File No. 862.801/1
The Ambassador in Germany (Gerard) to the Secretary of State
American Embassy,
Berlin,
November 17, 1914.
[Received December 7.]
No. 271]
Sir: With reference to your cable No. 598 of
November 9, 1914, and my reply No. 8501 of November 16, I have the honor to transmit
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to you herewith a copy in
translation of a communication received from the Imperial Foreign
Office, dated November 14, 1914, relative to the regulations for
navigation in the German bay of the North Sea.
Two copies of the publication, entitled Nachrichten für
Seefahrer, in which these regulations are printed, are likewise
enclosed.
I have [etc.]
[Enclosure—Translation]
The German Foreign
Office to the American
Embassy
No. II U 4970—89541]
The Foreign Office has the honor to inform the Embassy of the United
States of America in reply to the note verbale of 12th instant, F.
O. No. 1078, that the following are the material regulations,
governing navigation in the German bay of the North Sea:
1. Steamships are permitted to make for the German coast, to enter or
leave the mouths of rivers only from sunrise to sunset, and in clear
weather. Ships attempting to point for the coast in the dark, in
foggy or thick weather, run the risk of being shot at.
2. All commercial steamers bound for the Eider, Elbe, Weser, and Jade
must first point for the Listertief Buoy; those bound for the Ems
should make directly for its mouth.
3.In the interest of the safety of the ships, a pilot is obligatory
from the Listertief Buoy.
4. If ships can not obtain pilots, on account of bad weather or for
other reasons, they must either anchor or put out to sea again.
The approximate location of the Listertief Buoy is 55° 3¾’ N., 8°
17½’ E.
For the rest reference made to issue No. 59 of the Nachrichten für
Seefahrer of 4th instant, pages 1006 and 1007, two copies of which
are attached.1
American shipping interests can obtain any further information from
the Nachrichten für Seefahrer which is
accessible to them.
Berlin
,
November 14, 1914.
