r iTH& MORNING STAR, WILMINGTON; N. THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1915. i TWO -- - t . . .-. f f'J1 Vi'l m 1 - ""v.. '1 FRANCE TO PURCHASE OACIA'S COTTON CARGO Vessel Must Await Action of Prize Court at Paris. Steamer TITiIch Changed From German to American Register , After Beginning- of Hostilities, May be Confiscated. ' ' Paris, March 17. The French For eign Office, it .is understood, has de cided to buy the. cotton cargo of the steamer Dacia, which was seized by a French cruiser and taken into Brest, while on a voyage from the United States to Rotterdam,, . The cotton is val ued at about $750,000. The owners pro posed the purchase, it is stated. The disposition vof .the ship. must be left to a prize court. The French law, it is pointed out,does not permit the transfer of a ship belonging to a hos tile country to a neutral during war. The Dacia changed her registry from German to American after the out break of hostilities. Captain George McDonald, master of the Dacia, arrived here today, and it is "his intention to remain until the prize court proceedings are ended. ENGLAND EAGERLY AWAITS COMMAND TO CHARGE ENEMY , .! (Continued from Page One.) Bucharest, the Austrians have been de feated along the entire front. In Northern Poland isolated actions are being fought from the Niemen river to Przasnysz. The big battle ex pected there has not been giben by Field Marshal Von Hindenburg, who is thought to have attained his object when he extricated his forces from the forest of Augustowo. The Russian Caucasus army is work ing along the Black sea coast and has taken the Turkish port of Archava and repulsed the attacks of the Turks who "still are operating on the fringe of Russian territory. - Gnu Posltioaa Unmasked. By publishing a casualty list tonight the "British admiralty confirmed reports from Athens that the cruiser Amethyst made a dash into the Dardanelles and was struck by a number of shells. It is presumed here that "Vice Admiral Carden sent the cruiser on this risky mission to unmask any concealed bat teries along the straits and which the Allied beet had not destroyed when they bombarded the forts. Naval experts say the Amethyst's success proves that heavily armored ships could at the present time pene trate the straits as guns which could not sink the liglit protected cruiser w,ould make little impression on bat tleships. Her dash Is compared to Far ragut's forcing the passage of the Mis sissippi. . There is considerable speculation .as to- the negotiations reported to be tak ing place at Sofia where the King of Bulgaria today received, the minister of . the Allies, the Rumanian minister and General Sir Arthur Paget, who Is returning from a mission to Russia. The possibility of Bulgaria and .Ru mania simultaneously Intervening in the war is suggested, Bulgaria accept ing the offer which Greece declined. NOTES PASSEC FROM AMERICA TO EUROPE AND REPLIES PUALIC (Continued from Page One.) agreement in terns like the following might be entered into. The Plan In Full "Germany and Great Britain to agree:' "1. That neither -will sow any float ing mines, that neither will plant on the high seas anchored mines except for defensive purposes only; and that all mines shall be so constructed as to become harmless if separated from their moorings. "2. That neither will use submarines to attack merchant vessels of any na tionality except to enforce the right of visit and search. S "3. That each will require their respective merchant vessels not to use neutral flags for the purpose of dis guise. ' "Germany to agree: "That all importations of food or foodstuffs from the United States (and from such other neutral i countries as may ask it) into Germany shall be consigned to agencies to be designated by the United States government; that these American agencies shall have entire charge and control without in terference on the part of the German government, of the receipt and distri bution of such importations, and shall distribute them solely to retail dealers bearing licenses from the German gov ernment entitling them to receive and furnish such food and foodstuffs to non-combatants only and that such food and foodstuffs will not be re quisitioned by the German government for any purpose whatsoever or be di verted ,to the use of the armed forces . of Germany; Great Britain Side 1 ; "Great Britain to agree: "That food and foodstuffs will not - be placed upon the absolute contraband list and that shipments of such com modities will not be ' interfered . with if consigned to agencies desienated by the United States government in Germany for distribution solely to the uon-combantant population. "In submitting this proposed basis of agreement this government does not wish to be understood as admitting or denying any belligerent or neutral right established by the principles of International laws, but would consider " the agreement, if acceptable to the interested powers, as not binding upon the United States until accepted by thiB government: "BRYAN" Germany Accepts Plan . The German reply, handed to the American ambassador at Berlin. March ' 1. 