The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-02-27
Wilson Draws Up List Of German
0ffenses Which He viii Lay
Before Congress Tomorrow and
Ask Authority To Use Force
LIMIT REACHED IN
;. SINKING OF NEUTRALS
Wholesale Destruction Of Dutch
Shipping Expected To Bring
About Some Positive Action
Against Ruthless Summarizing
tAs.oclat.d Pres. BY Federal wireless,

t NASsoSiatou FEobs W touorl WHolobBD
XXJASHINGTON, February rs
&" w President Wilson has
formulated a positive statement
regarding the repeated violations
of German pledges respecting the
use OF her submarines and this
statement will be presented to
congress in joint session within
the next two or three days, prob
ably on Monday.
The news that came from the
war zone yesterday of the sinking
OF seven Dutch steamers, three OF
them bound for neutral Dutch
port from a neutral American port
and all on neutral runs, is believed
to have capped the climax in the
opinion of the President, who will
take the ground, it is believed,
that the sinking of these neutral
merchant ships furnishes an the
indication that is required of the
German attitude towards all neu
trail shipping, American not ex.
cepted.
TO ENFORCE DEMANDS
The President, it is now believ-
ed, will lay before congress list
OF the repeated offenses of Ger
many, ending the list with the
facts of the destruction of the neut
trail ships of Holland, and will
ask congress for authority to use
the forces OF the Army and Navy
to back up the protests he has re-
peatedly directed to Berlin.
So far as is known, the Ameri-
can seamen captured by the Ger
man raider in the South Atlantic
and taken to Germany as prisoners, are
still held as prisoners of war, despite
the repeated demand for their release.
This, and the detention of many Amer.
lean eOnsuls in Germany, will also be
brought formally to the attention of
congress.
Heavy Toll of Neutrals
Yesterday, according to all reports
the German submarines sank eleven
steamers in the war zones, two British
and one Italian for the belligerents,
and seven neutrals, all Dutch. The list
includes the following: ~.
LONGHIRST, British steamship.
1858 net tons, Captain Robinson, move.
ments unTeported. D.. ... g..
F." MlNAS, Italian steamship, 1865 net
tons, running between Naples and Sa.
lOnika in the government service.
Sunk at sea with troops on board, ae-
eording to German reports.
ZAANDIJK, Dutch steamship, 2575
net tons, Captain H6sewinkel, running
between Rotterdam and New York and
Philadelphia, Sunk; London report.
NOORDERIJK, Dutch steamship,
4547 net tons, Captain Kleykamp, run.
ming between Rotterdam and New
York and Norfolk. Sunk; London re.
port. .
EEMLAND, Dutch steamship, 1891
net tons, Captain Marges running be.
tween Amsterdam and Buenos Ayres.
Sunk; London report -.
JACATRA Dutch steamship, 3425
tons. captain Falch. running between
New York and Rotterdam, Sunk;
London report. '.'E' ,''.. .
MENAD0, Dutch steamship, 1914
tons Captain Van Houten, running be.
tween Batavia and Rotterdam. Sunk;
London report. ~. p.
BANDOENG, Dutch steamship, 37G9
tons, Captain Huisman, running be-
tween Batavia and Rotterdam. Sunk;
London renOrt. -"
GRENADIER, British steamship.
Unlisted in registers. =
TROJAN PRINCE, British steam, :,
ship, 206l tons. Movements concealed.
Probably in government service,
GAASTERLAND, Dutch steamship,
2447 net tons. Running between
Euenos AyTes and Amsterdam. Sunk;
London report ,....'
Americans Aboard ..