SCHOOL Housemaids Branch at Kenosha, Wis., Opens With 15 Pnpils. CESOBHA. Wis.. Feb. 15. Fifteen young women, representing almost as mv Tiatlonalities and all employed .nta in the Homes oi " here, enrolled as pupils today at the onentna- of the housemaids Dranuu the public schools. n.uu were organiaea in or" making, table serving, nou,,...,..... and bed-making. Two teachers are In charge of the class, the entire expense being borne by the Board of Education. -rv, .hnl onened with a lecture on "The Dignity of Serving. WHITMAN PIONEER DIES Member of Party Which Crossed Plains Succumbs at Oregon City. OREGON CITT, Or., Feb. 25. (Spe iaD Mrs. C. M. Phillips, aged 84, one of the members or me w num v- which crossed the plains in is". i .t n.rbimai. near here, tonight, fol lowing an illness of a few flays. aira. ukiuini wm born in Indiana. She la survived by five children. Al bert Phillips. Oregon City: Bert Fflil Hr. Portland: John Phillips, North win,. Wash- Mrs. Emma Jones, Clackamas, Or., and Mrs. Hattie Robin son. of Clackamas. GERMANS TURN OUT LIGHTS T;lil.l,:.vrii Hides in "ark Prom French Airmen. GKNEVA. via Paris, Feb. 25. A dls patch received here from Constance says that two allied aeroplanes seen Tuesday night from Constance iiy ing southward. As a result .there was great in sviederichshaven. The Z-ep pelins there, It Is said, were covered with metal netting, the lights in the town were extinguished and the people tonic to the cellars. The aeroplanes flew over Meersours and later reached Belfort safely. TOWNS ENTER POWER PACT Eastern Oresron-Municipalities to Co operate in Granting Franchises. ONTARIO. Or- Feb. 25. Announce- f woe made here today of an agree. .nt.rnH tti.to ov various towns in this region to co-operate in dealing with companies suppoms . power and light. " " -nt.rin Huntiiurton. Weiser. New Plymouth. Emmett, Nyssa and Parma would follow the same plan, it was said, in granting franchises and entering into contracts for lighting and electric irrigation pumping. FESTIVAL ROLLS DEADLY Rat Poison Becomes Mixed With Flour at Church Supper. ATMA. Neb. . Feb. 25. One person 13 dead, another is reported tonight to be dyin and 30 are seriou.iy in m a. re sult of eating rolls sold at a church festival held nere several oays ago. sm rat DOison. it is believed, acci dentally became mixed with the flour from which the rolls were made. - A. A. Billings, cashier of the Alma State Eank. died last night after being taken severelv ill from the time of eating the rolls. The life or Leia nagg. aaugn ter of a merchant, is despaired of. Doc tors believe the otners win recover. PROSPERITY FOR EMPLOYER URGED Clamor Declared Cause of Hard Times. PLEA FOR BUSINESS IS MADE Mr. Sproule Says "Boosting" . Alone Is Valueless. END TO HOSTILITY ASKED Period of Unemployment and Dis tress, Railroad President Adds, Will Continue Until Work Displaces Epigrams. CHICAGO. Feb. 25 The country is in the midst of a period of unem ployment and distress, the like of which the Nation never saw before, William Sproule, president of the Pa cific svstem of the Southern Pacific Company, declared here tonight In an address at the annual dinner oi w. Traffic Club. He attributed this condition to what e said was a long continued clamor against all sorts of public businesses, and nredlcted its end only when re turning prosperity for employers should spell prosperity for the employed. Pmrcholosrlcal Prosperity ueenco. Beginning by outlining difficulties faced by the transportation business. which, he said, had "lost Its momen tum." he broadened to tho state of business generally, and took vigorous B-rr-ntion to any suggestion that bus- , nnH!tinn, would be better if business men believed they would be better. Th. . hnnater lifts nothing nigner than the level of his own teeth." de i a milwav executive.. "The rn,mn.tr of nrosperity beguiles only his own ears. Prosperity is real, or n. does not exist We do not have to look for it; It comes to us. It grows ithin our sight like a plant coming In flower. It comes to us , .c.mcs employment, and t win ot come to us until the peo pie generally, whether tneir cap.i. i. - i