The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-02-16
Steady Accumulation Of Viola;
tons Of american Rights By
German Submarine Command
ers May Force Action Soon
PRESSURE or THE DIVER
CAMPAIGN BECOMING FELT
Many Lines Of Industry Through.
out the United States Suffering
From Congestion Of Shipping m
Sea Ports Of Atlantic Coast
ASSOCIATED Pres, BY Federal Wireless,
Wy AsHINGToN, February Is
w President Wilson may n

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Wy AsHINGToN, February IS
w President Wilson may. net
against Germany without wait
ing for the disastrous Covert act" at
which he limited in the address TO con-
gress, announcing the breaking off of
oil diplomatic relations with Germany.
Such at least is the eoncensus of
opinion among the higher officials of
the administration, to Judge from state.
ments they made regarding the status
0f the international situation last night.
IL was then admitted that, the Presi-
mt has felt the increasing pressure
the repeated acts Of Germany in VIC.
alton of the rights Of American citi,
zens, and that the steady accumulation
VT such violations may grow soon into
such proportions that Mr.. Wilson viii
feel constrained to call upon congress
for authority to take immediate and
further steps for the protection Of the
are about their lawful business on the
high seas. tE Wv"
offenses Piling Up sp.a
As the days pass, and the reports of
illegal acts against neutral nations by
German submarine commanders, acting
upon the orders of their government,
increase the feeling here grows that
II would be a mistaken sense of pru,
denee to wait until some great sea dis
aster like that of the wOnton murder
Of hundreds of women and children
on the Cunard liner Lusitania, before
the United States acts .. 'I@ .
-. Il !
to indicate that Mr.. Wilson is contem.
plating such a step in the immediate
future, and officials of the administra
tion last night reiterated their belief
that the President will make no move
without due elaboration, and the con.
sideration of all possible consequences
of his action. -|~u' T.. ~. =
Diver Pressure Felt s-.r.. .. ..
At the same time the pressure of the
submarine campaign of the Germans is
being plainly felt in this country to n
ever increasing extent. Reports from
the Atlantic seaboard ports, tell of the
growing congestion of shipping in those
harbors, due in a large measure to the
fact that the captains of vessels prefer
TO wait a less perilous moment for max
us NhOii NOydBeb, anu also TO the
heavy losses which the Germans have
inflicted upon the Allied shipping, q.
This congestion of course is extend.
ing TO other parts of the country, for
the railroads have been carrying enor.
nous loads Of freight of all sorts des-
tined for the allied countries, and are
IN turn being held up by the failure of
the ships to clear the wharves at the
water end of the haul. 49,.
Disturbance Wide 81
The disturbance is also being felt in
many lines of American industry, en-.
gagged in sending supplies of food and
munitions to the Entente nations. The |
collateral branches of industry all are
suffering in like manner, so that the !
pinch is becoming acute. s'F@.
The tenseness Of the situation, bound |
from the first to develop in seriousness
is showing already signs of swapping,
and the council of national defense Is |
holding daily sessions for the purpose
Of drafting plans for meeting the emer.
geney, and coordinating all the re.
sources OF the nation. ..~. -"