Show ROASTS I POLICY TOWARD Ii SHIPPING German Chancellor Issues Statement Replying to British Claims i BERLIN DERLIN Jan Co 2 Via In Ix In deceived b by the tho future no one will be In tn the England's magnanimous appeals appeals' name of or civilization cl and humanity said saU Dr l 1 von Bethmann the German Imperial chancellor after re reviewing reviewing re re- viewing methods of or warfare wInch which he Britain said eald had been adopted by eat Ga-eat allies The chancellor chancellors s a statement statement state state- and inn h her I ment meat was as made to a representative of or tho thu Associated Press at the Ule G German arm army Held field li h headquarters In a f town In northern France trance The Tho chancellor and the foreign minister Gottlieb von on Jagow were seated stated stoat stat ed In a villa lIIa which serves as the tho office and dwelling for foi themselves l es and ami for tOI tho tIle members rs of tho the diplomatic suite accompanying Emperor William afield ld The correspondent sought nought to obtain the and foreign minister min c views of or the ister later on Amlo-Am Amlo Anglo American relations relation 1 with British Interference interior interior- particular reference to ence with American snipping No 10 official out out- cial Information tad been rece l received con- con the contents of or the reply I to the American note nott fo so o that t they were I statement statement state state- unwilling to discuss the British ment in detail One tf section ll n of or the note nott as ns given I en In a a. nev newspaper paper dispatch made madea on the a particular Impression however r chancellor It was the p paragraph In which Great Britain Indicated that she has hall been bron acting on the principle that fOd foodstuffs stu ifs were Ne conditional c ci nO and that tl England had not Interfered with shipments of not intended for or Hie ilie a armed forces of an enem enemy or for a 11 ho hostile government o In this connection the chancellor pointed out that thal no shipments ship ments of or grain or other oilier provisions pro had reached Germany German from America during tits the war var Th The chancellor thon then made the follow follow- following I In log ing statement I 1 shall shaH not comment of or tIm tho British note otc of 0 January 7 j as nfl far ar as facts acts and ancl questions concerning trade arc are concerned Sir Edward Grey ho however vcr considered I It appropriate to add two statements to C carry lT weight far tar beyond the till scope of or this I I I particular Interchange c of ot notes i iI I I mean the paragraph wherein he lie speaks akS of ot leaving ln open the question of or i permitting 1 of food sup supplies not Intended for the lie enemy's armies or gov gov- government that I hl lila lilts iota upon tipoti u us stating that we 0 had abandoned the rules of or civilization I lion Ion arid and humanity humanity- I It should I 1 not be forgotten In this year England i et out to starve over o people directly b by cutting off oft their food indirectly by bv closing the arteries artrIe of or their commerce In a attempting this lila she ho hc did not refrain retrain from a n considerable part of th the trade of oC neutral nations Now NoV NoVit OIt O It Is beginning to dawn on Glent Britain that ehe she cannot annot force us Ut to But submission b by the these thene tt methods Sir Ir F. F Edward Grev Grf Inserted the tho ser ser- tt-nees tt In question In Iii order that the reply woul might stand nd as ns a n document which show En England's magnanimity whIch magnanimity which actually never ne existed d. d Sir Edward Grey thus attempts to mold from his no note noto to a 1 precedent nt whereon on l 1 may omo some someday eta day fall fail back when sho iho ho may mav have ha ceased cd to hold the of control of or the maritime avenues a of or It will bewell bo be bow w well u then tl to remember with what hat brutal bruml moans means ns tried to throttle us The uThe nation which boasts the most powerful fleet and the tho strictest adherence to International 1 agreement demands a greater reater control of or natural shipping that at It would oHM be allowed to command If It had declared an effective o which according according ac DC ac- ac I cording to The Tho Hague It should do hut but which It cannot do clo s he It would be po powerless to uphold such luch n a 1 blockade This IB Is rather remarkable for tor fora tora a na nation that vents moral na Indignation about us EO so frequently for th the tho purpose of or g ag German anti sentIments abroad ahro and anti consolidating public sentiment at home But H l Is Ie even p more extraordinary ho how sir Edward Gre Grey Gre this hits time overdraws over o draws his mora morality lit account bv by bc c liin ca-liin attention to 10 what wh-U evil 11 things wo we might do do In th thA tue future |