Show WHOLE CLOSED BY TAKES 8 STERN MEASURES 1 PLY FLY TO LAYING G OF MINE MINEI 1 pati 01 OF F T TRADE RA DE S line running from hebrides h u V land may be crossed by V afa of any kind only at th ahr own peril it london the entire north in lei been declared a military are merchant vessels entering it 0 exposed e to te oe gravest danger the mines and from the ifa which are searching vigilante night and day for suspicious 11 4 thia this action has been taken is ua t ply to the la ing ng of mines by bl ta T d mane mans in the waters north 0 of hi KI fi the secretary ecret ary ot of the 4 monday made the the virtual closing of the nara to he ile declared that during W 9 week the germans hae haie acin mines indiscriminately in the cm om 1 on the main trade route from to liverpool laverpool via TIA the north of bs peaceful merchant merc bant chirs w vil ready been blown up with loss q by this agency the cho white sto stu olympic escaped disaster by pure luck and but for warnings alm 1 british cri usera users other british wi 11 aral merchant and passenger iaia would have been destroyed these mines cannot have ami cwi iwi by any german chip ship of at war V t 1 seated they have been laid ans byl merchant vessel flying a neut nia which has come along the trade arf as it if for purpose of merce and while profiting to lit tit est eat by immunity enjoyed by n it merchant ships has wanto recklessly endangered the lf who travel the sea nutice Is given that all me men and fishing vessels of every 4 da tion are warned of the dd dangen angen encounter by entering this in capt la in strict accordance pitk miralta direct lobs lous every effort v be made to convey this wl w L neutral countries and to vessel vessels sea but from the fifth of noc onwards the admiralty all ships passing a line dra the northern point ot of the heiah through the faroe islands to la icer 10 lo do to at their own peril 04 |