Washington, Oct. 5.
HE Secretary of State, Mr Cordell Hull, issued a new warning to American merchant ship: s yesterday to keep out of the European belligerent zone. He reiterated, however, that the United States would oppose "unrestricted interference with American ships of commerce."
Mr, Hull said he had received advices indicating the probability of an intensification of warfare against merchantmen and consequently believed it advisable to warn American shipping.—United Press.
Berlin, Oct. 5. "To correct a false idea of neutral shipowners and to damage Britain economically," German light warships went to sca last week, deciares the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung," popular German daily, in the course of a warning to neutrals trading with Britain. j, After stating that the German contraband list had been only extended a reply to the British list, the newspaper declares that some neutral firms believed that Britain's scapower could protect them and took war risk.
"Now," it adds, "a number of them must pay with the loss of ships and cargo."—Rehter.
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