Traders, shipowners, captains of vessels, skippers, and master mariners from Europe and America, naval officers from every country, and at their heels the various national governments on these two continents, were all extremely disturbed by the business.
Negociantes, armadores, capitanes de barco, skippers y masters de Europa y de América, oficiales de la marina de guerra de todos los países y, tras ellos, los gobiernos de los diferentes Estados de los dos continentes, manifestaron la mayor preocupación por el hecho.