Show WOULD SEIZURE SEIZU-RE OI OE OF GERMAN N 1 J tJ IN S. S I PORTS BE STEP STEPIN IN CASE VAR Of AVAR 1 I I r A AT T TOP t e American Hamburg steamship now no tied up in New York harbor and Ind a possible I subject of commandeering should hostilities break out ont between the United States and Germany n The if is one of the very larg largest t cs vessels afloat 0 Other vessels that could b be- be made macic a n part pad of ot tho the United a States navy in case of war with Germany are thc the Prinz Prim Eitel Friedrich lower left lett and anti tho time I Wilhelm German ships of or war now interned internee at Newport News The Wilhelm as she appeared I r in ill dry dock is shown at nt the lower right I I I I 1 I 5 S I I I St t. t 4 44 4 S. S I S S VS i. i t j jL I L tJ i 11 C. C ri a aCS a P I v p 0 V r U I i t L t J Jj V VI j I 4 L. L V V V V V V c. c V V i. In case of war between the tho United States and Germany the these e acts I have been sug suggested as part of a possible pro program nm Impound and seize e two tito German Austrian skips now nou In 10 American valued nt at j I Confiscate American securities held haul b by Germans German In Germany Germao valued I I nt between eln O nod nail I I liar liny nod and digest 11 n huge of ot the lime Tn nr debt of the oHle allies nard amid lend I credit to tn ii the nations of the allies I 1 the a UN Dill convoys contain to m ve vessels and to I c nD n eying troops of the nil allies lex I I more to the allies II by plant pistils now noir used I I t for oilier r oilier pun e Mint quantities of food fond clothing and other nr nr J for Cor the aIH V J Send trained nH men n to the front In eight months nail I In 10 a n rear If tf needed I 1 V V 4 I t ba 44 VV Wi V VV V V Vf V f V June 20 If 20 If the W vy United States and ond Germany German should enter Into a state of or war what would happen Here Is ho how one writer has figured It out Germany cannot Jet got to to the United States State at least until the tho present trouble In Europe Is over O And It would behalf bo be half haIr a year year at at least before the United States could send an army arm over o to Europe But It does not necessarily follow from otis that lint the United States could not make Its 1111 wrath felt a at on once co coIn In case war var were ere declared The first offensive e moves mo that the I States could make against Germany would woul bo the Impounding and seizing of or two seventy German n and Austrian ships tied up In this country countr including the cruisers Prinz Eitel Friedrich and amid In Interned Interned In- In nt at 1 Norfolk a gunboat hold held at Honolulu sixty eight merchant steamers steam steam- ers ora aggregating gross groBs and O- O net tons In various arlous ports and tho merchant steamer r Odenwald In San SanJuan Juan Porto Rico Tho rho total tonnage of ot these ships Is about net tons and aDd their value aluc hi has been placed place b by experts at Fifteen of or these ships ate are owned b by tho the North German Llo Lloyd d and twenty five b by tho the Hamburg American line Tho lane largest larg lan e est eat t of or them Is 19 the of or the Hamburg American line which has baa accommodations for tor passengers and a l crow cross of ot men and amid a speed of or 4 The George Washington ton is second In size with accommodations for tor 2770 2775 passengers and amid a a. a crew of ot 25 2 and anda a speed of or 19 ID knots four Fifty of ot tho the I ships are ore German and ami the thc remainder i Austrian are orf In the event ent of or war the cruisers PrInz Ettel Friedrich and Wilhelm could be bo placed at once In ac actio active ac- ac tive tito service eer along with the other ships of the United States navy Now ow this country countr Is weak alc on trans traus- ports There are aro only seven se of ot them heni But suppose Uncle Sam commandeered the he sixty nine merchant ships of or Germany Germany Ger Ger- many and Austria In this country countr and used them hem for tor transports and amid ships for tor passengers and general merchandise and utilized the two German cruisers now Interned interned-in In In conjunction with our own cruisers as convoys convoys con wouldn't that h be he A great h lp to tho the allies and wouldn't these additional ships Increase the supplies 1 K for the allies and amid facilitate tate HUe the tue movement of or th their Jr troops and wouldn't th the additional warships tighten tight tight- en In tho blO blockade kado around Germany and amid Austria and make It more difficult than ever aver for supplies to get et Into tho t countries V The second offensive move mo of or this country against Germany Grman would Probably probably ably be In supplying the time allies with ammunition am am- It has been said that if It the time United States went vent to war with Germain Germany Germany Ger Ger- many main this lila country countr would require re aUthe all aU the ammunition It could produce for tor forthe the use of ot Its HI own armies Such uch a alow view low of ot the case has hns been ben taken by the Nation Nation Na Xa- tion of or London anti and Proto Prof Boland G G. Usher of or America author of or Pan Ger I It I Is ls an erroneous view for tor forthe forthe the assumption Is based baaed d on the supply that Is s now beIng turned out omit It is true that lint the plants manufacturing ammunition arid and arms In this country have o bon II working J. J overtime but they Ire are the same amt plants that hav havo hao always made muc and sold sId the lime supplies supplier In the time vent event cut cT war var with Germany nc new plants ouli wUll tel |