New-York tribune., 1910-03-23

-. N tanlp' steamers have
rendsures az stifnulatine ,b,,, ,-.,,. ,.i.'ll eA
navigation in the United KiDrs,,, h-.+ an. anu
roctiy beneited ana fostered ,h. -
merchant marine This has a., 80, g.. =
reFienoe Of Germany.
The German imperial Policy
IN sSSi tie German government wa. ,,,,,inr
s F'A."0O Tor us ocean mail service. and IL
silah and feeble merchant marine.
composed chiefly OF sailing vesse3s Tisr,arC,,
urged the Reiohstag 20 create an iD,,.-5., -.
mail service. In lSS5 the ipnori,, ,,,,,o--,,o,,
contracted 20 pay annually Tor aftecn ye.vs ,,,e
sum oi sssa.4S0 20 create new steauShin lines a.
Asi~ ana Australia lt was a STIMULATION Of the
N'.'uAt Nhat steamships should be German
Dul.I aha thus the present great German shin
o"iaing industry was established II was these
man contracts that made possible the present
neet OF German greyhounds on he North At
''iiIS. Tor the German Official reports state
'rulhihiy That All experts assert that, without
'i'e influence OF government ocean mail ser
N-oe' sooh steamer as the Kaiser Wilhelm der
crosse could not have been built" This same
report oOntinues-an Official declaration AZ ,hs
policy q The German government:
u was decided by the establishment AZ an I'm
ieit2l nall ocean service that our commerce
~ sea called Tor quicker. more direct. ana racre
.. lssosr Transport lalion IN order % make IL more
einclent aad above All Go compete with foreign
enterprise. That this need for the long Vo,So ee
20 Eastern Asia end Australia could be met NOT
as IN the case OF relatively short voyaa,es 40
America by German shipping. without govern
inent assistance. bat thaf such navieafion On
s.Ssa seeoeni o. ats expense. should be promoted by
stAte aao. as shown in the amendment 70 the
steam mai act az the Goth Of November 1854
All - eAlastaetce has proved the truth OF that
Aite PROVEN Before Germany at that time was
eKacuy the problem now before the United
a MIN
OF Il; Quick and well managed regular steam
hmonioation-eKperaonee has taught that's
ne backbone Of Oversea navigation Il As indIs-
pensabse GO Passenger ana postal travel: bE Its
speed and regularity q does most to encourage
commerce IN the greatest and smallest indus
tries" The German imperial steamship service
has now been greatly increased and the North
German LAOyd has extended its steanlship lines
over large part OF the Pacific oaean, not how
ever. touching the Pacific Coast Of the United
States gha company receives for Its present
service sl.Sss.860 year. Another typical Ger
man ocean mail line Is the East African Steam
ship Company. of Hamburg. which receives
SS2i. 800 a year. 10 was this German imperial
mali pay that enabled eK-F'Hesidsnt Roosevelt
TO reach SO quickly and Comfortably his East
African hunting groahdA The imperial Ger
man foreign Office la statement Of December
30 1908 says:
The reason why the empire disbuFses these
amounts Lies rather in the necessity az having
az its disposal regular ship connections for the
public post. travel. and freight with certain
lands across the sea. il being impossible for a
private shipping company 10 start sHch lines
without state funds since they cannot pay the
costs Of operation unaided
This Is exactly the situation that confronis the
United States in iIs effort 20 develop trade with
South America aud the great countries beyond
the Pacific Ocean. Private capital unaided. can
not create the swift and regular service that the
trade usqtlHes The ocean mail blH IN Congress
is O. exactly the same nature as the legislation
which Bismarck advocated. the legislation which
has given Germany and Great Britain their
profitable share Of the commerce Of the world.
besides the liberal mail pay 90 the great Ger
man mail lines. the government further encOur-
ages German shipPsRg by granting preferential
railroad rates On the German state railways for
goods exported by German steamers. Moreover.
these railways haul al nominal cost ali ma
teriais required for German shipbGiiding There
are said 60 be special privileges and exemptions
FOE the great German steamship companos IN
the rOTis a. Hamburg and ElneThen. and the i'm
perisi government gives moral as we'll as ma
tsrial encouragement 20 the ambitions OF Ger
man shipoEnens. Indeed. 50 close Is the connec-
ton iset seen che government and the great Ger
Haa steamshiP companies that they are re-
garaed IA other countries as 81 essential part OF
the imIeEial machine.