DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

File No. 841.801/80.
MARITIME DANGER ZONES. 47
Ambassador W. H. Page to the Secretary of State.
[Telegram.]
AMERICAN EMBASSY,
London, January 25, 1917.
Following notice dated January twenty-fourth received
from Foreign Office with request that it be brought immediately
to attention of United States Government.
"In view of the unrestricted warfare carried on by Germany
at sea by means of mines and submarines not only
against the Allied Powers but also against neutral shipping
and the fact that merchant ships are constantly sunk
without regard to the ultimate safety of their crews, His
Majesty's Government give notice that on and after the
seventh proximo the undermentioned area in the North
Sea will be rendered dangerous to all shipping by operations
against the enemy and it should therefore be
avoided.
•'Area comprising all the waters except Netherland and
Danish territorial waters lying to the southward and eastward
of a line commencing four miles from the coast of
Jutland in latitude 56 degrees north, longitude eight degrees
east from Greenwich and passing through the following
positions: Latitude fifty-six degrees north, longitude
six degrees east, latitude fifty-four degrees forty-five
minutes east (?) thence to a position in latitude fiftythree
degrees thirty-seven minutes north, longitude five
degrees east, seven miles off the coast of the Netherlands.
"To meet the needs of the Netherland coastal traffic
which cannot strictly confine itself to territorial waters
owing to navigational difficulties a safe passage will be
left to the southward of a line joining the following points:
Latitude fifty-three degrees twenty-seven minutes north,
longitude five degrees east, latitude fifty-three degrees
thirty-one and half minutes north, longitude five degrees
thirty minutes east, latitude fifty-three degrees thirtyfour
minutes north, longitude six degrees east, latitude
fifty-three degrees thirty-nine minutes north, longitude
six degrees twenty-three minutes east."
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File No. 841.801/83.
Ambassador W. H. Page to the Secretary of State.
[Telegram.]
AMERICAN EMBASSY,
London, February 15, 1917.
Following revised notice dated February thirteenth
received from Foreign Office respecting dangerous area in
North Sea which is intended to replace notice quoted
my telegram 5544, January twenty-fifth, 1917:
"North Sea. Caution with regard to dangerous area.
Caution. In view of the unrestricted warfare carried on
by Germany at sea by means of mines and submarines
not only against the Allied Powers but also against
neutral shipping and the fact that merchant ships are
constantly sunk without regard to the ultimate safety of
their crews, His Majesty's Government give notice that
on and after the seventh February, 1917, the undermentioned
area in the North Sea will be rendered dangerous
to all shipping by operations against the enemy
and it should therefore be avoided.
"Dangerous Area. The area comprising all the waters
except Netherland and Danish territorial waters lying to
the southward and eastward of a line commencing four