TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 7, 1915.
AREA IS RESERVED
FROM DANGER ZONE
Official Text Shows Germans
Limit Warning to Seas Near
Britain and France.
POLICY MAY BE CHANGED
Embassy Expresses Hope Britain, by
Seizin? Willielmiria, Will Xot
Make Adoption of Xew Coarse
of Action Xccessary.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 6. Germany's
proclamation of a ar zone In the
waters surrounding Great Britain and
Ireland, contrary to first reports, does
not include the seas directly adjacent
to any neutral countries in Kurope.
The official text of the proclamation,
received today from Ambassador Ger
ard at Berlin by the State Department
and made public tonight, reveals that
the areas directly bordering on the
territorial waters of France and Great
Britain are held to be in the zone of
operations within which neutral vessels
may be subject to the hazards of naval
warfare.
The original wireless report paid
that shipping north of the Shetland
Islands and for 30 nautical miles along
tho Dutch coast "wouM be endangered
in the same way"-as the waters around
the belligerent territory.
Northern Koutes Are &mte.
The official text, after pointing out
that the wtrrs surrounding Great
Rrltaln and Ireland, including the Kng
llsh Channel, were to be considered
within the zone of war. pays, however,
that the "routes of navigation around
the north of Shetland Islands in the
eastern part of the North Sea and in a
strip 30 miles wide along, the Dutch
coast are not open to the danger zone."
When officials of the State Depart
ment received the text they imme
diately sent a message of inquiry to
determine whether there was not some
slight error In translation of the last
phrase, "not open to the danger zone,
but said later they had no doubt that
the particularlzatlon of these routes
meant they were the suggested routes
for neutral ships and that shipping to
Norway. Sweden, Denmark and Holland
was not affected by the proclamation.
Text nf Proclamation Olven.
The full text of the German proc
lamation, as given out by the State De
partment, is as follows:
"The waters around Groat Britain.
Including the whole British Channel.
.wiareri herebv to be included
within the zone of war and that after
the 18th instant all enemy mercnuni.
vessels encountered In these waters will
be destroyed, even if it may not be
possible always to save their crews
and passengers.
"Within this war zone neutral ves
sels are exposed to danger, since in
view of the misuse of the neutral flags
ordered by the government of Great
liritain on the 31st ultimo., and of the
hazards of naval warfare, neutral ves
sels cannot always be prevented from
suffering from the attacks intended
for enemy ships.
"The routes of navigation around the
tiorth of the Shetland Islands, in the
eastern rrt of the North Sea, and in
a strip 30 miles wide along the Dutch
coast are not open to the danger zone."
-Yllhelmlnn May Chanae Issue.
A statement Issued by the German
Kmbassv here dfclaring that American
ships laden with foodstuffs for the
civilian population of Germany's ene
mies would not be molested and ex
pressing the hope that Great Britain
would not. bv seizing the American
steamer Wilhelmina. carrying food sup
plies to Germany, make necessary the
adoption of a different policy, was one
ut the numerous developments of the
situation during the day.
In the informal discussion of the
possibilities of Injury to neutral ship-pin-
Irrespective of future action by
the United States. State Department
officials recalled that the record of
the. American Government In sinking
ship which endeavored to run the
l.lockade during the Civil War, con
tained some cases in which innocent
lives were lost. As the German proc
lamation does not prescribe a blockade
there is no warrant for sinking of any
neutral merchant ship, in tho view of
manv officials here, without first de
termining the character and destina
tion of the vessel and taking off pas
sengers and crew.
Diplomatic Artlom Improbable.
While high officials declined to Inti
mate what their course would be. it
was evident that the American Govern
ment would not protest against the
. designation of water areas as "zones of
war " but would endeavor to learn
what protection would be afforded by
the German navy to American ships
which did pass through tho danger
'"""was regarded as unlikely, in many
quarters, that beyond a statement of
the American Government's expecta
tion that neutral ships bearing non
contraband cargoes would be respected
and that passengers and crews would
be taken off neutral vessels which
might be considered lawful prizes of
war. no other diplomatic action would
be taken.
standard normal course, must have 100
hours of practice in giving instruction
to the Monmouth pupils.
SHIPPING DELAYS ABATED
Britain Gives Notice Cargoes Can Be
Handled Promptly in Port.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 8. The British
Embassy today issued this statement:
"Congestion at the Port of London
has now greatly abated and only a very
few ships are now at Gravesend await
ing berth and delays to which vessels
have formerly been subjected need no
longer be expected. Labor is sufficient
for necessities of the port.
