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ina recently was|* cargd was destined solely for the Ger- to the express declaration of the Ger lain of any formal violation of new- ity, but the German Government, Ww of complete evitrence before ‘8 enemies. in view of this situation Germany, Mebland aster tans ir ‘8 murderous method of navai ay y cannot, however, forbear to point out that Hy ite efforta in oF rendered vi - ficult by two Circumstances: First, the misuse of neutral fiags by British merchant vessels, which indi ably known to the United States; sec- the contraband trade already ementioned, especially in war ma- terials, on neutral vesse! HOPES THE UNI WILL ACT IN HER FAVOR, “Regarding the jatter point, Ger- many Would fain hope that the United States, after further ration, ‘will come conclusion correspond. many naturally is unwilling to re- |Mounce its righ ascertain the presence of con’ and in neutral vessels, and In certain cases to draw conclusions therefrom. “Germany is ready, finally, to de- ing to the spirit of real neutrality re- warding the first point. The se- cret order of the British Admiralty, recommending to British mer it ships the use of neutral flags, has been communicated by Germany to the United States and confirmed by communication with the British For- eign OMce, which designates this procedure as entirely unobjectionable and in accordance with’ British law. Britieh merchant shipping imme- diately followed this advice, as doubt- jess te known to the American Gov- ernment from the incidents of the Lusitania and the Laertes. 2 British Government has supplied arms to British m chant ships and instructed them fo bly to resist German submarines. In these circumstances it would be very dificult for submarines to recognise neutral merchant ships, for hin Tost cases cannot be tebeyree that in the case of a disgu! yh ship from which an attack may be expected the searching party and the submarine would be exposed t Britain, was tion to make the German illusory if being of n ty, wherein she waa placed by violation of law, must render ef- fective her measures in all circum- in order thereby to compel stances, ther adversary to adopt methods of by remaining away from navel wer mio whieh, aaa le wee, hi th ta the "achievement of eur itty tor their eense- enemy merchant vessels found within the war sone, but not the destruction of all merchant vessels, as the United Gtates seems erroneously to have un- Geratood. This restriction which Ger- many imposes upon itself is preju dicial to the aim of our warfare, as in the application of the conception of contraband practised by Great Britain toward warfare corresponding with interna. tional law and @o to restore the free- dom of the eeas, of which Germany at all times is the defender and for which she to-day is fighting. flag, and beds thie procedure reat iritain to respect American flag in the future. “In this expectation, commander: of German submarines have been in. as already mentioned in th note of Feb, 4, to refrain from vio lent action against American mer- ehant v: #0 far as these can be reongaine’, In order te prevent in the eur- est manner eonsequences of jusion—theugh naturally not ae mines are concerned— ny recommends that the inited States make their wigs whieh are conveying ul the British war eargees through zone discernible by means of conveys. “How the method of convoy can be carried out is @ question concerning which Germany ts ready to in ne- tlations beh} the United States as rtioular! if the Uni Tecommend to it vessels to avoid the British naval war sone—in any case, until the settlement of the flag ques- TTLE FOR HER EXISTENCE, aL inclined to the conf. Gent hope that the United States will be able to jate in its entire eig- nificance the heavy battle which Ger- many is waging for existence, and that from the fo explanations and promises it will acquire full un- derstanding of the motives and the ime of the measures announced by many. "Germany repeats that it has now resolved upon the projected measures only under the strongest of national self defense, such measures having been deferred out of consid- eration for neutrals. ‘It the United States, in view of the weight which it is justified throwing and able to throw into the scales of the fate of peoples, should succeed at the last moment in remov- grounds which make the pro- n obligatory duty for Ger. and if the American Govern- lar should find a way ation of London cted—on behalf also of those which are fighting on Ger- slde—and thereby make pos- Germany legitimate impor- tation of the necessaries of life and industrial raw material, then the Ger- man Government could not too high+ ly appreciate such a service, rend. | rod in the interests of humane meth- ods of warfare, and would giadly draw conclusions from the new situ, ation.” SAILING TO-DAY. Caceth Havana... lav, Christiansand, janes, Cel PLYMOUTH NO UNITED STATES WARSHIPS WILL BE SENT TO WAR ZONE Secretary of the Navy Turns Down German Suggestion of Convoy. WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (United Preaw).