GERMANY EXPECTS MUCH FROM THE SURMARINES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16459, 8 February 1917, Page 7

GERMANY EXPECTS MUCH FROM THE SURMARINES.

ATTEMPT TO SECURE SCANDINAVIAN FOODSTUFFS. AGENTS OPERATING IN SPANISH PORTS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. ROTTERDAM, Fob. 6. The Germans are confident that the submarine blockade will susstantially improve Germany's position in North-western Europe, because it will compel a greater exchange of trade between Scandinavia and Germany. The German Government is aready officially dangling the bait of increased exports of German iron and coal in return for the monopoly of Scandinavian food business. It is semi-officially reported from'Bcrlin that the text of Mr. Wilson's message to Congress arrived on Sunday afternoon and caused an extreme sensation. Feeling remained, however, most firm and determined. It is clearly noticeable how firm is the confidence of the nation in the upper leadership of the army and navy. No section of tho nation fears that the war can be lost. Hcrr Zimmermann, German Secretary for Foreign Affairs, declared : " America has forsaken us. There is no retreat possible in our fight for existence." Despatches from Berlin quote Herr Helffcrich, of the Imperial Home Office, as saying : "We will go the way we have chosen to the end. We are convinced that neutrals will eventually be thankful that we so decided." MADRID, Feb. 6. German agents are controlling the new submarine campaign from Spanish ports. Australian and N.Z. Cable (Received 11 P.m.) AMSTERDAM. Feb. 6. The Reichstag will meet on the 22nd hist. The Chancellor will make a declaration as to submarine policy.