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Show ALLIES AGREE TO SHUT OFF FOOD FROM GERMANY LONDON. Feb. 25, 7:40 p. m. France, Russia, England. Fervia and Belgium are s;iid hv English officials to e in absolute abso-lute accord as to reprisals to he marie on Germany, Austria and Turkey, in retaliation frr the German submarine campaign. Fngland was in conference with iir allies concerning reprisals before be-fore the receipt of the last American nore makintr informal representations looking to U;c discontinuance of submarine sub-marine activities and to the administration administra-tion of food to Germany for her civil ;'OTv.ia t ion. England and her allies hive decided upn Us1, main points, whif-h probaiTy wt'A !ip a rinf.iiiirM Monday by Pr'-mlcr Af-iul'-i in a staf-mt-nt fur the press. Siinuitfine-jusly the position of nil the op-poiiciiis op-poiiciiis oi Germany toward neutral coun tries whose trade is so vitally affected by the present naval methods will be submitted to the neutral governments. There is every reason to believe that England fully intends to make all food-stuifs food-stuifs for Germany absolute contraband, thus cutting off the movement of ships to German ports and making export trade by sea impossible. Great Interest is being be-ing shown by the British press and the public in the probable treatment of cotton cot-ton under the new system of reprisals. The belief seems to be general that cotton cot-ton and food all will become absolute contraband. British officials are now persuaded, they state, tnat several ships which at first were reported an having been desi roved by mines were the victims of submarines. |