The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-09-18
aERMAN view or sH1pp1No WAR

GERMAN VIEW OF SHIPPING WAR
Inasmuch Of FIVE Of the American mainland
publications Of the Allies in the Europe
is natural perhaps the the war
various upon epubshed in Honolulu from the
mainland exchanges the English daies trend the
same impression tire fact that every
lis being made to preserve strict inpary each Of the
newspaper Offices, this regretable, If unavoidable
The Advertiser has published time articles from
German whenever the of and
conservative language Such the following
by Chamber Of German American Commerce recently
New York 1t presents view of the cashing shipping
thought and quite outside
British craftsmanship contains much that every american will
agree with who has considered the pt condition Of the American
merchant marine. The statement is;
Ihe greatest shipping rival Of England has been Germany with
than 100000 tons Of hrselass merchant vessels Over the
have followed the English
able tunph competition for trade German enterprise in reach
ing African South American Indian ports
has been bitter pill the British German ships carry
ing to Australia the Orient the Mediterranean
Russia South America Africa and India for many years
Time when the British laughed at Geranys competition
for the worlds shipping Recently however, they became
of German ability build and navigate ships their
and realization that there real German rivalry
transportation.
England never feared France water II France
has attempted compete with her the record shows
made little Roadway her tonnage being only 100000 but
ninth of England which is 100000 So OF indus
ous Germany fell the fight against British monopoly OF the
Of the world and there exaggeaon in the Statement
the British shipping have the last put
their wits ends trying check German seizures OF markets they
had believed belonged to them forever
Numerous record of this British idea perpe
a ownership being udey disturbed by the passing Of markets
German control hopelessly Beyond British redemption
THAT this titanic growing keener year by year has been
agd under the very eyes Of Americans who Of their
navigation laws have been forced sit by and watch their ship
ping trade slip into British hands, every familiar with the
MERGE Of the Port Of New York knows.
"What shame that citizens the United States permitted
the existence of laws that rendered American competition
the mpossble7 How the British shipping crowd have
the expense OF Amercans How these
suggestions of revived American merchant marine
Some pretty subtle powerful influences deprived
American people of their place the and Americans
might with propey ascertain what part the British shipping
has played in the game against Such inquiry
the foreign Of this country which long ago would
produced disastrous result to American exports bad not the Ger
nars first thrown down the gauntlet to1the British ss@
"GemaTs sensed the British design
stepped check it. and German determination along this line
very large responsible for what many
exporters have been able do in the way trade expansion
the markets Of the world Who would suppose that England with
almost complete monopoly of the the would
exporter for the business Of South America India Africa
China Australia? Indeed different story American export
business would be in the record had German initiative and
terprise been asserted. shN# 49, ss.". sGtH
"The British shipping crowd OF powerful
carnations in the world For than century they chung
enaously to the motto Engshnen first in everything
rules the waves and they have the limit
civil them ongedfor opportunity which they enjoyed
Immensely until about twenty ago when the energetic Ger
got busy tstl,g 5i#ts tsh4t&a
ANY who believes that the shipping situation will adj
Just itself satisfactorily in the German defeat that
British with formidable shipping give
competitive American exports equal chance with their in
British bottoms be congratulated upon sublime
charity of mankind The cold hard facts will otherwise
British will their manufacturers better shipping facilities
and better and they will after an roncad ndspuabe
troll OF the worlds with bull dog aggressiveness
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