"At Live -ool delays are less than
they were and they will be further re
duced, owing to arrangements being
made by a committee representing the
principal port authorities of Great Britain."
WHEAT CHECKJS $38,580
Banker, However, Tells Palouscrs to
Keep Hogs and Chickens.
SPOKANE. Wash., Feb. 6. (Special.)
In spite of the fact that he received
a check today for $38,580 for part of
the wheat grown on his lands in the
Palouse country in 1914. William Hunt
ley, vice-president of the Exchange
National Bank, expressed the opinion
that the only permanent prosperity of
the Palouse country would come not
GERMANS
V
JUSTIFY
ZONE ON SEA
Appeal to "Vital Interests'
Declared Compelled by
Enemy's Position.
REGRET IS EXPRESSED
Measure Compared With British
Declaration of North Sea as Area
of War Xcntrals' Protests
Heretofore Theoretical.
BERLIN, Feb. 6. by wireless to Say
ville, N. T. Germany officially gave
out today the full text of the "memo
randum of the Imperial German gov
ernment concerning retaliation against
the measures taken by England, in vio
lation of international law, to stop neu-
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it is advisable for their ships to avoid
entering this area, for even though the
German naval forces have instructions
to avoid violence to neutral ships, in
GREAT BRITISH ATLANTIC LINER WHICH FLIES AMERICAN FLAG FOR SAFETY.
BUNDLE DAY BIG SUCCESS
Gifts Pour In on Committee nt Hate
of H7.000 an Hour.
NEW YORK. Feb. 6. So general was
the response last Thursday to make
bundle day" a success that the cen
tra! bundle committee, headed by Mrs.
James Speyer. today announced that
plans w-re already being discussed to
make the bundle collections an annual
affair, but at a date previous to the
Christmas holidays.
The bundles continued to come to
dav ut the bundle headquarters on an
avernge of 27.000 an hour. The same
thing wns going on at the other re
ceiving stations. About 75 per cent
of the bundles contained mens' clothes.
Garments in need of repair are sent
to repair shops, where the workers
receive 15 cents nn hour and work
four-hour shifts, that a greater num
ber m ly profit by the employment.
SCHOOL EQUIPMENT SHORT
Monmouth Head Says Training Can
not He Given to Teachers.
MONMOUTH. Or.. Feb. 6. (Special.)
With the present equipment in the
Jlonmiiuth Training School only 43 stu
dents can be graduated from the Ore-
fron iormai - i i ....a .. v . . . . vv."-(
Jng to Principal Thomas H. Gentle. Hej
says that - inadequate mcumes are
cheating the students of the advantages
lor which they have paid. ,
The Monmouth School Is used as a
practice school for the normal teachers.
Each normal student, before obtaining
ber diploma for the completion of the
$ 1
w ... m
yi,,J&Kj&,;.:4-.
STEAMSHIP MSITAMA.
from wheat, but from hogs and chick
ens. "Wheat is high now and hogs and
chickens are low," snid Mr. Huntley,
"but the reaction will set in and the
reverse will be true. I am advising the
farmers to buy iiogs and chickens for
the money, in the long run, is to be
mado from them in the Palouse coun
try." M. H. Houser, wheat exporter of
Portland, bought Mr. Huntley's wheat
and will export It from Portland. About
.10,000 bushels figured in -the sale, the
purchase price being $1.35 a bushel. No
hluestem was in the lot. the total
amount being Fall wheat.
POLLEN HELPSHAY FEVER
Autogenous Treatment Reported En
couraging in Individual Cases.
NEW YORK, Feb. 6. The cure of
several persons suffering from hay
fever by the injection of the plant
pollen responsible for the ailment in
tho individual cases is announced in a
preliminary report published in the
New York Medical Journal today by
octors Seymour Oppenhelmer and
..-i- t ,n,iiAK r.f thiM ritv. The
announcement is based on the result
. r I l.hnrntAFV HYnpHmfllta
Ul nil i v v ........ ...... .. - ,
at the College of Physicians and Sur
geons and uie xreaiuii:iiL ui cm.
The object of the Investigation was
to find a suDstance mat nomu
naPcnn. u-hn had suffered from
the distressing ailment against further
attacks and nence ine iHeuuiumi, im
port -bears tne line
munizatlon of hay fever."
... 1 1 uA . n n a treated were
cured, the report says, but the results
were encouraging.
