New-York tribune., 1894-06-11
OCEAN,
THE RECENT EXPLOIT OF THE ~.
AND THE MAJESTIC; WITH soMn
GENERAL REFLECTIONS


| est. The London papers upon tha .rs,
| the Paris and the Majestic last wee,, n,,,,',
long kilograms and interviews and o,har
| tves describing the race between those ,,,o '
sells. The most various and irreconc,la,,.
| counts were given. The passengers On a.oh -
We'd with the captains OF each in sets,rr .'D.! e
| the merits OF the one and the singular n.,..,
| OF the other. Eye-w witnesses on the M.,a,,,~.N
tilted that the Paris was to the northward a, No.
proper course and. in order to regain II cro..~.
the bows Of the Majestic so closely that Co..
Parsel had 20 slow down to avoid c,,l,,,."
The captain OF the Paris, or somebody .no.,.N-
In his name denied this and explained ,h., !.
| was the Majestic which was too far 10 tho so,..
ward, and that TO make a true coupsa o.
| Queenstown. she had to pass under the se,, :.
| the Paris. One imaginative traveller ernru..s
the opinion that the Paris kept close 10 tho NJ
| jestic because she feared an accident a..
| thought II would be convenient to have rs.,,..~
| az hand when her machinery should e.va o..
| or perhaps when the last ounce Of coal and 80
| and pine had been consumed in her ROARING A..
naces. The only point on which all the w,,no,,..
agreed-the captains. Of course exceptes-,..
that there was a big race which began wb., -.
ships crossed the bar on Wednesday and ,,,,..
| TIL Saturday.
| Upon this mass Of concurrent and cnn,-,n.
| ory evidence the papers moralized as the,, b.,..
IS. Then followed the inevitable question IN N.
| House OF Commons. Mr. Cohen was the cns..
toner who wanted to know about the "alsvs,
racing" across the Atlantic. In the absence =,
| the new President OF the Board Of Trade ~,
| Bryce kissing hands az Balnoral Mr. Burt p.,
| namentary Secretary to the Board replled III,
| attention had been called 10 the "newsnans, -
| ports" When an official uses the phrase "nsv,
| paper reports" you may be pretty sure he mean.
| TO discredit them. Mr. Burt did discresv
them. He had been assured that the -
| ports were "entirely' Incorrect that the steam,
ers in question We're never within half mlls ~
! each other and that the Paris did not signal hs,
| intention 10 cross the bows OF the Majestic nm,
| kept steadily on her course. ] pause to remark
| that within half Of a mile Of each other mean,
that these two Titans-or. II you prefer, Triton,
| of the sea were separated by an expanse NJ
water over which II would take them just one
minute and quarter to steam add that Nh
| Burt does not seem. when saying that these "A
| ports were entirely" Incorrect, TO have intended
to deny that there are. in point Of fact two
|
Paris. Further questioned by Mr. Cohen whether
his statement represented the views Of the can.
tain Of the Majestic as well as Of the Paris, NJ
Burt made answer that II did. He had, itse
pears. a long telegram from the captain Of III.
White Star liner. and would be glad to showA
to the interrogative Mr.. Cohen.
This IT is which gives rise TO the suppostioa
| that the managers of both lines think the,pres.
ent joint advertisement excessive. Theywer,
perhaps alarmed by the moralizing Of the Bit.
ish press The natural spirit OF competition and
of jealousy gives way in presence Of timid pub
lie and they ready - admit anything except
that there was racing. and each TO exonerate the
other rather than see the alarm spread into
panic The Journal which IS the accredited organ
OF the Philistine, and more especially Of that
multftudinous variety OF the Philstine known a.
the small shopkeeper. processes itself satisfied.
! II is more than satisfied II is delighted 10 learn
from Mr.. Burt not only that there was no race
but nothing IN the nature OF a race. II IS 'sns
| cerely relieved"
| Al m. same time Il remains IN the mind OF the
accredited oracle Of Phllistia. unfortunately
| fact that very severe competition has arisen oe-
| tween English and foreign lines. which may have
| serious consequences luE Nd'VAN'1 '"~ ~
sumption of the foreigner knows no oounas. II
| he were a right-minded foreigner. he would q
course be content that all steamship lines snoua
| be-. British Instead OF which he goes ana se''
I'D competing lnes OF his own regardless OF mo
| serious consequences % travellers. our fnms'
| tine friend writes as IL the competing lines We's
things OF Yesterday, and seems to entertain 'a'
helef that ne has only 10 refer publicly 70 u"
| nresun,ntuousness OF 1.-THE foreigner to'nip ~
,ba bud He would doubtless. like Lord C"e'
ridges witnesses in the Tichoorne case " '
prtsed to hear that one az these ioreis" .''"f
TORS has been in the field, or rather on the asA
seas. for a generation; and Others, equaiy io'
midable. perhaps. for shorter periods """' 49,
leads him probably Is the recent transfer " '"
| Paris and New-Yorll % the American hae' as
| the outcry about the Americanizauon OF S'''1'
ampton: as 70 which word on some iu'u'S's"
cason. -.,,.,,-
| Ifr were possible 10 use such phrase respe''
| fulv or decorously. one might be disposed T" -!
that a great deal OF nonsense Is 'aihe' ao
| oo,or-rac,,g ctr cannot be OF vital moment
remarks our morallzing Philistine. 10 o'',.", :.
the Journey by only two or three noa~ IA
| that spirit had prevailed with shipoun''
shipowners. we should still be dawuN"e - ~.
the Atlantic in fourteen days in ships Inv
| Chfnas and Cubas OF quarter OF d ee"'' -.
or perchance in the crack sailing VeSse'' ~,
stlll earlier period. The writer does ho'
for human nature. let alone the impa''e.'s.
business men on business and not on "''''
| grounds. .,,,, tru
There Is a sense in which II is perfec"s
| 70 saw that for the last twenty years A..
there has been nothing but racing across w ,,n,,
lantic. II Is not necessary in order 10 cO"sa .,
a race that two ships should be In s'sn' =, ,,c.
other. More often they are not. suen aA or.
dent as that OF week before last Is III -, ,,v.
tremely rare. But the public wants anu W.. wa. r,,
fast ships and the majority Of the puO". hs,
90 bv the fastest. Out OF that impa''eH,ha, .rha,
arisen the struggle for record passages a"s y. .
Is a record passage but race! II .""' ., a,
race against another ship, or against u," ,sa In.
has happened both 10 the Teutonic anu y. ony
cania. a race agans, her own recoru " She
event It is a race. The ship does her Ue'r 50. "a
is built to do so many miles an hour 'H. make
80 SirtlCt, "a"