1915: "The undersigned has the honor to Inform His Excellency, Mr. James "W. Gerard, ambassador of the United States of America, in reply to the note of the 22nd instant that the imperial German government have taken note with great interest of . the suggestion that ...certain principles for the con duct of maritime" war on the part of Germany and England be agreed upon for the protection of jieutral shipping. "It is In accordance with the Ger many's wishes to have . maritime war ' Charter election registration now so. Ins on. ''.' - . -..'aO ;-":-:'-- conducted according . to rules - which without discriminate restricting one or the other of the belligerent powers' in their use of warfare are equally con siderate of the interests of neutrals and the dictates of humanity. . "With regard to the various joints of the American note they.beg to make the following . remarks?' k, ;-. v "1. With regard to" the" sowing --of mines, the German government would be willing to agree as suggested not to use floating mines and to have an chored mines constructed as indicated. On the other hand Jit does " not-appear to them to be feasible . for the bel ligerents wholly to forego the use of anchored mines' for offensive purposes! "2. The German government would undertake not to use their submarines to attack mercantile- of any flag except when necessary" to enforce the right of visit and search. '" AS to Neutral Flags "3. As provided in the American note, this restriction of the use -of the submarines is .contigent on . the --fact that the enemy merchantile abstain from the use of the neutral . flag a"nd other neutral distinctive, marks. It would appear to be-"a matter of course that much mercantile " also abtain from arming themselves and from all re sistence by force.- J ; "4. The regulation of importations of food into Germany, suggested ' by the .American government appears to be in general acceptable. Such regula tion would, of course, be confined to Importations by sea. The Imperial government must, however, in addition have the Importation of other raw ma terial used by the economic system of non-combatants including' forage per mitted. To what end the enemy govern ments would have to permit the en try of the raw material mentioned in the free list of the Declaration of London and to treat materials included in the list of conditional contraband according to the same principles as food and foodstuffs. "The German government venture to hope that the "agreement? for which" the- American government .have .paved the way may be reached and that in this way peaceable neutral shipping and trade will not. have -to suffer any more than is absolutely necessary from the unavoidable effects of maritne war. These effects could be still further reduced if some way could be found to exclude the shipping of munitions of war from neutral countries to belligerents. , "The German government must re serve a definite statement of their position until, such time as they may receive further information enabling them to see what obligations the Brit ish government are willing to asume. "The undersigned avails himself of this occasion, etc . (Signed) . " j "VON JAGOW," "Dated Foreign Office, Berlin, Febur ary 28th, 1915. "Gerard". Great Britain's Reply The reply of Great Britain handed to the American ambassador London, was as follows: "London, March 15th, 1915, "Following is the memorandum datedi March 13th, which Grey handed me today: " 'On the 2nd of February last I re ceived a communication r from Tour Excellency of the identic note address ed to his majesty's government, and to , Germany, respecting aji agreement on certain pointsas to the conduct of the war at seaT The reply of the German government to this note has been published and It is not under stood from the reply that the German govrment are preparing to abanderr the practice of sinking British tcier chant vessels by submarines and. it is evident they will not adandon the. use of mines for offensive purposes on the high seas as suggested by the gov ernment of . the United States. This being so, it might appear unnecessary fpr the British government to make amy further reply than to take note of the German answer. We desire, however, to take - the . opportunity of making a fuller statement of the whole position. We recognize with sympathy the desire of the government of the United States to see the European war conducted in accordance with the .pre viously recognized rules of interna tional law. It is thus that the Brit ish forces . have conducted the war. On the German side it has been very different. Treatment of Civilians. " '1. The treatment of civilian inhab itants in Belgium and the North of France has been made public by the Belgian and French governments. Modern history affords no precedent for the sufferings that have been in flicted on the defenseless and non-combatant population. Even the food of the