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Views. Without. Prejudice i .. , .'City VOL. 2 ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA,- MONDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 5. 191 British Press Features ; : American Navy Today Devoting IgeJrt; Of Space To p Opinions Of Naval Experts As To.What May Be Expected From United States. V fBy United PrM) . V Xeadon, February ' (th, 1917 The British newspapers . believe .tut th turning point of tbe war . ' kM been readied. ' Today's editions devoted from . lertjr to sixty per cent of their edi torial and news pages to the . -American situation. , American news and analyst, of American naval strength were fee- warned almost to tbe exclusion of V alfT from tbe various fronts. I Tbe opinions of naval experts , were spread over their columns, - . discussions centered on the possible . aid to be expected from America tfn the tbaaT.and pictures of Ameri can vessel were printed in remark mUe profusion. , Naval experts were practically u ' -aantmous in , the opinion that the main American fleet would not aerve any purpose which had not already been adequately met by 1h present forces of , tbe Allies. "Their greatest attention centered - -oa the weapons ; whtchmisht be used to combat the submarine men aee.. Some bewailed the failure of - America' to provide fast cruisers, . others . took satlsf action in the large number of destroyers and gun j boats listed. " One Item o( interesting comment ,was the belief that J something new . 'would be produced from the Thorn as A. Edlsoa "Invention Board." - n was also predicted tbat a m" Tte weapon against the submarine will , revealed by the United States. f 'LAUD AMERICAN NAVY. t. ,'Th American Navy' Department M not been alow to 'learn tbe les - aosa of this war" declared the Lon don Express. All British papers vnlte In lauding the fpirit of the -United States Navy "Everything Justifies the confidence which the " aUlted States repose, in her Na yr," aays -The Times. . Its officers and men are real ; : aHors," saya The Standard . "Its tandard of discipline is different from ours. It is democratlc, but wdctent, nevertheless." The Stan dard quoted Farragutf, "dama the torpedoes, Pall speed ahead" as typifying the American naval spir it. PACE CONFERS WITH BALFOUR The American Ambassador Wal ter Hines Page, conferred at length , with the British Minister cf For elgn' Affairs, Balfour this jnorn- lug. , REAL DIU NO. 31 . V The President's Address Delivcredfore Joint Session of Both Houses y Oi Congress Saturday Afternoon " t OEMS TODAY Time of Grace for Neutral Shipping Expires, : But Three Reasons Are Yet Found For Hope Of Peace. (By United Precsj Washington, Feb. 5. The govern ment entered today upon the real danger period in Its nosltlion to ward Germany, for today the time of grace for neutral shipping in the new war area expires. At the same time. there are three momentus developments to improve the posslblltles for a peaceful out come of Affairs. I t . .First; Germany " yielded to the United States demand for the re lease of the sixty two Americans held as prisoners , by Germany. Second, President Wilson,- asked all neutrals to sever relation with Germany. " tr Third, Germany met in' full the details of international law in sink ing the Hdustanlc. President Wilsrn Indicated clear ly that his move in severing rela tions was design ea to lead neu trala in a , great moral effort, backed with arms if neces sary, to enforce peace. . Hope Austria Will Retract Austria sent, the United States a note in which prictlically the game language as that of the German of sea warfare 'was us Gen Pershing Grosses Line Columbus, N. M. Feb. 5 Tbe American punitive expedition sent tato- Mexico last Spring to capture TIE, march back to American soil today, ' .Riding at the head of the (expedition General Pershing led 1 men across ''the line at 8:80 'his jnorning. ir PRICHARD-U;OWELL William Prltchard of this ; city ind MlBS-Eatell Cowell of Shlloh ivre married by Justice' cf the TUca.J. W. Mimden Sunday, night The groom, who Is the son of Mrs... Viola Modlln of this city and tli e brother of Mr, Raynor Pritch nrd,- is the popular cleric at Owens '.e' Store,' with many friends In city, er of Mr, Mr. Co- 1 ; ! i - t -i uiiuv .a .One i declaration ed. The administration has been mak ing every effort to'obtain from Aus tria a modification that would avoid a break. Negotiations have been proceeding