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Show RUTHLESS U-BOAT GO 01 German Government Issues Statement Ringing With ' Defiance of U. S. V By International News Service. BERLIN, via Sayville wireless, Feb. 15 (Thursday). Unrestricted U-boat warfare war-fare will go on. Under no circumstances would the U-Sioat warfare be attenuated for the sake of the United States or for any other reason. In an official statement ringing with defiance and making partial reference to "regard for America," Germany thus, substantially sub-stantially announced to the' world last night that there is no step backward from the "barred zone decree." The statement asserts that unrestricted warfare "against all navigation is now going on completely." The text of the official announcement Is as follows: "From foreign countries reports have been n-ee'ved according to which it is believed be-lieved there that the barring of the sea against England by submarines and mine's has been attenuated out of regard for America or for any other , rea-sons, or that it is goin to be attenuated. "Out of regard for the neutrals It is therefore once more expressly declared that unrestricted warfare against all ; navigation in the announced barred zones j is now going on completely and shall un- ! der no circumstances be limited " The announcement came upon the heels of officially inspired Statements In yesterday's yes-terday's evening newspapers warning neutrals and partieaularly the United States against "tempting fate.' A wave of intense bitterness is sweeping sweep-ing Germany from one end of the empire to the other, a bitterness concent ra ted against, the person of ITesldent Wilson. It is impossible to exaggerate this feeling. feel-ing. Three chief reasons are given: L President Wilson's action in breaking break-ing off diplomatic relations with Germany. Ger-many. - 2. His suggestion to the rest of the neutral world to follow his example. 3. What is described as an effort on the part of the president to alienate Austria-Hungary from Germany and thus disrupt the central alliance. It is safe to say that the third reason Is uppermost in the minds of the people here at present. |