population was confiscated until in Belgium an international commission largely influenced by American gene rosity and conducted under American auspices secured from the German gov ernment a promise to spare what food was still left in the country. " 2. We have from" time to time re ceived most terrible accounts of the barbarous treatment to which British officers and soldiers have been exposed after they have been taken prisoner. Some evidence has been' received of the hardships to which British prisoners of war are subjected in the prison camps, contrasting, we believe, most unfavorably with the treatment of Ger man prisoners in this country. " 3. At the very outset of the war a German mine layer was discovered laying a mine field orf the. high seas. Further mine fields have been laid from time to time .without warning and many neutral. aS . well as British vessels have been sunk by them. Activity of Submarines. . " '4. At various times during the war German submarines have stopped and sunk British merchant vessels. The general 'rule to which the British gov ernment have adhered was that mer chant vessels, if captured, must be taken before apprize court. In one case already quoted in a note to the United States government, ' a .neutral vessel carrying foodstuffs to an unfort ified town in Great Britain has been sunk. Another case is now reported in which a German cruiser has sunk an American vessel, the "William P. Frye", carrying a cargo of wheat from Seattle to Queenstown. In both cases the cargoes were presumably destined for the civil population1 Both these cases occurred before the' detention by the British authorities of the Wilhel mlna and hercargo -of foodstuffs which the German government allege is the justification for their own action. " 5. Unfortified, open, and defense less towns have been deliberately and wantonly bombarded by German ships' of war, causing in some" cases consid erable loss of civilian lifei, including women and-children. : ' : - Activity f Aircraft. . " '6. German air craft have dropped bombs on the least coast -of England whsre there were no military or sirai eeric Doinls to be attacked. Qn the other hand, I am aware of but two crit icisms' that have been made -on British action in all these respects: (1) It is said that the British naval, authorities also have laid some anchored mines otn the high seas. They have done so, Ijlut the mines were anchored and so constructed that they would be harm less if they went adrift and no mines were laid until it was found that the Germans had made, a regular practice of laying mines 'oif' the high seas; (2) It. Is said that the British government have 'departed from -the view of -international law which they 'had previous ly maintained that foodstuffs destined for the civil population should never be interfered with, this charge Cbelng founded Non .Jhe ; submission tOa';prize court ofthe cargo of the WUhelmina. "'The special considerations ' affect ing this cargo have already been pre sented in a memorandum. to the United States government and I neednot re peat them 'here. Inasmuch as the stop page of all foodstuffs is an admitted consequence of blockade it is obvious that there can be no universal rule based on considerations of morality and humanity which is contrary to this practice. The right to stop food stuffs destined for the civil population,, must therefore in any case be admitted if an effective 'cordon controlling" inter course with the enemy is drawn, an nounced and'maintained. Moreover, in dependently of rights arising from bel ligerent action in the nature of block ade . some other nations differing from the . opinion of the government of the United States and Great-Britain .have held- that r to stop- the food of the civil population-is a natural and legitimate method of bringing pressure to bear on an enemy country aS it is upon the defense of a' besieged town-. It is also upheld on the authority of both Prince Bismarck: and Count Caprivin and therefore presumably is not repugnant to German morality. V . Blockade is Declared. 'The government of Great . Britain have frankly declared in concert with the government of France, their inten tion to "meet " the German attempt to stop all supplies of every kind from leaving or entering British or French ports by themselves stopping supplies going to or from Germtfhy from this end. The British fleet has Instituted a blockade , egectively controlling by cruiser "cordon" all passage to and from Germany by sea. I must empha size again that thie measure Is. a nat ural and.' necessary consequence of the unprecedented methods repugnant to all law and morality which have been described above which Germany began to adopt at the very outset of the war and the egects of which have been con stantly accumulating.' "American. ambassador, London," The American government transmit ted Identical messages of inquiry to the ambassadors at London and Paris inquiring from both England and France how the declarations in the Anglo-French note proclaiming an em bargo on all commerce between Ger many and Jieutral ..