for the past two,, days and on this account the State De partment withheld the text of the Austrian note and refused to com ment upon it further than to admit that it was a "sad" communication. Because of its interest in ' caring for thousands of ,- prisoners ' thils government waa anxious to continue relations with Austria if honorably possible and so still endeavoring to get Austrial to retract her post tion. , : :9fl& Qerman Pledge Loyalty , Senator Wadsworth today present ed telegram from, representatives from five hundred German-American societies pledging loyalty t0 the United States and urging that eve ry step be taken to prevent war. ., N Gives Government ; ' Factory Henry Ford places his factory at the disposal of the United "States government for the rnanu,actur of muc'tions in the event o war, "with out a cent of profit. r No Action On Adamson , Law . . ... ' The Supreme -Court adjourned to day until March fifth" ' without act ing on'the Adams eight hour case. Fair. THE ( WEATHER 1 rn!,l 'Gentlemen otthe Congress: -' "The' Imperial German govern ment on the thirty-first day of Jan uary ' announced to this ' govern ment that on and after - the first day of , February, the . present month, ; It irould adopt - - pollcj! with regard to the use ' of sub marines against all shipping seek Ing to pass through certain desig nated" arena of , the . high seaa to which It la clearly my duty to call your attention. ' rLet me remind th Congress on the eighth, of April .last ' kln view of the ' sinking . on the twenty-fourth "of March "of ' the cross-channel passenger steamer Sussex by a German submarine, without summons or warning and the ' consequent loss ' of . the lives 6f several, cltlsens , of the United1 States, ... who : "were ' passengers aboard' her, this government ad dressed a not to the imperial government In which it made the following declarations: "'IT it is aUU the purpose of the imperial government to prosecute relentless and Indiscriminate' war fare against vessels of ; commerce by the use of submarine', without regard to what the .Goyerenment of the United States must - con sider the sacred and indisputable rules of international law and the universally ' Jlecognied, dic tates of, humanityr, the govern ment of the United, :Sta.te, la .'"Cat last forced? .Je JconcJujonthM there is but one course it vcan pur- auer ,': VnieM'jne impwnw,; vt-. ernment should now! immediately, declare and", effectual! "abandon ment of ,tta present methods of I submarine wartare against paa jseiger and freight -carrying 'ves sels, the goverenmem oi ia United States- can have .no cholfle but to gevef" diplomatic relatione with the German empire altogether' GERMANY'S ASSURANCE "t rAniv to this declaration the Imperial German government gave this government the following assurance: t " 'The Qerman government la prepared to do its utmost to con- fine the operations oi war ior rest of its duration to the fight ing forces of the belligerents, thereby also insuring the freedom of the seas, a principle upon which the German government believes now, as before, to- le in agreement with the govern ment of the United States. "'The German government guid ed by this idea, notifies the gov ernment of the United States that the German naval lorces pave re ceived the following orders: In accordance with the 'general prin ciples of visit and search and de struction of . merchant vssels recognized by - international law, such vessels, both within and withour the . area declared as naval war xone, shall not be sunk without warning and without . sav ing of human lives, unless these ships offer resistance. "'But,' It added, neutrals can- not expect that Germany, iorcea io fight for her existence, shall, for, the sake of neutral interest re strict the use - of an . , enecuve weanon H her enemy Is permitted ; now to continue to apply at' will methods of warfare violating the rules of International law. 8uch a demand would be incompatable with the character of neutrality and the - German government la convinced that the government of the United States does not think of making such a demand, know ing that the government of the United States has repeatedly de c!aied that It is determined to re store Xbe principle of the freedom of the. seas, from whatever quajter it has tain violated.' v .AMERICA'S REPLY ' r 'p..