Edward EYRE HUNT, an American delegate of the « Commission for relief in Belgium in charge of the Province of Antwertpen », was one of the passengers of the « Nieuw Amsterdam », when the neutral liner was captured. His report « War bread – A personal narrative of the war and relief in Belgium » was published in New York in 1916. (Henry Holt and Company).

An article published in the New York Post on December 24, 1916 presented the book to his readers :
"Mr Edward Eyre Hunt sailed from the United States on the 25th of August 1914, and after an adventurous voyage landed at Rotterdam (...) The book that he has written as the result of these experiences is one of the important books about the war. It is valuable in terms of history. It is exceedingly well-written, simple, dramatic, clear.It is a mine of interesting information, presented always with sympathy and never sentimentally. (...)

About the first part of the report, « A voyage in wartime » which tells about the capture of the “Nieuw Amsterdam”, it says : “The narrative of the capture at sea is dramatic reading.”
The full text of Mr Edward Eyre Hunt can be read here