-countries were to be carried into, effect. The message to London .was as follows: Want Itfore Information. "Washington", March 51915. ' "In regard to the recent communi cations Received from the' British- and French governments concerning " re straints upon commerce with Germany, please communicate with the British foreign office in the sense following: "The difficulty "of determining action upon the British and French declara tions of intended retaliation upon com merce with Germany lies in the nature of the proposed measures in their rela tion' to commerce by-neutrals. "The language .of the declaration is: !The British 'and French"? governments .will, therefore, hold themselves free to detain and -take, into port ships carry ing goods of presumed enemy destina tion," ownership or origin. Jt is not in tended . to confiscate such vessels or cargoes unless they would otherwise be liable .to condemnation.' "The 'first sentence claims 'a' right pertaining on.lyJt-0 a state.of blockade. The last sentenceprttprfses a treatment of ships and cargoes as if no blockade existed.. The two together present a proposed course ' of action previously unknown to international law. "As a consequence neutrals have no standard, by -which , to measure their rights or to avoid--danger to their ships and cargoes. The paradoxical situa tion thus created should be changed and the declaring powers ought to as sert whether they rely upon the rules governing a blockade or the rules ap plicable when- no blockade exists. 1 Perplexities Presented. j "The declaratigV Pfcesents other per plexities. The last sentence quoted in dicates that' thej'rull of contraband are to be applied Jtot-argoes detained. The rule covering; nO$i-contraband ar ticles carried in neutral bottoms is that the cargoes shall be released and the ships allowed to proceed. What then is to be done with a cargo of non-contraband goods detained under the dec laration? The same question may be asked as, to 'conditional contraband cargoes. .'" "The foregoing comments apply to cargoes destined for Germany. Under the rules governing enemy, exportson ly goods owned by enemy subjects in enemy bottoms are subject to seizure and condemnation. Yet by the decla ration It is purposed to seize and take Into port all goods of enemy owner ship and origin. The origin of goods destined to neutral territory on neu tral ships is not and never lias been a ground for forfeiture, except in case a blockade is declared and maintained. What then would the seizure amount to in the present case except to delay the delivery of the goods? The dec laration does not indicate what dispo sition would be made of such cargoes if owned by a neutral or if owned by an enemy subject. Would a different rule be applied according to owner ship? If so, upon what principles of international law would it rest? iAnd upon what rule if no blockade is de clared and'maintained could the cargo of a neutral, ship sailing, out, of a Ger man port' be -condemned? -If it is not condemned, what other legal course is there but to release it? ' Must Limit the Radius. "While this government Is fully alive to the possibility that the methods of modern naval warfare, particularly in the use of submarine for both defensive and offensive operations, .may make the -former means of maintaining a blockade a physical impossibility, it feels that it can be urged with great force that there should be saso. some irmir to tne 'radius of activity and es pecially so if this action by the bellig erents can be construed to be' a block ade. Jt would certainly create a ser ious state of affairs, If for example, an American vessel laden with a cargo of German origin should escape-the Brit ish patrol in European waters only to be held up by a, cruiser ff New - York and taken into Halifax. . r , "Similar cablegram sent to Paris. "BRYAN." Reply From Paris The American ambassador at Paris transniited to the Secretary of State from the .French government the following-message;. "French government replies " In a letter, dated March 7,' your ex cellency drew.-my attention to the views of the government of the United States regarding'ihe rftor,t ." cations from the French and Brit sh governments concerning a restriction to be laid upon commerce with Ger many; According to Your ExcellerW's letter the declaration made bj the Al! lied governments presents some un certalnty &s regards its application ".'At the same time -You r t?vIii notiflede that the Se ?S United States was somewhat amWI slve that the Allied belligeren?s mf S capture in water- : K!"nts mlSht ships hich might ave esced o cruisers patrolling ' European ' waters. In" acknowledging receipt of Your ' Ex cellency's pnfhmnnl'otfnti T havfl th "honor to inform you that the- govern ment or, the Republic has not failed to consider this point and 1 beg to speci by clearly." the conditions of applica tion as far as my government is con cerned,, of the declaration of