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Show DUTCH ILL IE ALLIED Tiff TD HIE REPLY Word Is Expected From Amsterdam Today Regarding Re-garding Shipping; Seizure Seiz-ure to Follow Refusal. DANISH STEAMER SENT TO BOTTOM ,U-Boat Commander Seizes All Food Aboard, Carries Off Captain and Leaves Crew to Their Fate. AMSTERDAM, March 17. In discussing discuss-ing the decision pf the entente allies regarding re-garding Dutch shipping, German newspapers news-papers declare it will be followed by intensification in-tensification of submarine warfare. The Frankfurter Zeitung says: "Lnder the proposed circumstances no really neutral Dutcli ships wiil exist. Germany wii; have no reason longer to leave open a free passage to the North sea, which was created only in the interest inter-est of Dutch shipping. This passage has been only a nuisance to our submarines, whose warfare in future will be much more effective. V nfortunately, Dutch ships will suffer most, and the supplies promised Holland by the entente will be exposed to Uncer taints." The Vossische Zeitung teres the step taken by the allies a monstrous act of violence. The Tageblatt says: "Holland naturally must renounce a further supply of coal and other indispensable indis-pensable materials from us." NORTH SEA WILL BE CLOSED BY, THE GERMAN U-BOATS WASHINGTON. March 17. Holland's reply to the American and British demand de-mand that a voluntary shipping agreement agree-ment be put into effect despite Germany's Ger-many's opposition, in default of which the Dutch vessels in American and British Brit-ish watera would be seized under the ancient an-cient law of angary, will be awaited before be-fore further action is taken by the United States government. Dispatches from The Hague tonight indicated in-dicated that the reply was en route, but probably would not reach Washington by noon tomorrow, when the time limit set expires. As it is believed now Holland Hol-land will assent to the allied proposals, officials here desire to delay action so that transfer 'by agreement may be substituted sub-stituted for seizure, although in either case they would be entirely within their rights under international law. At any rate, the addition of 1,000,000 tons of shipping to tlie resources engaged in 'the fight for world freedom will not be delayed beyond Tuesday. The American flag shall be raised over the 700,000 tons in American waters as soon as the transfer is made, and the vessels will be put iftto the food transport service. They will be armed to resist the attacks of German submarines in the war zone, and trained American gun crews will man the guns. Arrangements for operating the ships, which will be under the control of tlie shipping board, were said tonight on high authority to be proceeding satisfactorily. satisfac-torily. Many of the Dutch sailors are expected to remain with the ships. American officers will be placed in charge to comply with the shipping laws, but the provision requiring that ' two-thirds of the crews shall be citizens of this country will be waived, as in previous cases. The friendliness of Dutch seamen to the allied cause, resenting, as all seafaring sea-faring men do, the murderous warfare or the submarine, probably will lead at least half of them to continue their work. I,t was stated officially tonight that there has been no change in tlie terms of the American ultimatum. , Whether or not assent Is given to the terms, the ships will be acquired by the allies tomorrow or Tuesday, Ultimatum Denied. LONDON, March 17. A Reuter's, limited, lim-ited, dispatch from Copenhagen says it is authoritatively denied that Germany has sent an ultimatum to Denmark demanding de-manding the libera t ion of the crew o the former Spanish steamer Igotz Mendl. The Igotz Mondi was captured some time ago by the German sea raider Wolf and went aground on the coast of Denmark Den-mark while trying to reach a German port with a German prize crew and prisoners pris-oners on board. Tlie prize crew was made prisoner by the Da nlsh authorities authori-ties and tlie steamer declared to be Spanish property. Danish Ship Sunk. LONDON'. March 17. The sinking outside out-side the German danger zone two days aso. by a German submarine, of the Danish steamship Randelshorg. tons cross, is reported in an Kxrhange Telegraph Tele-graph dispatch from Copenhagen. The German? seized all food on hoard and carried off the captain of the vessel. I They promised to tow the boats to Nor- fContinued on Pace Three. DUTCH ALLOWED . TIME TO REPLY (Continued from Page One.) way, but instead of doing so left the men to their fate. Demand Accepted. . THE HAGUE, March 17. After a cabinet cab-inet council lasting into the . night the government cabled to London a message which, according to reliable information, probably will lead to a satisfactory conclusion con-clusion of the shipping difficulty. An Amsterdam dispatch on Saturday said it had been learned on. excellent authority that the-Dutch government had accepted the demand of the entente allies al-lies relatfng to the use of Dutch ships in the danger zone. |