-;, n . - . "To this the government cf the United . States ' replied 'on- the clgth of " May, ""accepting . of course, the assurance given,- but " "T" -. f .V-. " -. r-t Of tV V ' 1 that It takes Jt for granted that the Imperial., , Germaa . government d.oea not Intend to Imply that the matntenanc of Its newly . an nounced policy la la any way con tingent upon the course or ; result Of . diplomatic nerotltn. t. twoeo the government of the United States and any other bet tt a. " uaerwu ... government, . notwith standing the 's fact - that certain puaagea la the Imperial govern ment's not of the tourtlt Instant, might appear to be susceptible of that construction jn order how. Ter, to. avoid any. misunderstand In the government of th United SUtee-noUfles .th Imperial gov ernment that it cannot for a, 'mo ment entertain much less discuss a auggeatloa that respect by Oer mannaval authorities for the ngnu or cltbens of the. United 8Ute, upott the" high sea should in any way or in the slightest de- gree b madr contingent upon 'the conduct of any' other government affecting the rights of neutrals an non-combatants, Responsibility in such matters is single - not point; -absolute, k5t 'relative.' To this note of. the elrht h f May the Imperial German , govern ment made no reply. FINAL GERMAN NOTE t un tne thirty-first ., of January, the- Wednesday .cf the t present week, the German .ambassador handed to the Secretary of the autionjf ttir KttittA fn6it i memorandum; which contained the following atatement: " ' .... j;i V , '"The :J Imperial government thSrefore,;. does not doubt that the government of the United States will understand, the situation thus forced upon Germany by the en tente allies' brutal methods of war and by their determination to destroy the central powers, and that the government of the United States will farther realize that the now openly disclosed intention of tho entente allies gives back to Germany the freedom of action which she reserved in her note ad dressed to the zovernmflnt th. United Statea on iTav Ath i die "'Under these circumstances Germany will meet the llleaat measures of her enemies by forcibly preventing after February 1st. 1117, in a sone around Great Britain. France, Italy and in the eastern Mediterranean all navigation, that of neutrals Includ ed, from and to England, and from France, etc, et AH ships met within the tone will be sunk.' "I think that you will agree with me that in view of this declara tion, which suddenly and with out prior intimation of any kind de liberately withdraws the solemn as surance given in the Imperial gov ernment's note of the 4th of Mav. " I 1816, this government has no al ternative consistent with tbe dig nity and honor of the United States but to take the course which, In Its note of the lh of April. 1816, it announced it wVaid take in the event tbat the German govern ment did not declare and effect an abandonment of tbe methods of submarine warfaie which it . was then employing and to which it proposes again to resort. Hundreds otAicricafls :::lt&acd "-ffi" iSciiii'r No Means Of Transportation Avri! ; able. Only Open Route By of Spain. Spain Will "'" -t-. , i.--- j i - ; . ' ! " Follow U. S. (By Uulted Preu) ' uonaon, reo. (-Bpala -will fol low uo ennea-states against Ge many, even to the foint of declar ing war, according to a wireless dls patch v from - Rom, quoting th Spanish Minister there. Dies Suddenly Saturday Eve Mr. Bnoch Cartwright, 8 years eld, died at bis home on the corner of Purse and Fearing streets at half past six o'clock Saturday even nr. cartwright's death was sud- qen. .He went down town Satnday afternoon as usual and it waa tnot until he returned hoem . at four wi'SHSoutlr; America y CARL S. ACKER MAN v Bertin, Feb. 1. Kvery - America i la Berlin la preparing for war ta tween th Unllted SUte, and Ce many. " r. . : To observers her any withdrawal by Germany of unrestricted subma rine warfare would be th greatest urprts of th war. ' Th American Embassy waa the picture of gloom a the .official word waa anxiously awaited;- . The present Indications are that hundreds of Americans now In Ger many will b stranded for lack cf transportation. ? With all Scandlna-' vtaa and Dutch liners stopped, tt bnjy open rout seems' to be ty Spain.