SOUTH BEND WINS DEBATE
Vancouver Loses In High School
Sinjlc-Tax Argument.
vivmrvER. Wash.. Feb. 6. (Spe
cial.) Arguments in favor of single
tax as advanced by the debating team
c- . . u xianA Hicrh School, in this
city last night, won over the Vancouver
High School team. The winners were
Carlton Dark. Miss Margaret Dorwln
i . i . l-... iMc. The Vancouver
aim jhioo . " " - - ... . L
team was composed of Cleveland Hutch
inson. Kichard lllcnneia ano ns.ii;
Dickson. Charles W. Hall, a Vancouver
attorney, presided.
In the high school debate at Ridge
field, Castle Rock defeated Ridgefleld.
AMERICAN FLAG IS FLOWN
Continued From First Fage.)
communicate full information as to
such incidents.
On the outbreak of war with Chile,
in 1S79. Peru inquired of the United
states as to what conditions must be
complied with in order that a mer
chant vessel might be considered as
belonging to the United States and un
der what conditions the United States
flag might be used.
The American legation in Peru sent
a note in reply, which was supple
mented by a memorandum from the
Secretary of States, Evarts. who said
that there was no prohibition of the
use of the American flag by a for
eign vessel beyond the jurisdiction of
the United tsates- or any peimny pro
vided therefor.
STOPS TOBACCO HABIT.
Elders' Sanitarium, located at 51S
Main St.. St. Joseph. Mo., has published
a book showing the deadly effect of
the tobacco habit and how it can be
stopped in three to five days.
As they are distributing this book
free, anyone wanting a copy should
send their name and address st once.
Adv.
Professor Completes Books.
UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, Moscow,
Feb. 6. (Special.) Professor Collins,
of the English department, has fin
ished two books that will be published
soon. "A History of, the English
Elegy." is a study of the elegy as a
literary type, and "The Novel and Eng
lish Democracy from 1860 -to 1910." is
a treatment of contemporary tenden
cies in politics and the novel.
A receipt for $30 on payment of $25.
See Graves Music Co. adv., page 10.
section 3.
tral sea commerce with Germany." It
says:
"Since the beginning of the present
war Great Britain has carried on a
mercantile warfare against Germany in
a way that defies all the principles of
international law. It is true that the
British government has announced in
a number of decrees the London
declaration concerning naval warfare
to be binding on its naval forces, but
In reality she has renounced the dec
laration in its most important particu
lars, although her own delegates at the
London conference on naval warfare
had recognized its conclusions to be
valid as international law.
Legitimate Contraband Exceeded.
"The British government has put a
number of articles in the list of con
traband which are not. or, at most, are
only indirectly useful for military pur
poses and therefore, according to the
London declaration, as well as accord
ing to universally recognized rules of
international law. may not be uesig
nalcd as contraband. She has further
actually abolished the distinction be
tween absolute and relative contraband,
inasmuch as she has subjected to cap
ture all articles of relative contraband
Intended for Germany,- without refer
ence to the harbor in whicli they are
to be unloaded or to the hostile or
peaceful use to which they are to be
put.
"She does not even hesitate to vio
late the Paris declaration, as her naval
forces have seized on neutral ships
German property that was not contra
band, in violation of her own decrees
concerning the London declaration. She
has further, through her naval forces,
taken from neutral ships numerous
Germans liable to military service and
has made of them prisoners of war.
Aorth Sea Made M'ar Area.
"Finally she has declared the entire
North Sea to be an area of war, and
if she has not made impossible the
passage of the neutral shipping
through the sea between Scotland and
Norway, has rendered it so difficult
and so dangerous that she had to a
certain -extent effected a blockade of
neutral coasts and neutral ports, in
violation of all international law.
"All these measures have the obvi
ous purpose, through the illegal par-alyzatic-.
of legitimate neutral com
merce, not only to strike at the Ger
man military strength, but also at the
economic life of Germany, and finally,
through starvation, doom the entire
population of Germany to destruction.
"The neutral powers have generally
acquiesced in the steps taken by the
British government. Especially they
have not succeeded in inducing the
British government to restore the Ger
man individuals and property seized
in violation of international law. In
certain directions also they have aid
ed the German measures which are
irreconcilable with the freedom of the
sea. in that they have obviously, under
the pressure of England, hindered by
export and trarsit embargoes the
transit of wares for peaceful purposes
to Germany.
German Appeals Are Vain.
