ON THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 February 1919, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

"RUIN AND DESTRUCTION." FATE OP GERMAN SHIPPING. Amsterdam, Jan. 29. The newspapers at Hamburg and Bremen, voicing shipping interests, protest at a new clause in the armistice handing over German shipping to the Allies for the carriage of food to Germany, declaring thot the Allies don't intend to return the ships. The managers of the shipping companies assert that the prolongation of hostilities would be bettor than the present humiliation.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc.

Received Jan. 31, 8.35 p.m. New York, Jan. 29.

The Chicago News' Hamburg correspondent interviewed Joseph Marck, director of the Hamburg-Amerika Line, who said the Allies' requisition of German shipping means the ruin and destruction of German commerce. "I don't believe the Allies intend to return the , vessels to Germany. The provision that . the German crews be replaced by Americans will lead to German 9eafaring men becoming Bolshevists." New York, Jan. 28.

The British Ministry of Shipping announces that freight rates on vessels free from "Government requisition have been reduced 06% per cent, on sliipment from Britain to the United States. It is announced that there will also be a similar reduction of freight from the United States to Britain.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.

Copenhagen, Jan. 28. The Norwegian Sailors' Uiion adopted a resolution refusing io carry food to Germany until Germany indemnifies the dependents of the sailors slain in the submarine warfare.

A Norwegian representative will attend the London conference on this sub' ject.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc.