Washington Post, The (Newspaper) - March 18, 1915, Washington, District Of Columbia WASHINGTON Is always a good Read today's list of offerings in The today and moderate Temperature 41; 239, NO. MARCH 18, 1915.-FOURTEEN TWO BLOCKADE AGAINST GERMANY CONFINED TO EUROPEAN IS REPLY TO AMERICA Right of Confiscation Abandoned to Atone for Extensive State Department Makes Publi Long Series of Notes Exchanged With Fr ice and England in Effort to Relieve Neutral Shipping From Unprecedented tions Declare They Are Acting Within That Especial Is Being Shown to Neutral NORWAY AND SWEDEN PROTEST AGAINST BLOCKADE March dispatch to Reuter's Tele- gram Company from Copenhagen says Norway and Sweden have made an identical sentation to the allied governments against the Anglo-French policy of reprisals on German com- FIGHTS RAISE I'S HOPES Battles lor Points of Vantage Crow Warmer in THE FOR BIG RUSH NEAR Russians Begin Spring Campaign Along 600-Mile HINT AT DECISIVE EVENTS Optimism Shown in Both London and Officials Enlisting and Bend Toward Getting Supplies Into the covite Army Begins Important ment Against of Turks Around Port of on the Black Sea Are The State Department yesterday made public the complete series of notes exchanged with the European belligerents eg the measures they have taken and propose to take as affecting the neutral trade of the Of greatest interest in these communications is the information contained in a note trom Sir Edward of March 15, that the allies will not extend their blockade operations against the manic nations beyond European waters and the For the first time the British use the word in ing their new United States Recognizes Sir Edward Grey's discussion of this new policy of the allies shows clearly that it is to be considered as a long range its extended range being made necessary by the introduction of submarines into naval which renders physically ble the maintenance of the old form of patrol This im- possibility of living up to the old laws of blockade is frankly by the United States government in one of its notes Hint of Serious Clash U this pro Is to the possibility that the methods of i nival i. e- art m A of s t jth offensive n I defensive T mike er of mal il a a il im p< ss it that it can 1 f 1 vv tli great f i i e- there I 1 e also home 1 to tie ra 1 us c f i tnd espt so if this me 1 hel i Ln T if 1 to IIP i 1 irle It l i Ir t 1 I. it 1 i t i st tte of af f. f an i t si 1 i rsi apt V f Bluish rol IT 1 in opt -in o j to hf hi up i off New rW incl w in tho cm b the 1 for in I Confiscation Is The allies notes V t h it ton which i i brl est tt T 1 iv i Of- recoK Ize i on of re from t i HIV M property rig Ha 1 1 i i rial f Interest t-t is i i t i lies f i i i i w vi dis i i a t i n there i n t U L t i it tli ill i s ai j m tlu it Mi r th it cf P s MI i t if Not Closely Thp t i is f i t r i allied 1 i pt in it ri lu II is t M i r i le i iti n of cr u il it t e 1 I i n ti ot en t H w is e in pn -t m rx all r i s aj r Cji in i ih f t r n le i In I 1 i i IP t u. i h e t r i 11 1 j s i t e rni Tf bl H H i le LI t i i ii I si U N ii 11 so t is itc 1 t a sti pi st w i I It n nit n 1 oft en Is j i n ii m it 11 to Relieve Civilians t t t f h r t t i 11-, r r t ill i d i in i s t i i. r I i ile i n f o u n i in f GERMAN CONSUL HELD Accused in Seattle of Offering Bribe for Business SOUGHT DATA ON SUBMARINES Involved by Clerk's Alleged He Admits Investigating Story That Boats Were Being Shipped to England Secretary Also of ing Under Mattress March ill i m Muller imperial German i it brattle h secret B with of to d it the Ut v ire charged in attempt ng to cor John an em ploye of the Seattle Construction and k Inducing him to sill business set rets of his employers Consul and his are tho of of k a c iMi consideration to them with inform ition bearing n it charge thit the tt was 1 knock n subm irmes to the o u n i b I a Detective Also 17 Karl for and other cabinet ministers and leaders are bending their energies toward in- creasing the output of war material and are encouraging recruiting com- plete optimism That the of last week gained only after sacrifices and that the casualties lists must increase In length as the w aV progresses is fully but in that when the time comes for tho offensive there will be 110 turning back At present tho armies of Groat Britain and France are ing for the hills and other points along the long which will be of thp greatest advantage to the army holding them when the ad- vance begins Additional to the tion Iho continue to improve their positions in 1 3 miles off Foreland I was on the with the pilot when we sighted the taube coming from the North Sea were in the machine 'The aeroplane dropped to a erate more than 500 feet it approached us Then it circled about oui ship and the aviators dropped two bombs h fell just be- hind the stern The captain called all hands on deck and tied the whistle wide open for help Taube Swoops Lower taube then came back to the attack at a still lower and dropped two more bombs ineffectively We had put on top and were steering a zigzag course Then the taube came down so low that we could distinguish plainly the features of the men in her last bomb they dropped ex- with tremendous force Just off cur between China and Japan the United States government has v been exerting to have the Japanese rated and to prevent inv Infringement of the rights of America either undei treat j or the of general In- law These represent have been made in to the Japanese as well as In Tokyo and Peking Officials here have refrained from making public ar v of tl e various steps the tinted Mites his liken In the course of these ons to safeguard u 1 ing the situation v pre served the sime list when Shown the news d lies from Peking Officials Lack Information That the British and RUSM in have served anv li notu f uron Japan as that her future dipl i re Tilth the tw w u d le Jeopardized bj her ii upon was bi llev i d be a rather strong of the fi though officials admitted of informa tion In the best posted d itk there was no confirmation of anj joint British Russian representations at of the nature from one dispatch from ed here day dealt other matters but made no mention of presentations over the claim is made that strong ences are at work both at Peking and to stir up between pan Great and the other allies and there Is a disposition among the diplomats of the allied powers to reports of joint Russian sentations growing out of feeling ad- verse to the allies Concurrent Action Doubted It was alfao that there had been no consultation the and governments regarding the effect of the proposed demands upon existing treaty obligations cjals also declined to confirm the ment that representations had been made to the authorities at o in be- half of the 1 States on point vet thi re is some reason to believe that comm on the subject have been exchanged with the government of PC king It is known that no toward concurrent ai tion hi United States and Great Britain hivo been taken at ashington H s assumed that no such steps have em considered at London as no n of such a move reached the of the allies hen U S Using Extreme In public utterances the J ip anese Minister for foreign affairs ai d the premier are reporte 1 to have dis claimed any purpose on the part of the Japanese to infringe upon the existing rights of other tions In demands upon These were regarded as pertaining to matters that were at issue between China and Japan tho disclosure of two sets of demands as the result of the State Department a CONTINUED UN SECOND
