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Show GERMANS WILL NOT MODIFY ORDER TO SUBMARINES BERLIN". . Feb. 4. via London. Feb. 5. 12:17 p. in. Peaceful continuance of German-American relations after the departure de-parture of the respective embassies at Washington and Berlin .in the sense indicated in-dicated by President Wilson in his address ad-dress to (Oppress appears to be very slight, juclgins by all the Information, some of the highest authenticity, gathered gath-ered by the'Associated Press. It was stated positively in high political po-litical circles that the German orders for the conduct of a submarine war couid not and would not be modified; that in Germany Ger-many the determination to enforce the prohibited zone order was absolute and final, and that the only security for shipping ship-ping was avoidance of the prohibited zone. Germany, the Associated Press was informed, in-formed, resorted to this measure after the "shameful" rejection by the entente powers of peace overtures and only after the fullest determination and as the imperative im-perative weapon in defense of its threatened threat-ened interests; Germany cannot relinquish relin-quish this weapon the only one promising promis-ing a speedy end to the war reluctant as Germany was to take this step. The government had hoped that tile United States would see it in this light and was actuated by no animosity to the United Slates in its determination. Germany, therefore, so the high informant infor-mant of the Associated press continued is very keenly disappointed and grieved by the terms of Mr. Wilson's message but the government cannot alter or modify the course upon which it has determined. de-termined. Tliis official added: "We can onlv hope and trust that American ships and American Amer-ican citizens will avoid the danger zones laid down in the German memorandum " |