01 Feb 1917
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1917
Page
1
A terse notice reports New York remains sealed tight as officials enforce restrictions. No vessel details or actions are specified, leaving readers awaiting concrete measures or dates from authorities.
New York port shut by collector Dudley Field Malone to enforce neutrality. All vessels including tugs blocked at quarantine as 24 German owned liners and three Austrian vessels idle at Hoboken and Brooklyn piers. Police sent to docks, many patrolmen deployed, duties undisclosed, action taken amid fears of potential sea dash.
Mrs Alice Wheeldon her two daughters and Alfred George Mason were charged at Guildhall Derby with conspiring to murder Lloyd George and Arthur Henderson. Police disclosed no details. adjourned until Saturday. Wheel dons known in suffrage circles Mason a military service objector.
The article describes a ruthless submarine campaign targeting all shipping, with New York port sealed and Allied defenses prepared. It lists various items including legislative proceedings, auto show, pension law debate, and wartime news across states, then shifts to markets, mining, and a powder explosion unexplained amid evangelist and fashion notes.
The notice lists barred zones around Great Britain, France, Italy and the Eastern Mediterranean where all sea traffic will be opposed. It defines the North Sea boundary to 62 degrees north, traces lines along the north coast and Spanish coast, and marks a Mediterranean corridor linking Greece. Neutral ships in these zones travel at their own risk and should be warned.
New York January 31 British and allied shipping circles assert they will meet Germanys submarine campaign with decisive measures. Entente powers expect to arm merchant ships and deploy small fast cruisers to chase subs. Admiralty has 4000 Weasels ready to clear sea lanes and convoy ships. No interruption of American port sailings expected for entente ships. Neutral vessels may be held pending instructions.
In Albany on January 1 the governor offered to pardon Mrs Ethel Byrne if she agrees not to break the birth control laws again. A committee of women will relay the message, and a commission will be appointed to investigate birth control propaganda.
Washington notes reveal Germany's move to unleash a starvation blockade of England, threatening to destroy American vessels that do not conform to new rules. Count von Bernstorff delivered the note. President Wilson and Secretary Lansing weigh options from warning Germany to breaking off relations as events unfold.
German officials in the United States forecast a swift, staggering use of submarines to starve Britain into submission within 60 days. They expect a renewed blockade, warning American ships to stay out of the war zone, and anticipate conflict with the United States over maritime rights as Berlin signals a new policy.
President Wilson retired for the night after an evening alone with a German note. He did not see callers and reportedly used the telephone freely. No plans were announced to bring the note before Congress as he prepares to issue the Sussex note threatening a break in diplomatic relations.
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