A HAMBURG WAIL.

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 March 1917, Page 7

A HAMBURG WAIL.

TilK LOST SHIIM’ING THAI'!

A cry of anguish goes up from the Hamburger ITcnulcnblat t, It is this exceedingly violent juimmi. Inc mouthpiece of Hen Ballin. of the Hamburg Amcn’ka Line, which has repeatedly drawn attention to the nourishing condition of Ge.rnum shipbuilding, and to the readiness of shipping concerns to spring into action at the conclusion of peace. 11 lias supp.licil us with magnificent lists of tonnage which have been either completed or arc nearing completion, and has indulged in wi.i. exultation at the prospects of a complete Gorman mercantile marine taking the place of the. "vanishing” Ibdiish marine. Jtut there is a sudden change, ami the I’Temdrnhlatl is now hysterically eager m.“something” to he done if the situation is to be saved.” That nation, it says, which is shut out from trafficking on the high seas is thereby shut out from the great tilings of the world, and becomes the neglected "stepchild ul God.” G.m. mans must all know, i! adds, that sea trade 1.- absolutely necessary lor their till m e. The ImTUidciiblaU speaks in hai rowing tone,, ul the din* net cssitiea of (he Ger nioti shipping trade. it recounts Ike losses, almost, irremediable, to winch it hay been exposed by the stress of war. Valuable vessels have been sunk, others of still greater value ate held up in neutral harbours ami in home waters, all of them rapidly depreciating in value and repairing vast sums tor their upkeep. J’ublie opinion, says Herr Tallin" organ, must clearly understand that not only is that a matter of extraordinarv importance

fiom the. point of view of commerce, but also a matter of life and death for Germany's economic future. “We shall,” the paper says, “yield up a goodly part of our hoped-for victory if we corno out of this war weakened in this vital partien-