"Tho German government has' in
vain called the attention of neutral
powers to the fact that it must face
the question of whether it can longer
Dersevere in its hitherto strict observ
ance of the rules of the London declar
ation, if Great Britain were to continue
its course and the neutral powers
were to continue to acquiesce in these
violations of neutrality to the detri
ment of Germany.
"For hei violations of international
law. Great Britain pleads the vital in
terests which the British Empire has
at stake and the neutral powers seem
to satisfy themselves with a theoreti
cal protest. Therefore, in fact, they
accept the vital interests of belliger
ents as sufficient excuse for every
method of warfare.
"Germany must now' appeal to these
same vital interests to its regret. It,
therefore, sees itself forced to military
measures aimed at England In retalia
tion against the English procedure.
Just as England has designated the
area between Scotland and Norway as
n area of war. so Germany now de
clares all the waters surrounding Great
Britain and Ireland. including the
antire English Channel, as an area of
war, and thus will proceed against
the shipping of the enemy. For this
purpose, beginning February IS. 1915.
it will endeavor to destroy every enemy
merchant ship that is found in this
area of war, without its always being
possible to avert the peril that thus
threatens persons and cargoes.
All Neutrals Warned.
"Neutrals are therefore warned
against further entrusting crews, pas
sengers and wares to such ships. Their
attention is also called to the fact that'
sofar as they are recognizable. In view
of the misuse of neutral flags ordered
by the British government and the con
tingencies of naval warfare, their be
coming victims of torpedoes directed
against enemy ships cannot always be
averted.
"At the same time it is specifically
noted that shipping north of the Shet
land Islands in the Eastern area of the
North Sea and in a strip of at least
30 sea miles in width along the Nether
lands coast is not imperilled.
"The German government gives such
early notice of these measures that
hostile, as well as neutral ships, may
have time accordingly to adapt their
plans for landing at ports in this area
of war. It is to be expected that the
neutral powers will show no less con
sideration for the vital interests of
Germany than for those of England and
will aid in keeping their citizens and
the property of the latter from this
area. This is the more to be ex
pected as it must be to tho interest of
the neutral powers to see this destruc
tive war end as soon as possible."
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BALLOON BROUGHT DOWN
TURKS BUYING EXEMPTION
Able-Bodicd 3Bcn Escape Army Duty
by Tajing $200.
PETROGRAD, Feb. 6, via London.
The Rech has published a dispatch from
its special correspondent at Odessa,
who declares that according to news
reaching that city from Turkey a
famine of corn is imminent in the
Turkish Empire, and furthermore the
government is urgently in need of
funds.
The military authorities aro exempt
ing able-bodied men from serving in
the army for J200. Of this amount
$1C0 goes to the Ministry of War and
the remainder is divided between the
navy and the Red Cross. Reserves are
exempted for the sum of 140. Well-to-do
Turks are making free use of these
exemption clauses.
Germans Issue Official Denial of
Allies' Earlier Statement. That
Especial Efforts Were Made
on Kaiser's Birthday.
PARIS. Feb. 6. The following official
communication was issued by the War
Office tonight:
"The onlv events worthy of note
which have been reported tonight arc
tho efficient fire maintained by our
artillery in Belgium and in the vauey
of the Aisne, and slight progress which
our troops have made in Champagne to
the north of Massiges."
The report Issued earlier in the day
said:
"N'o infantry engagement has been
reported as having occurred during the
day of February 6.
"From Arras to Rheims. there were
artillery engagements with results
satisfactory to us. There has been no
change In the situation in the vicinity
of Perthes and Massiges.
In the Argonne and in the Woevre
district French artillery yesterday dis
persed convoys of the enemy and set
fire to a convoy train of 25 wagons.
"There has been nothing to report
from the rest of the front. We brought
down a captive balloon behind the
German lines at a point to the north
east ot Somme."
BERUX, Feb. 6. by wireless to Pay-
ville. N. Y. Army headquarters today
Issued the following statement:
"Two new French attacks against
positions taken by the Germans north
of Massiges remained unsuccessful. A
French attack in the Argonne also
failed.
"Especially from the British, but also
from the French side, the allegation
is repeated continuously that the Ger
mans to commemorate the Kmperor's
birthday, made attacks on a Inrge sen.
which wcro attended throughout. lt"
heavy reverses for the German. All
German official reports of events on
the days In question prove thst this
allegutioik was invented with perfidious
intent.
"Of course, such fighting munnrrs can
not touch the Kniperor'a person, but tne
German army headquarters wniiM not
fMI to expose th-ir bnenepB tn shfime."
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