SIR EDWARD GREY

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 143, 19 February 1915, Page 5

SIR EDWARD GREY

ON THE AMERICAN NOTE. (Reed 9.5 a.m.) LONDON, !<'c!.. !8. Sir Edward Grey has pointed or; that the war had not in'er£er*l with American commerce to Britain aid the Allies, yet trade with Uios-i countries, during the four months of war had 'diminished by ov;v 28,000,000 Hollars, whereas Amerier.i trade to neutrals and to Austria ia I ;ner.'A.-SHI by over 20,00),000 dollars. There was greater i-eason for protest against belligerents interference' v.-'di ••innccnt ueutrsils, bv Germany? broadens se.r.tering of m.res, than \% Inst laitain's seizure of centrabanl. Sir Ldwurd Grey deprecated recourse to diplomatic remonstrances when neutrals had a. more effective mode of redress by appeal to law courts.

HONORARY MENTIONS. FOR GALLANT SERVICE. ; (Reed. 8.50-a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 13. Sir John French's despatch mentions Captain Z. Montgomery, Tasmaaian; C. C. Wilson, 10th Hussars; Lieut. F. W. A. Steele, a Victorian; A. Martin, medioa!l corps, a New Zealand er; Colonel Gordon Wilson, and Captains A. W. Mac Arthur Onslow and M. Carberg©. The last three are deceased. General J.offre personally decorated Oswald Watt with the Legion of Honour. — GERMAN FLEET AND THE NATION'S HOPES. MAY YET BE SUCCESSFUL. | LONDON, Feb 18. Capt. Persius, in an article in the "Berliner Tageblatt," warns Germans not to expect the fleet to give battle , yet. He hints at the unpalatable truth that such a procedure is only courting destruction. He rebukes those who speak of the cowardice of the British fleet, and declares that it would be stilf.-decept.icu net to admit that Britain's navy, on the whole, has fulfilled the task of protection, bc-tl-. of bev own trade and that of lip'- allies, ano feiven safe conduct t'i He adds: "But the leadership of On 3Htish squadron is well r .s 'do Iraiirng of the ,rc\vs in the Chili fight shewed lack cf st.-itegv, and the Falkland battle was lacking in tactic, while in the North Sea fight the British were guilty of bad manoeuvring." All this made him believe it feasible tnat the German fleet would 3et c'olive;* a successful attack. AN ITALIAN HINT TO GERMANY. LONDON, Feb 18. The Italian Ambassador in Berlin, in the friendliest spirit, directed Germany's ptto'ition t> -he rules or international law governing the rights of nervals, an 1 es\rd for a clear declaration of Germany"? attitude He declared that me act cf war against a ship is justifiable upon the mete presumption that neutral flags were covering an enemy's vessel.