small, wnemer liicj " with, their muscles or their minds (and all work requires mind) discovers that their condition improves only as .." employer is prosperous. Employer First of Unemployed. t. i. ! habit of the time to speak of unemployment as If it related only to those who work for a specific hour ly or dally, weekly or monthly wage. It is thought of chiefly as relating to those engaged" in minor places or humbler duties of life. The facts run quite to tne nrairmj. It Is the employer wno u employment. As a natural sequent, he is followed by the employes. "Unemployment begins only when the employer himself begins to be un employed. When the employer is prosperous and his energies are prop- (Concluded on Page S. I S! Wim ? l ' ' ' t j 1NDE OF TODAFS NEWS Tbe Weather. I YESTERDAY'S Maximum trapt,. 52 degrees; minimum. 40 degrees. TODAY'S Probably fair; winds mostly northerly. ar . - - -War- Allied fleet reduces forts at entrance to Dardanelles. Foge l. Washington note to Britain ami ""-"' contains no inun.ai.u" i .,,innE urn declined. Page 1. French say they hold ground sained in flmmmame. Page V. Russians report scattered gains and Germans ..An. tnnin Pace - capture in.yw, ... - " " Buelow demands that uir uU.inrtV required to acceae to jiu Pane 2. Rockefeller . scientist, send to war zone new methort ot reauemg tetanus, l'agu 2. - National. Extra session or senate to uw - probable Page b. Domestic. William Sproule sy unemployment U j re sult of continued .aiun-iia . Witness tells of high finance in xvoc Railroad. Page i. . Two Portland women oasnea w a,uto leaves dizzy neis" " volcano. Page 6. Education system criticised ana t. university urgca Dy es-n, Page S. .' ,, . Anne Shannon Monroe says Oregon ouuu. Ing at Fair amasses vwiw. Pacific Northwest. EmDloyem' flrst-aia Dili passes Olympla, S3 to 8. Pago 5. . Idaho Senato again passes dry bill, 26 to tt. Pa ' .. . ...... John Minto, resident of Oregon n dies at aee oi DJ. tase . Prominent gang of Chinese smuggler, re-nni-ied hv immigration officers. Page T. Governor signs bill giving power to him to remove appointees ana in i-ii...-?rHa ii- Page 6, Notice sent to County Treasurers w c no penalties it nan oi April 1. Page 6. , David Caplan is spirited irom i u tectives and put on tug. o . Pports. nnn,. basketball team on edge for game with Aggies. Page .12. Washington defeats Lincoln basketball team, 90 In 1R. Page . T.n. Anaeles. San Francisco and Portland ;i,ri -a nennant contenders. Page 1 Freddls Welsh outboxes Charlio White In ten-round bout. . page i-. Commercial and Marine. Portland Flouring MlllB to build warehouse when DOCK, Loramiasiuu Page 14. . ; Marcus Talbot, manager of Port of Port- rfi.i Pare 17. vtiahest Drice of year Is paid for Oregon hnns. Page 17. - Chicago wheat slumps on embargo rumors. Page 17. Further recovery In Wall street stock mar ket. Pago 1. Portland and Vicinity. Twelve bidders on bridge work dropped ime tirice too high. Page 11. Dorothy Shoemaker to return and Baker players to . nave , ntw ioaui..t I'm srr. 11. Y. M. C. A. workers add 111 new members fnr day. Page 14. Larch Mountain trail fund swelled by auc- nn of theater tickets. Page IB.- High Jinks Comedy Company are guest, ol v. m c. A. at luncheon. Page 18. . Man traced far by Burns detectives found in Asylum at Baiem. ri o. President of Senate praises work of -LegU :atlve Assembly. Page 13. SHIP THOUGHT TORPEDOED Xorwegian Minister Reports Account by Officers of Sinking. LONDON. Feb. 25. A Copenhagen dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company says: "The. Norwegian Minister at London has reported to his government that the captain and first officer of the Nor wegian steamer Itegin, recently sunk in tho English Channel, believe that their ship was struck by a torpedo, but are unable to supply any proof of this. The captain had stopped his ship in order to escape 'something black on the starboard side,' presumably a mine, when an explosion occurred under the bow. "The lookout man says he did not see any siens of a submarine." BUSY DAYS FOR THE GOVERNOR hum uudiuui HEAVILY WATERED!? Millions Grow Through Holding Concerns. , CHAIN