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The Alaska Daily Empire
Juneau, Alaska
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Germany's war zone proclamation around the British Isles is seen as a blockade attempt. German Ambassador Bernstorff assures no US ships will be seized. Wilson confers with Cabinet. The proclamation raises UK war risk insurance, increasing living costs. (Jan-Feb 1915 reports from Washington and London.)
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—Germany's proclamation declaring the waters surrounding England and the Irish channel as a war zone, is regarded here as one of the most serious developments of the war.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6—Count von Bernstorff, German Ambassador to the United States, authorized a statement issued at the German embassy late this afternoon, that no American vessel would be seized by the Germans, should vessels of this country be sighted within the war zone as proclaimed at Berlin.
President Woodrow Wilson and the members of his Cabinet conferred this afternoon on the proclamation issued by the German government at Berlin designating as a war zone the entire coast of the British Isles. The proclamation is construed as a move to blockade the English coast to the vessels of other nations.
WAR ZONE PROCLAMATION WILL ADD TO FOOD COST
LONDON, Feb. 6.—The increase in the rate of war risk insurance on foodstuffs and other freight bound for the United Kingdom indicate that the German "war zone" proclamation will add to the cost of living in Great Britain.
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British Isles
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Jan. 6—Feb. 6
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no american vessels to be seized by germans in the war zone; increase in war risk insurance on foodstuffs and freight bound for the united kingdom, adding to the cost of living in great britain.
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Germany proclaimed a war zone around the waters surrounding England and the Irish channel, and the entire coast of the British Isles, regarded as a serious development and a move to blockade the English coast to vessels of other nations. Count von Bernstorff authorized a statement that no American vessel would be seized if sighted within the war zone. President Woodrow Wilson and his Cabinet conferred on the proclamation.