Show all GERMAN PORTS HAVE BEEN MINED ENGLISH CHANNEL ALSO REN DANGEROUS TO N NAVI GATION BY GERMANS united states notified by germany that all porte ports which may be made the baie base of hostilities have mines in them washington normally haa hits official 1 ly notified ali 0 united states that all german pors ports havo have been mined tho tile information was received arnim cm bas cassador berard at berlin who nho slated stated that germany has given formal no tico that all ports which may be made tho the baso base of hostilities liale mines in them thia this ie is understood to include ports of tho the enemy in which germany hay buon been able to lay mines I 1 from font another official source burce not nado public tho the state department re solved information that the germans Cleri nans i havo bavo placed mines in fit tho the english channel navigation through tho tile channel Is therefore perilous by either tho the northern or southern route As tho channel is whore where tho british navy is chiefly operating against germany naval exports experts consider this mining of tho the high by contact mining a justifiable war measure following tho the bews 0 of tile mines tha th adato department officials con eluded that thoro there is little probability that relief ships sent from america or leaving europa will depart with american refugees through any german port |