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Show ZIUEii SAYS I SJ5J ECEI0 NEW YORK. Feb. 13. The following matter comprises tho third section of the statement of the German foreign secretary. secre-tary. Dr. Alfred Zimmermann, concerning concern-ing Germany's ,lack of communication with the outside world, the first and second sec-ond sections of which were received from Berlin by wireless February 11. The previous pre-vious sections cited as the best proof t ;in t Germany had no speedy or reliable imorma'.ioi; about the I'nited States two whelms? messages sent February 5 by the correspondent in the 1'nitc,' states of the Gerni.'.n news agency which arrived in Berhii the !H h, ih contents of which -were dec!.-! red to bo "3 st-mndi n z, even sensational, for they told thac the United States government had not confiscated Gerninn shins in American ports nor inter in-ter ned Germans residing in thf In; red I Stages." H wn s c h a rare d by Dr. Z i m -i mermnnn that all previous new? about j this si Mia t ion had p;i ssed through Ku-; Ku-; giish channels and the gist nf ir w;s that . The Fni'ed Slates "actually had violated ! the property and liberty of German citi-: citi-: zens" i PERI. IX. Feb. 10. bv wireless to Say-! Say-! v;!le. "As to the impression such f.icts 'and conditions may make m the United ; St.urs provided they eer become known 1 tliero-T abs;un from judging. Ter- scm-rlv. T am in feor that the Amerbnns , are iiist as rtiU'-li misinformed by Renter's ' office and other auen-ues about Ger- I 1I1H CV. I "Tli us I have serious rea son for the 'belie;' ihat up to t'..e present moment ; t;ie En- iish. me :i sure is unknown. hy i which EntrlMnd 1ms barred a large area 1 of the North sea .i nd warned ali neutral I ships not to ente-r that district, because ' every ship within that zone would be, ; without regard to her nationality, exposed ex-posed to the danger of destruction. This measure was taken by the British several sev-eral days earlier than the corresponding German measure, which is so much discussed dis-cussed in the United States. "The German measure, to a considerable consider-able deenee, was an answer to the British Brit-ish measure and practically applied the same principles and the same means as the British measure." |