The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-02
TO OUR
TRADESEENIN
SHIP SEIZURE
American Shippers Fear
Hooking Case Is a Sign of
Commerce Grabbing.
REPORT THE BORN
Is OWNED BY KRUPPS

itE and tnp bu''n SNIP fibfnNpTn just OF
The port II New York. was taken In
shipping circles Yesterday tn mean that
,ne British Government has lnaugu-
,s,sd u new policy with regard to yes.
! s.s no matter under what i,aG they ma,
sail, or 'n that port they may be bound.
noyided tneN suspect the vessels Of
,sing owned IN whole or in part 10y Ger
ran subjects u; German capita.
The effect Of this policy. shipping men
p-ophesy. viii he felt most kccnly In tho
United States AK II will affect many
ships now sailing out of New York un-
asf the Norwegian. Danish. Swedish and
Dutch flags. may cripple Americas
.gw trade with South America aud the
West indies 10 a great extent and may
also send freight charters Of supposedly
cate vessels W. TO prohibi,ive rates.
It was generally accepted Yesterday
,Sst the seizures OF the Hooking and
Hamborn, which were taken INTO Ital..
TAX yesterday. are in line with ;he an
nouncement br Great Britain OF tile sus-
PENSION OF Article No. 81 Of the pccltra-
ton Of London. This article sets forth
,ha, even e a ship flying a .cutral Gag
and carrying a CARGO to "A neutral port
10 owned to the extent OF 90 per cent by
IN enemy subject the vessel canno, be
teiIed for coitisCation. On October %
~ oIu'l VI 'sulltll utttdbtu NH4S tlNtlSe
Suspended
owned by the kruppS:
II was said yesterday that the British
Government has Information that willie
the steamer Hsinborn IL under Dutch
iegistse. and L. posted at I.lpyds ~ one
4 small feet Of frcighters belongn Nc
70 the Vulcan Transportation Company
dRot,erdam, she IL owned 10y the krupp
Company, the German sun making Arm.
The vessel n chartered by the West
India steamship Company OF the Prod
~ Exchange. but that concern gave
her W. ~ July. She was then char
tered by the MrnSnn steamship COMPANY
u ., William street.
II GARRISON Il Co. o. i.cadenhall
street.. London. acted a. agents Tor TN,
Vulcan Company of Rotterdam. w.iir
Rov<ng & Co. of Il Battery place wcro
the brokers' IL New York who char.
tered the llamborn 10 the W. ytc,n-
ship lines.
The Munsun L!uc management will
make no protest To Washington abou;
tie seizure. THAI task dcvoiviug upon
The ffty-c,sht shippers. whn haN, lost.
temporarily ct least. their merchandise.
and upon the owners OF tho vessel. a
Dutch company.
The Hooking - owGcd br the hmeti-
ch Transatlantic Company. iiics the
American flag and is under charter 70
". Il Grace X Co. TO carry a cargo of
Coal from Norfolk to Bucnos Ayr,s.
Richard Wagner, president Of ,h"
Amer can Transatlantic Company. made
a sroig protest yesterday to Secretary
Of State Lansing IN a telegram.
Il have received nothing bu; 4 brief
despatch from Capt. Fabrr informing
ne o: the seizure and the arrival at
Halifax said Mr.. Wagner. "No.details
are given and no charges set fnrta.
Il believe ! know why II was done,
however, and ! am frank to say that
believe 1t vas lone because Of the
on,!nued and persistent hostility of the
Commissioner of Navigation, l.. r.
Chamberlain. toward my
which hc has stated nublicly nc believes
II owned by German interests. tn. fact
tia, after he had refused American
registry 10 our ten ships my appeal to
Secretary Lansing caused Mr. Chamber
lain 10 he overruled has "ot made him
feel any the better toward US.
Our company is American. All of the
Hcck II owned in America and by
Americans, own nearly all OF IL. and
J was horn in this country f~fty-threc
wars ago. Ny mother was A pennsyl-
vanis woman, my Gather was born In
,;ermary mad ! have lived O Of my
lie in Milwaukee. Was IN the bust
rsss Of structural steel erecting. hut I
went into his because ] saw "A chance
10 make money. This Is the mos. profit
able time in the history OF American
Shipping.
The Hoc.inr was originally the
British tramp steamship Falkland. She
Was fN.w anlI vn n .nps.h comma NJ.
which changed her name to the Ameiand.
Early in March Of this yea she was
bought bv the Greenland Steamship Com
pany OF Copenhagen and then became the
Gronland. That II where the trouble
started. Albert Jensen, a Danish mer-
chant. owned the company and he was
The agent Of Hugo SHINES. "A great Ger
man coal mine owner.
Jensen Has No share.
When our company was organized
" touad that It could buy the Jensen
eh'ps' and | am frank enough 10 say
MAJ under the original agreement when
me" were taken over Mr.. Jensen was to
have been the largest single s~tockholder
" the company. He Is not now the
holder Of a single share Of stock. but is
'Nng paid Tor his ships as fast as the
80 W. ElNt III part pay meht come
due.
Jus, before the time came for me 10
Apply for American registry | cabled
several times 10 Mr.. Jensen and received
10 answer ! then inquired of the
Danish Consul If the British censor was
holding uD all business messages to
,,opethag"n and learned then for the
nn' time that Jensen had been arrested
Ior violating the neutrality law By ship
PING goods into Germany.
Wheel ! first went to Washington TO
s" Nr Chamberlain | told him frankly
!ls' how the situation stood, mentionins
1ehs~l', arrest and everything else. .
,o.d nn then that it had been decided
20 NV ult Jensen entirely. and this had
"Ho done partly ia cash aud partly in
'''ea. There was no MORTGAGE, deed OF
.'H' ~ any string connected with the
~tTanS',.
MI chamberlain refused Ia give us
q. A1'"' an registry and In his state
"''ht repeated what ] had told him and
Wat NOW tell you. The impression
'''' abroad th.t "" were simply a fax
''""pdr. 0r Il subterfuge in order that
'Ni nip owners might keep their
.h9s busy.
'I'''s'"d at this. but the protest
wv no. ".'cr n" situation. Then I went
20 =" 90 'rN Of Commerce Redheld. and
".'' Fl 'us lcrahlc delay he sustained
hc"'IIu Finally | went Ia
- '''' ug, and W. got our registry
"'''fH mis- Efforts
ACTION WAS