—No United States warships will be sent at present to Germany's “death sone” around the British Isies, Secretary of the Navy Daniels made it plain to-day that he was not con- eidering ual! either for con- Yoying Ame hantmen or for general protection outside zone, Officials here sald to-day they did not thi @ situation now much dif- feront'from what it has been here- tofore. They claimed to believe Ger- many will experience diMficulty in op. erating her gubmarines so far from home and will confine her intended attacks almost solely to British troop whips crossing the Channel. President Wilson views the inter- national situation with optimism, it was officially stated to-day. Secre'| of State Bryan hurried to the White House for an early morni: conference with the President, bu left after a half hour's visit, declining to discuss the situation, President Wilson regards it highly improbable that any Ameri shipa will be torpedoed by German submarines. HE HAGUE, Feb. 18 [Associated —T! government of the Netherlands has refused a request for war vesn to convoy Dutch mer- chant ships reves the marine areag prescr#! by rmany, on the ground that such action would en- hance the risks of ships without such escorts. cniigenenelipenneivis FRENCH WAR OFFICE REPORTS CAPTURE OF ; GERMAN TRENCHES, PARIS, Feb, 18 (Associated Press), —The French War Office this after- noon issued the following report: “From the sea to the Olse nothing new was recorded last night. “It has been confirmed that the successful surprise movement which made us master of the two lines of German trenches to the north of Arras, northwest of Rollincourt, in- fi heavy losses on the e y. ‘We captured a bomb thrower an several hundred bombs. “In the Argonne we have also main- ivances won in the Forest have made some progress in vi- cinity of Boureuilies, at Hill No. 268, “We have furthermore madi ad. St Maiancourt and we have anc most as much at # point to the eouth | of the forest of Forges. All these gains have been retained by “From the Mouse to the there is nothing to report.” us. Vosges “cha @ BAN DORR HAMPTON PORTSM ENGLISH m4 Renecere Ovuwie t, a 3O. mee TRIES SUNK Fes 16 TT SOOO MEINKEN COULDN'T DANCE, SO WIFIE'S LOVE TANGOED OFF (Clontintied? trdm Firét ha a aa eyes"—the eyes Mra, en con- fensed tq friends falling in love wit! bing up’ and down in his chair as witnesses’ against Mrs. Meinken Pointed him out ag her affinity, SAYS MRS. MEINKEN ATTENDED PARTY ACTOR GAVE, Mrs. Frances Griese, a pretty young Englishwoman of No. 203 West Nine- ty-fourth Street, an intimate friend of Mrs. Meinken, drew a new char- acter into the Meinken domestic mix- ‘up when she mentioned Charles Mill- ward, an actor. “One day F was waiting for the lft in the Seymour Hotel,” said Mra, Griése, ‘and Mrs. Meinken came in very quietly. She séemed surprised vit BRIGHTOE Shane a ot NOV. Ee ‘ ad ae AS WARN RMOUrM [Powe bine ED SHIPPINC + CALAIS tip BOULOGNE CHANNEL at seeing me, but she chatted quite gaily. She said: ‘Oh, I'm going to @ great party in Mr. Millward’s apart- ments; Mr. Millward is an actor, you know, and please don't tell Mr. Mein- ken that you saw me here, because he thinks actors are not the proper men to go out with!" “Why didn’t you tell Mrs. Meinken she wasn't doing the right thing by her husband?” the witness was asked. “Well, she was no baby— than I am, and anyway, si married before, and she ought know that herself,” Griese. Mrs. Meinken, wrapped in furs, made a blanket denial of all the charges made against her and then described her acquaintance with Harry Hewes, “It was more than @ business ac- quaintance,” she testified. “It was Platonic, to be sure, but never ap- proached the dangerous point some platonic friendships I |.now of have reached. My husband does not know the difference between a platonic friendship and an immoral friendship | —that's why he cannot comprehend my entirely proper relations with Mr. | Hewes.” ' Harry P. Hewes, the co-respondent, | wos to replied Birs. Meinken. He admitted AMIENS ADMIRAL VON TIRPITZ, in Mrs. Meinken's apartment when another man and woman were with him, but denied he had seon Mrs, Meinken in negligee in the apart- ment or that he had appeared scant- fly clad, Also he denied Mra. Mein- ken had kissed him often, declaring to Mrs. Hazard, her friend, that “no woman could be blamed for falling in love with his beautiful eyes.” cccepmmecioesenniaans TURKS PRINT REPORT OF A GREAT “VICTORY” IN LETTERS OF GOLD. 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