CONTROL DESCRIBED Shares Worth . $71,000,000 Basis $191,000,000 Bonds. ROADS BOUGHT OVERNIGHT Iowa Concern Holds jiajoni . - r rtn. crating Company and Is in Turn Controlled by. Trofcrrcd Stock in Sew Jersey. WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. Financial i t- latnnrl operations of tne union,". & Pacific Railway Company d"" 1901 and 1914 were outnneu i Daniel G. Reld at tne rraumpu- - the Interstate Commerce Commission s investigation of the railroad. His testimony bore mainly on the organization of the road's holding com panies and the results oi u. actions after 1301. in which year. Sir. Reld said, he and Judge William H. Moore. J. U Moore and William 13. Leeds controlled about 20,000,000 of Rock Island stock, about one-third of that outstanding. BIB Holding Concerns Formed. The holding concerns as organized in 1-102. he said, were known, respect ively, as the Iowa and New Jersey com-I panies. each capitalized at He said the Iowa corporation held the majority of the Rock Island Railway, the operating company, while the New Jersey concern cntrolled the Iowa cor poration, and the preferred stock of the New Jersey controlled that company through special powers in the election of directors. . Securities of the holding companies had been placed with the Central Trust Company of New Torn, ne aaaeu, ... condition that each share of operating stock turned ill should receive stock In the Iowa company and bonds and stock in the New Jersey company etjualing an exchange of J2.70 for 1 par value. Railroads Bought OutrtsM "Then the directors of the New Jer sey corporation controlled the Iowa com pany, which controlled the operating company, which later control. cu .. Louis & San Francisco Company and the Choctawa, Oklahoma & Gulf Rail road?" asked Chief Counsel for the Commission Folk. "Not at all," replied Mr. Reld. "Con ditions In those days were entirely dif ferent. People were buying railroads over night. We did not want to have one of our fellows slip up and have our money In the other fellow's pocket." Mr. Folk asked if the result had been to load on the back of the operating company capitalized at $60,000,000 some $350,000,000 in capitalization to be kept up. "There was nothing to be kept on (Concluded on Pasre 5.1 Thursday's War Moves HE American note, tho contents of wi-i nain a secret, but which ' "J . seeks to bring about an un ending regarding the war rone prescribed by Germany- and tbe ship ment of foodstuffs desired for the civilian population of the belligerent countries, was considered at a meeting of the Cabinet today, but thus far no intimation as to the official attitude toward it can bu obtained. The press and public, however, on the supposition that President Wilson has siife-sested that Great Britain should not carry out her thrrat to place an em bargo on foodstuffs for Germany and that in return Germany should not en force her submarine blockade against tho British Isles, have already ex pressed their disapproval of acceptance of such a proposition. While eight British ships have been destroyed in the week that the blockade has been in force. It Is pointed out that they are for tho most part small ves sels, and that the majority of them. instead of having food for this country were either in ballast or carrying coal or other freight for neutral countries. It Is believed hero also that the de struction "of neutral ships and cargoes will embroil Germany with neutral countries, and that in the long run the losses which the allies will suffer will be more than offset by the anger aroused on the part of the neutrals and the possible refusal of countries such as Norway to allow goods to bo shipped from their ports to Germany. This and other diplomatic questions, such as the possible entry of Italy and Rouniatiia into the war, which again ls being discussed, have largely over shadowed tho news from tho battle fields which In military circles is con sidered of paramount importance. Tha military experts are keeping their eyes on the operations along the eastern front, where battles of immonse magni tude are developing. The Germans, apparently having found tha Russian