GERMAN BLOCKADE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 20 February 1915, Page 5

GERMAN BLOCKADE

SHIPPING IN CHANNEL NORMAL j ; - THE THREAT IGNORED. MOST NEUTRAL COUNTRIES UNMOVED. ■' LONDON, Feb. 19. Despite the blockade shipping in the Channel is normal. Bristol. Glasgow, anbVLiverpool are similarly.ignoring the threats. - The - T, Daily Mail's" Copenhagen correspondent confirms the report that the Kaiser, Prince Henry, and Grand Admiral von Tirpitz have gone to Wilhelmshaven to direct the "blockade. The - latest announcement from Berlin is to the effect that the Germans have built 120 big mine-laying submarines in the-last six months. Each carries 100 mines.. The "Daiiv Chronicle" says the German blockade finds not merely British shipping, but that of neutral countries cool and ■unmoved. The threat is generally taken as an expression of German exasperation and an excuse for deliberate atrocities on the sea, but mainly as .an.rattempt to use the United States as a" lever to release Great Britain's grip on the sea. AMERICANS PUBLICLY INSULTED CHANGED FEELINGS IN GERMANY / LONDON, Feb. 19. xThe "Daily News's" Copenhagen cor-respondent'says-public feeling in Germany"-, towards" Americans las changed "since Washington made it plain that it would stand none of the Kaiser's nonsense. Many Americans are. publicly insulted, and-the position of the-Ameri-can war committees is becoming «x3tremely difficult. Some members found the position " intolerable, and resigned and prepared to quit Germany. Other Americans are leaving. ',