Ogden Daily Standard | 1917-11-22 | Page 2 | Germans Extend Barred War Zone

Extension of Maritime Line Azores Islands. . Hostile Governments Forcing Out to Sea Neutral Cargo Space in Enforcing Blockade. AMSTERDAM, Nov 22. A new German Ger-man barred zone, a dispatch from Berlin, Ber-lin, has established around the Azores "which havo become in economic and military respects Important hostile bases of Atlantic navigation," Tho extension of the Gorman marl-time marl-time barred zone Is announced from Berlin ' In an official memorandum which says: "Tho hostile governments aro endeavoring en-deavoring by the intensification of the hunger blockade against neutral countries coun-tries to force out to sea neutral cargo space which Is keeping in port, and to press it Into their service. As hostile shipping and eliips sailing In hostile hos-tile Interests are being supplemented by violent measures, the German government gov-ernment in its struggle against Great Britain's domination of violence which trampled under foot all rights, especially especial-ly those of smaller nations, finds itself it-self obliged to extend the field of operation op-eration of Its submarlnf-s." It adds that the extension principally principal-ly consists of "tho establishment of a barred zone around the Azores which had become in economic and military respocts important hostile bases of Atlantic At-lantic navigation, and in closing a channel to Greece hitherto left open In the Mediterranean as it had been utilized by the Venizelos' government not so much for the supply of the Greek population with foodstuffs as for tho transport of arms and ammunition." ammuni-tion." Tho memorandum then details at length and specifically the extended zone around western Europe, the extreme ex-treme points touched being a point three miles south of the Faroe islands in the north 43 north latitude in tho south and 30 west longitude in the west New Zone Outlined. The now barred zono around the thu 7 baSQ in ih0 Azorea ls outlined "From 35 degrees north latitude and Vongltudo to 44 norUi IaUtudo and 47 degrees 45 mlnutos west longitude longi-tude to 44 north latitude and 44 Test longitude to 42 degrees 30 minutes north latitude and 37 west longitude to 3 , degrees north latitude and 37 west longitude to 30 north latitude and 26 west longitude to 34 north latitude and 20 west longitude, and thence back to the starting poind." It ls stated also that neutral and Belgian Bel-gian relief ships now within the Azores and Greek barred zono mav fore November 29 and they arc irrantl ed "an adequate period of grace " if hoy entered tho barred areas wUhout foreknowledge of the extension.