fortress line around the East Prussian frontier too strong for them, arc attempting to make their way to Warsaw from the northwest and starting from Mlawa, which has been the base of several previous offen sive operations, have penetrated as far as the Important town of I'rzasnysz, which is almost directly north of the Polish capital. They report they have captured there 10,000 prisoners and much war material. The Germans also say they have had some successes In North Poland, so that they must bo In strong force in that territory. On the Bzura and Rawka rivers, di rectly west of Warsaw, from which di rection the Germans early in tho year made desperate attempts to reach that city, the Russians are on the offensive, and, according to the German report. have made a slight advance in the vicinity of Bolimow. In Western Galicla and along the Carpathian ranges battles are still be- ins fought without slackening, and thence, through Eastern Gallcia and Bukowina, the Russians and Austro- German forces are fighting stubbornly. In this war area the temperature re mains unusually high for this time of the year, and the armies are contesting every foot of ground under the most unfavorable conditions, men, horses and guns sinking deeply In the mud, which is only coated with ice. The armies in the 'west are faced with the same difficulties, and as far as the allies are concerned they are confining themselves to a bombardment of the German positions along the coast and to offensive operations in the Cham pagne, the Argonne, on the heights of the Meuse and In the Vosges, where, on the higher ground, they are not so seriously affected by the thaw. There has been further contact be tween tho Russians and the Turks in the Caucasus, where both assert they have been successful. In the House of Commons today Sir Edward Grey, Secretary for Foreign Affairs, made the important announce ment, which was received with cheers. that Great Britain sympathized with Russia's aspirations to gain access to the open sea through Turkey. TWO MORE STEAMERS SUNK Britons Arc Victims of Mines or Tor pedoes Off Coast. LONDON. F"eb. 25. Tho British steamer Ieitford. 120S tons, was sunk in the North Sea, off Scarborough, and the British steamer Western Coast was sunk in the English Channel off Beachy Head yesterday. One sailor on the Deptford lost his life. It. Is not known whether the losses were due to mines or to submarines. The crew of tbe Western Coast was landed at Portsmouth, that of the Dept ford at South Shields, today. Some of the Deptford's sailors said they saw the wake of a submarine after tha ves sel was struck. BEAR FLOUTAUTO RIDE Bruin, Donated to City, Refuses to Ride in Car From Milwaukle Zoo, Black bears don't like to ride in au tomobiles. This was demonstrated yes. terday.when Dr. Ray Matson tried to load a large cub into an automobile to haul to the Washington Park zoo. Bruin protested and put up such a fight that the effort was given up. Dr. Matson telephoned Park Superln tendent Convill that if the city wants tho bear, which was donated to the city a few days ago, the city must aevise i means of getting tho bruin from Mil waukie to the zoo. New Persian Ministers Anti-Rnsslan LONDON, Feb. 25. A Central News dispatch from Constantinople, by way of Amsterdam, says It is learned from Teheran that the positions of Minister of the Interior and Minister or justice in the Cabinet have been filled by Persians of ant l-Russian sentiment and that another anti-Russian will be come Minister of oreign Atiairs. CARRIES NO THREAT Intimation of Future Course Omitted. EMBARGO DENIED BY BRYAN Fear Prisoners Will Suffer First Is Entertained. BRITAIN DELAYS REPLY Consultation With AHira May In quire Sacral Day fo-opcratlon of Other Neutral Nations 1 licsarded as Aurcd. ; W ASHINGTON. Feb. SS.