Woodrow Wilson actually said...

"They are themselves in the grip of the same sinister power that has now at last stretched its ugly talons out and drawn blood from us."

"We have made it."

"It is hereby ordered that through the Secretary of the Navy there be taken over to the United States the immediate possession and title of and to the German vessel Staatssekretar Solf, now lying at Tu..."

"In each case in which the War Department requests authority under this order it shall furnish to the Commission a list giving the name, designation, rate of pay, and nationality of each person propose..."