Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-16

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Special Gable 10 The Times ID lspatch.l
LONDON. April l5.-Tremcndous cx-
element has been aroused in Holland,
according TO dispatches received hero
tonight. hy the destruction of the
Dutch government steamer Katwyk by
German submarine. The katwyk
was torpehocd and sent down while
riding at anchor seven miles west OF
III" Hinder l.Ighiship. off the coast OF
Holland. IN tn" North Sea. She was a
v"s""i OF 2."ii tons. registered in Rot
tcrdam. ana bound for that port from
baltimore with an American cargo OF
corn and cotton. She had been chart
cred by the government of the neither
lands. and her cargo was government
owned.
The crew Of twcn;y-three was saved
and taken TO Flushing. according to a
I;eutcr dispatch. The dispatch quotes
the men az saying a. they rowed away
they saw the p"riscope OF a submarine.
which quickly disappeared.
The Kntwyk sank fifteen minutes
after the explosion.
Reuters Amsterdam correspondent
says the katwyk haa been lying at
anchor for fifteen minutes when tor
p.docd. The correspondent says n
message from the Hook Of Holland de-
clares that ALI the ships lights were
burning az the tim. Of the attack. A.
ter the torpedo struck. tho Katw-yt
caught ire, ana only the ships papers
could be saved
GOVERNMENT AROUSED
TO TAKE HASTY STEPS
The sinking OF the Ka,wyk. coming
aS IL did on tho heels OF the seizure OF
four Dutch trawl.rs. the st Nicholas
l.entwce. nynland and another as Yet
unidentified. by a German torpedo
boat. whIch took them 10 Cuxhavcn
has aroused tho Dutch government TO
and complete r.paration.
The Katwyk sailed from baltimore
on March -. She had been chartered
from her owners. Erhardt- -Dckkers, OF
Rotterdam. for this purpose by the
queens government. She had almost
reached her home port, and WAS
anchored about seven miles off the
Hinder L!ghtship when struck by the
torpedo. German submarine has
been lowering In the vicinity for sew
rral days, other vessels having been
attacked near the scene OF the
!<a,wyk's dcStrurtiou
\ dispatch from Rotterdam tonight
quotes III" Tvlrgraaf. of that city, as
saying:
We must expect that the German
government VIII. without loss OF time
be made responsible for this severe
-,bIa nf
powers. The talk OF there being
pyrtcs among the cargo Of grain or
that the ship was about 10 be chart
cred by the British government, can
not now be discussed. The plain fact
is that Dutch ship, chartered by the
Dutch government, has been torpedocd
of the Dutch coast by a state pretend
ing 10 maintain friendly relations
with the Netherlands.''
HOLLAND ACCEPTED
PREVIOUS EXPLANATION
This is not the first attack on Dutch
vessels by German submarines. The
capture %! several steamers which
were taken into Zeebrugge was cx-
planned by the Berlin government as
mliitarE measure, as they were
found 10 be carrying supplies to the
Belgian army. Holland accepted this
explanation.
An Exchange dispatch from Rotter-
dam says that the sinking OF the
katwyk has caused tho decpes; re-
sentiment throughout Holland Even
German sympathizers have EXPRESSED
disgust at the action Of German sub
marines in disrcgn/ling neutral flags
II Is generally aoInitted, the dispatch
continues. that the government will
demand full redress for the loss OF
the Katwyk.
When torpedocd the steamer was
flying the Dutch flag at her masthead.
L e torpedo tore huge hole in the
. Arboard side of the vessel through
which the water poured The missile
set tho ship afjre. Ahame and sinking.
the crew tried desperately to save the
vessel. second torpedo put an end
to their efforts. The men took to the
boats, and then for the first time oh
served the Derscope of II submarine
In the distance. No warning had been
given them before the attack on the
steamer. = was impossible, the sailors
said, when brought into Flushing, to
determine the nationality Of tho sub
marine.
Tho katwyk was built in 9O3 She
was 2S1 feet long. and had sailed the
transatlantic trade routes since her
launching.