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Show BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE STA TEMENT LONDON. Feb. 7. 10:25 p. m. The f. .1- loliig statement was Issued by the foreign for-eign office tonight: Tbe use of a neutral f!:M; s, nithln certnin limitations, wr-'.l established in practice as a ruse de guen . The only efe.-t In the case of a n .-rciiant-ti)nn ftytr.g a flac othT than Wt national fissc, is to compel tit er.en.y to follow tc ordinary obMcmior.s ' naval warfare und satisfy himself as to the nationality of Ti.e and the character of he- carg-i by vh n:trt ( ion b.-!ore capturtt ir her and Irvkin? her Ir.io a prlre o.jrt f-r a 1 -Indication. " In in t ruci mn o British consuls in . it Is sta ted, "A hMp i IiHb'e to . -apt-ire if a Rnt-i-h character U impr.-periv anumed, except for the purp-i.-e of tscaplr.i? capture." Xo destroy u shp. ii'incombata nt crew sin! iarco. a Germany mounM I.t intention of (loi:r. 1 nothing le.-.s tljjn an j ' t of plra y on tb.e I !ch seas. |