. A story of the war and family war service record, 1914-1919. hat the United States tryto have the Allied blockade of Germany lifted, to-gether with a thinly veiled intimation that seafrightfulness would be resumed if the blockadewere not lifted. Germany was ready for a new submarine cam-paign Jan. 31, after long preparation, and tliat dayannounced that unrestricted and unlimited torpedo-ing of merchant ships of all nations trading withany of her enemies would begin the next day. TheUnited States was informed that one American shipa week would be permitted to enter the British portof Falmouth
. A story of the war and family war service record, 1914-1919. hat the United States tryto have the Allied blockade of Germany lifted, to-gether with a thinly veiled intimation that seafrightfulness would be resumed if the blockadewere not lifted. Germany was ready for a new submarine cam-paign Jan. 31, after long preparation, and tliat dayannounced that unrestricted and unlimited torpedo-ing of merchant ships of all nations trading withany of her enemies would begin the next day. TheUnited States was informed that one American shipa week would be permitted to enter the British portof Falmouth if there were no munitions in thecargo, and that the ship should be painted with alter-nate red and w^hite perpendicular stripes for betteridentification. This barber pole decoration of its ships wasmore than any self-respecting nation could Wilson announced in an address to con-gress Feb. 3 that diplomatic relations with Germanyhad been severed. On the same day the Americansteamer Housatonic was sunk without warning, butits crew was Ui
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