the Allied governments. As well set forth by the Federal government . the old methods of blockade cannot be entire ly adhered to in view of the use . Ger many has made of Her submarines; and also by reason of the geographical sit uation i of that country. In answer to the challenge contained in, the declaration- by which the German imperial government stated that it considered the seas surrounding Great Britain and the French coast on the channel as a military zone the Allied governments have been . obliged . to examine what measures they could adopt to interrupt all maritime communication with the German empire and thus keep it block aded by the naval power of . the two Allies at the same time, however, safe guarding as much "as possible the legi timate interests of neu'ral powers, j As to Neutral Ships ' " 'The government of the Republic, therefore, reserves to itself the right of bringing into a French or Allied port any ship carrying a cargo presumed to be of i German origin, destination, or ownership, but it will not any neutral (-ship except in case of contraband. In theevent of a neutral proving his law ful ownership of merchandise destined to.&armany he shall be entirely free to dispose of same, subject to certain con ditions. In case theowner of the goods is a German they shall be sequestrated during the war " 'Merchandise of enemy origin shall only be sequestrated when it is at the same time the property of an enemy, merchandise ' belonging to .neutrals shall be. held at the disposal of its owner j to be returned to the "port-of departure, j ... " 'As Your Excellency will observe, these measures respect the rights of neutrals and will not in any way jopar dize private property. . " 'The government of -the . Republic, being desirous of allowing neutrals every facility to enforce their claims, give the prize court (an independent tribunal) cognizance of these questions and in order to give the neutrals as lit tle trouble as possible it has specified that the prize court shall give sen-. tence within eight days from the date on which the case shall have been brought before it. Must Compare Figures 'I do -not doubt Mr. . Ambassador that the Federal government, com paring j on the one hand, the unspeak able violence with which the German military government threatens neutrals the criminal actions unkrfoVn In mari time annals already - perpetrated against neuthral property and ships and even against the lives of neutral subjects or citizens and on the other hand, the measures adopted by the Allied f governments of France and Great Britain respecting the laws of humanity and the rights of individuals will readily - perceive that the latter have not overstepped their strict rights as belligerents.. " 'Finally; I am .anxious to asure you that it 4s4fi0t and it has never been the intention of the government of the Republic to extend the action of its cruisers against enemy merchandise beyond European seas the Mediter ranean included. "SHARP" Great Brltalns Reply The reply from the British govern ment transmited by the American am bassador at Tendon to the Secretary of. State said: "London, March 5, 1915. "Following is the. text of a note, dated today, and an order-in-council I have just received from Grey. " '1. - His majesty's government had under careful consideration the inquiries which under instructions from your government. Your Excell ency addressed to me on the eighth in stant regarding the scope and mode of application of the measures, fore shadowed in .the British and French declarations of thefirst .of March for restricting the trade of Germany. . " '2. j I can at once, aseure Your Ex cellency that subject to the paramount necessity of restricting German trade his majesty's government have madt it their first arm to '. minimize incon venience to neutral countries. From the ' accompanying copy of the order-in-councll, ypvt will observe v that wide discretion is afforded to the prizt court in dealing with the trade of neu trals and'that full provision is made to facilitate claims by persons interested In any good places in the custody of the marshal of the prize 'court, undei the order. I apprehend that the ped plexlties to which Your Excellency re fers will, for the most part, be dissipat ed, by the perusal of this documtnt anci that it Is necessary for me to add cer tain explanatory observations. Given More Powers " The effect of theorder-in council is. to confer certain powers upon., the. executive officers of his majesty gov ernment. " The United. States? government may rest assured that the instructions to be issued by his majesty's government tc the fleet and to the customs, official ; and executive committees concerned impress Upon the mthe duty of ticing with the utmost dispatch consistent with the object in view of showing in every case such consideration for neu trals, as may be compatible with that object -'which', is to establish a block ade to prevent vessels from carying goods for or coming from Germany. "4. , His majesty's