Word: merchantmen
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...Sims' arrival in London was one of the most critical periods of the war, when destruction of trade by the U-boats was at its height. Upon reaching England, Admiral Sims, in conjunction with the foremost men in the British Navy, conceived and executed the plan of convoying all merchantmen through the submarine zones--an extremely difficult task, but one which successfully checked the submarine menace...
...added that the war against submarines carried on by British and American naval vessels and armed merchantmen has been brave and skillful in the extreme. It is believed with reason that better results are being obtained all the time. As to this Sir Eric said...
...article in yesterday's New York Times, Professor Albert Bushnell Hart '80 sets forth clearly the facts of the case concerning the German merchantmen interned in our harbors. At the end of his argument he comes to the conclusion that the United States should without delay take over all such vessels...
These facts present a good case for the seizure of the merchantmen even in time of peace, and a far stronger case will result at the outbreak of war. "No German merchantmen should be permitted under any circumstances to leave our ports, and they should be immediately taken out of the hands of their officers and crews...
...debate, "Shoots at sight," the Germans would have a right under international law to consider it a hostile act and the beginning of formal war on the part of the United States. The immunity from armed attack except on due notice, which the United States justly claims for our merchantmen, holds only if such vessels do not attack nor resist nor flee...