- , GERARD RECEIVED ORDERS Ambassador Gerard today " recel v-. his formal withdrawal orders. TWO TO SIX' THOUSAND "Washington, Feb, 5 Tbe state Department understands that there are between two thousand and ! thousand Americans In Germany. wai sick for ooBy about two. ldurs H,ia survived by a wife andflve children; Mr, Clinton ; Cartwrfght, of Portsmouth and Messrs Trotman 'end; John Cartwright of Elizabeth. City, and Misses Ora and Lena Cartwrigh. Not Respo BaaaaasafaMBfljafj nsive RELATIONS 8EVERED "I have, therefore directed the Secretary or State to announce to his excellency the German am bassador, that all diplomatic rela tions between the United States and the. German empire are sev ered and . that the American Am bassador at Berlin will be imme diately withdrawn; and in accor dance wjth thiB decision, to hand to his. -excellency his passport . "Notwithstanding ';' this unex pected action of the German gov ernment,i this gudden and deeply deplorable , renunciation of Its as surance,'. - given this ' government at one of the :most critical mo ments of tension in the relations of the two governments, I refuse to 1 " " t It !.i I' . (..n ( f win ieei at lioerty to do. I can not bring my self to believe that tpey will Indeed pay no regard to the ancient friendship between their people aid our own or to the solemn obligations which have been exchanged between them and destroy American ahlps and take the live, of American cltlsens in the wilful prosecution of the ruthless naval program they have announced their intention to adopt. Only actual overt acts on their part can make m believe H pow WILL AWAIT OVERT ACT "If this inveterate confidence on my part in tne soDnety ana prudent foresight of their purpose should unhappily prove unfounded; if American ships and American lives should in fact be sacrificed by their naval commanders In heed less contravention of the just and reasonable understandings of the International law and the obvious dictates of humanity I shall take the liberty of again coming before rvnirrnaa to ask that authority be given jne t use any means that may be necessary for the protec tion of our seamen and our people in the prosecution of their peaceful and ligitlmate errands on the high seas. I can do nothing less. I take it for granted that all neutral governments will take the same course. "We do not debir any hostile conflict with the imperial German government. we are tne sincere friends of the German people and earnestly desire to remain at peace with the government which speak for them. We shal lnot believe that they are' hostile . to us unless and until we are obliged to believe It; and we purpose nothing more than We reasonable defense of the undoubted "rights of our peo ple. We wish to serve no selfish ends. We seek merely to stand true alike In thought and In action to the immemorial principle of our people, . which, I have sought to express lnf taf address io the Senate only two weeks ago seek merely to vindlcat our rights to liberty and usti and an unmoles ted life. ' These are the base of peace, not 'war,' God grant that we mny not be challecpod to de- f-f-l !' t, l y adS Ct 'Wttfr.l i -i- (By. United Pra V- Buenos Ales, Feb. KPresident Wilson is most unlikely to receive much South' American - . support In his suggestion for Joint nnntrat w' tion., If editorial , comment .here Is any standard for Judgement. - i Philadelphia Reaches Port (By United Press) - -' New York, Feb. 8 The Ameri can Unir, Philadelphia, arrived safely at Liverpool today, as did hte Finland yesterday. ." ' - Or ;ho Parker ; Exonerated The Coroner in his report 'to the Board of County : Commissioners Monday morning exonerated .' Ortho ' Parker, who was reported 'to have accidentally shot his hunting com panion, William" Gray near Weeks- vile last WMk. --;" '-"j-"-!' The two boys, it seems, war sit-' ting on a log talking ' -. As rGray rose to go, he reaching for his gun dragging It over ; the log . The hammer caught and the gun " dis charged, tb. shot ' rCngm'g upward through th boy's heart. -' - Co. Prevents Spread oi Fire, - Fir started In the second story of the house on Walnut treet occu pied Cynthia Mullen,, colored., Sundavaftemoon at about z:U, burned off, the roof and gutted the front part of the house,' leaving th kitchen, however Intact. X . ; Th loss was about' $250, ; the house belonging to Mr W,' E. Dun stan. Owing to the high wind on Sunday the fire was a very danger ous one -and the prompt and effici ent work of the fire department pre vented a serious spread of . tbe flames. 1 " V' vi,.,( - -r.: .. .The Department was called to J. M. Long's roRldonce on Crecn- ! f C'-r t v- '.y r '-r '
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