Download or read book Papers Relating to Maritime Danger Zones and the Placing by Belligerents of Mines in the High Seas (Classic Reprint) written by United States Department Of State and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-22 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Papers Relating to Maritime Danger Zones and the Placing by Belligerents of Mines in the High Seas Reports he is informed by German Foreign Office that Ger man ports are strewn with mines and it is requested that warning be given shippers against navigating in ports which foreign forces might use as bases. Communicates telegram he received from his Government informing him that the Germans had indiscriminate] mined the North Sea and that in self-defense the Briti Admiralty will adopt measures that will make naviga tion even more perilous. The Department, replying to the British memorandum, states that the reported act of Germany is in disregard of Article 1 of the The Hague Convention, and sees no reason why, as a defensive measure, Great Britain should adopt a similar course. Communicates telegram from the British Government in which they state they will try to indicate certain routes and channels for trade to pass to the Scheldt. Points out that if Great Britain refrains from ado ting the methods of Germany, in mining North Sea, t e result is that Germany receives impunity unless the neutral Powers can find some means of making Germany feel that she can not continue to receive trade and supplies through neutral shipping. Quotes text of telegram from Sir E. Grey stating that an Iceland trawler was reported to have struck a mine 25 miles off the Tyne and sunk, and stating that no British mines have been laid. Quotes telegram from British foreign office warning against German mines in the North Sea and stating that the British Admiralty have not so far laid any mines during the present war. States no' German port is blockaded and nothing stands in the way of neutral states' sea trade with Germany. Denies British reports that North Sea has been infested with mines by Germany. Transmits a protest made by the British Government against the methods pursued by the German Navy in laying mines in the North Sea. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.