government declare their intention to refrain alto gether from the exercise of the right to confiscate ships or cargoes which belligerents have always claimed in respect of branches of blockade. They restrict .their .claim to the? stopping of cargoes destined for or coming from the enemy's territory. - -As Regards to Cotton " '5. As regards cotton, full .parti culars of the arrangements contem plated have already been explained. It will be admitted that, every v possible regard has been had to the legitimate interests of the American cotton trade " '6. Finally m reply to the pen ultimate paragraph of Your Excell ency's note I have the, honor to state that It is not intended to Interfere with neutral " vessels carrying enemy, cargo of non-contraband nature outside European waters including the Medi terranean, i -' . " '5?aer in Council: " "Whereas the German government has isued certain orders which purport to declare the waters . surrounding the United Kingdom a military area in which all British and merchant vessel will be destroyed and in which neutral shipping will be exposed to similar danger. , ' ; " 'And ' whereas, neutrals Are warned against entrusting crew's, passengers, or "goods to,--British orAIlled : ships.. " , Whereas such atempts on the- parts of the" enemy give to his majesty an unquestionable right of retaliation: - ' v., RelaTory-Measnres ; ' ' : ". 'And whereas, his majesty has therefore decided toiadopt further .mea sures in order 'to. pre vent commodities of : any kind from reaching or leaving Germany. " - " - ' .. ' - . .:. . "- v ., v " 'And whereas, the Allies of his ma jesty are - associated with . him in the steps now to be announced, ;for reT strlcting further the commerce of Ger many. . ' - . V w J - - . jf - w T and with the advice of his privy, coun cil td order, and It is hereby ordered as follows: ' . " t " 1. No . merchant vessels which sailed from' her - port of departure af ter the first of March 1915, shall be al lowed to proceed on her voyage to any German port unless the vessel receives a pass enabling her to proceed to some neutral or Allied nation to be named in the pass, goods on board any such ves sel, must be discharged in a British port. Goods so discharged, not being contraband of war, shall; If not re quisitioned if or the use of his. majesty, be restored by order of the court to the person entitled thereto. - 1 "2. No merchant vessel which sailed from any German port after the . first of March, 1915, shall be allowed to pro ceed on. her voyage with any gdodron board-laden at such port. Goods to be Detained. " .'All' goods laden at such port must be discharged . In a British or . Allied port. Goods so discharged in a British 'port, If not requisitioned for the use of his majesty shall be detained or sold under the direction of the prize court. "'It is provided that nothing herein shall prevent tn"e release of neutral property laden at such enemy port on the application of the proper ojaicer of the crown. 3. Every merchant vessel - which sailed from her port of departure after the first of March, 1915, on herway to a port other than a German port, car rying goods with an enemyvdestination, or which are enemy property, may be required to discharge such goods in a British or Allied port. Any goods so discharged In a British port, unless contraband of war, shall, if not requi sitioned for the use of his majesty pe restored by order of the court. " 'Provided that this article shall hot apply in any case falling within Arti cles II or IV of this order. Must Discharge Goods. " '4. Every merchant vessel which sails from a port, other than a German port after the first of March, 1915, hav ing on board goods which are of ene my origin or are of enemy property may be required to discharge such goods in a Jffrltish or Allied port.. Goods so discharged in a British port of not requisitioned for the use of his majes ty shall be detained or sold under te direction of the prize court. "'Provided that nothing herein shall prevent the release of neutral proper ty of enemy orgin bn the application of t" proper officer of the crown. " '5. Any person claiming to be in terested in or to have any claim in re spect of, any goods (not being contra band of war) placed in the custody of the prize court, under this order, or in the proceeds of such goods may forth with issue a writ in the prize court against the proper officer of the crown and apply for an order that goods should be restored to him, or that their proceeds should be paid to him. " " 6. A merchant vessel which has cleared for a neutral port from a Brit ish or Allied port, or which has been allowed to pass,- having, 'an ostensible destination to a neutral port and pro ceeds to an enemy port, shall, if cap tured on any subsequent voyage, be lia ble to condemnation. " '7. Nothing, in this order shall be deemed to affect the liability of any vessel or goods to capture or condem nation independently of this order. 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