-Th 1. n.t-d States Government has niitKrMnl formally to Great Britain a.M G.im.i.y tnat in the Interest, of hum."", ' merco all mlnos be removed from lh high MP! except thoi Hrr,lly tier-, .ary for the protection of con.l dcf.nrr. and harbors. This suBsestlon. tearthor ullh rro. posals dOKlsncd to obtain Great Brit ain's acquiescence In a l-l..n to p-rnnl the distribution of ImpoMfd fooostuff" to th civilian population ft and brli.s about abandonment by tha latter of Its submarine on merchant hll. " l, Enillan.l to her allies. Franco and sla, for consideration. -r Coarse nt Revealed. Intimations have come e to the ii. Instou Government that the Brit- h Cabinet acts and the attitude ot France and Kiii-rla Is """ ' can be given to the American propo sals. This may require several i.y. In the meantime .crninn, ..... has manifested a willingness to nmU concessions, which give, officials her. ground for hope thai a cone IM-ry spirit mill be adopted by Great Britain. " -'--- . . , ,l,t In It can be saiu auioiu."" the American communication. md identically to Germany and Great Brit ain, no mention was made by the United States of what course 11 would nrue in the event of rejection of H .i. The I'nllcd Slates a.- ,i rather the role of mediator. In an effort secretly for the prv-ent to reach an agreement without the ambar. rassments of public discussion In tha belligerent countries, where passion, were thought likely to stimulate In fluences that would defe.t Impartial consideration of questions involved, rrlaoaer. May Fel Hr.t IM-eh. Illch officials of the Washington Government have shown much soll.l tudo over what inlBht bo the extent of retaliatory measures adopted by the belligerents if they continue to d. re gard previously accepted principles of fnternatlonal law. It Is under, ood that one of the arguments used Is that if the policy of starvation Is into effect by Gre.t Britain, the llrst to feel the pinch of hunger might b the British. French and Uu.l.n prison, era. Another sugcestion aald to hm been conveyed Is that differing forced on the civilian population of G-rmsny might produce an unwholesome effrt on the attitude of the American people toward Great Britain and her slllej. There is every evidence that neutral governments are working In clo-e harmony with the Washington Govern ment and have manifested more than a wllllngno!-, to co-operat. In effort made here to assist In a .Mtle.inent of tho vexations queotlons arlXnj out of submarine and mine warfare. Contemplated K.mharao leled. Secretary Bryan denied today that " embargo by tho lnltd States t.n ex ports of foodstuffs was contemplated. Following a talk with President Wll son. Representative Porter.' of Penn sylvania. Republican, introduced a bill to authorise the President to lV, roFulate and revoke embargoes on all ships and vessels In I'nlted plates ports, or United States or foreign vca sels, whenever In his opinion It l necessary, until 15 days after the com. mencement of the next seslun of Con gress. "No man." said Mr. Porter, "csn antic. Ipate the emergencies likely to ane In our foreign relation, in the next nine months and Congress should not adjourn without placing In the Presi dent's hands every possible assistance to meet the complications ss they arise." The delicacy of tne negotiation, pie vent official, from revtallng Ju.i what haa been proposed. The Minister, from Norway and Wweden and other neutral envoy, who have Inquired, somo of them even by Instructions fr..m tneir government, have not been Informed of the details by the State Department because the subject I. reg.rded as In an Informal and unofficial etaae as yet. more in the nature of an interchange of views than formal negotiation. Brltala Helleved Oalner. From the point of view of the Well ington Government. Great Britain, while conceding the shipment of food stuffs to Germany under a system that would guarantee their distribution to the civilian population and not the belligerent forces of Germany, wouid have much to gain from an acceptance of the American proposal.. The aboli tion of the war zones around Great Britain and Ireland, tho removal of all mines, it Is argued, would render the commerce of the allies eafa. subject to the usual exercise of the right ot visit ation, search and capture. Originally when. mine, were Isld In the North Sea, Germany and Great Britain accused each other ot being as-gi-assor In this rerpect. The rcbponslblllty tor tU Initiative . lUur-.tluued on I aj 3