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Show GERMAN VESSELS SEEK HONOLULU AS SAFE REFUGE HONOLULU, T. H., Sept. 17. Two German merchant captains from the China seas have brought word that the German merchant marine and navy are making the Marshall islands their rendezvous rendez-vous in the Pacific. Five German cruisers, cruis-ers, two steam oil tankers and twelve German passenger and freight steamships are said to be there now. Captain Mellhoff of the little Hamburg-American Hamburg-American trader Loongmoon, which arrived ar-rived here last night from the blockaded port of Tsing-Tao. forty-three days out, told the story first. Captain Vogeler of the Gouvereur Jaeschke. also of the Hamburg-American freight service, which arrived today from the China seas, corroborated cor-roborated him. Neither skipper said whore he got his information, nor did they explain ex-plain why they did not put into the harbor har-bor -at Jaluit island themselves, but preferred pre-ferred to seek refuge here. There are now six German vessels here, which probably prob-ably will remain until peace with Germany Ger-many is declared. The Marshall Islands were acqulrrd by Gormanv in 1 .!S." and form the last Important Im-portant German possession in the Pacific not seized by Great Britain. At last reports re-ports they supported a native population of more than 16,'Ktfl and a European population popu-lation of between 150 and 200. |