BRITAIN'S REPLY.
AVILL STOP ALL GERMAN TRADE
LONDON", Friday.
The Foreign Office, in an announcement issued "prior to the receipt of the German Admiralty's statement, says:— "The German decree makes it eA-ident that all grain and flour passes to the control of the Government. If the Wilholmiua is interrupted, therefore, the position Avill be submitted to the Prize Court, in order to examine the new .situation. The OAvners of the WiJhclmina will be indemnified for any delay, and the shippers of cargo will be compensated. It is untrue that Britain is seizing other consignments. No decision has been reached, but it is apparent that the intention of Germany to sink merchant ships, Avithout bringing them to port or providing accommodation for the crcAvs, Avill involve the loss of life. The attempt to torpedo a hospital ship has seriously raised the question of whether Britain shall retaliate against German trade, taking care not to indict loss on neutral ships that sailed before this Avarning Avas given."
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 14205, 6 February 1915, Page 5
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