El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-08
falmouth NOW
IS HARB0R OF
j. s. SHIPS
British Alarmed Over Pre-
ponderance Of Ameri-
can Tonnage.
MOST OF CARGOES
GO TO GERMANY

ONDON. Eng. Nov. 8.-Brltaiu ~
Il visibly frightened By the Ameri-
can menace 20 her dominl0as Of the
worlds carrying trade and special
correspondent OF tho London Times
has thrown oil Into the flames BIZ
-diseovering" prepondersncs o.
United States merchant ships IL ths
ha-bor o. Falmouth.
ANY che who Is SIN skspdcll
about the growing share IN thu Wo-ld
carrying trade OF shipping Owned
outside the British empire would
probably change his views after a
visit 70 Falmouth hzrbor." writes the
correspondent. and he continues.
I returned a few hours ago from
a trizl trip n the harbor CT a traTIsr.
and one o. the Impressions left On ny
mind - % a fine display Of American
ana continental ton9ags.
The following are the names. na-
tionalrles and Destinations % the
ships that We passed.
Clio, American Steamer. New YORK
for Rotterdan Originally Danzis1.
with loOdstuftl
WuIinantic. American steamer.
New York for ROTTERDAM. with food
stuffa
Maine. American steamer, Battle
more for HamburEs with rye
Galanad, American steamer. Bll-i-
more fer Hamburg. with rye.
West Ek01k. American steamer.
New York for Hamburg. with rye
Chino American steamer san
Francisco For Hamburg. with lard
Allanthu1. American steamer, Balri-
more FOR Gothe1ourE, with gas coal
H1HrTTHTM .HTHnH|HrH
schooner, New YORK for Antwerp
with luseed cake
Five Bound For Hrn1burr.
This Est O. the American vessels
day gives some idea q the size %
the American mercantile fleet now
crossing the Atlantic u VIA be seen
that i've o. the steamers are bound
Tor Hamburg direct win grain for
Germany. and that two o. the steam
iocdstuffs. Presumably u The Ger
mans DO not sign the peace treaty cT
the required date the dispatch o. the
american ships en- their errluds oE
mercy Ell at once cease. ard vessels
A. the time on the voyage 20 GER
nan ports and Dutch ports fcr Ger
many WI be diverted elsewhere.
The cargo OF coai in the AliantEuE
RON Baltimore % Go-1en1urE Is one
OF a large prmber which have been
. HaAAA --A4H1r A-N El-Aa.-..A OWNS .aH
inability G. Great Britain 70 supply
the needs 81 Sweden
Schooner Pretty sight
The American auxiliary schooner
harontails was q pretty sight az she
reached port with sails ser Then
as she approached the heads the can
vas was furlsd and the vessel entered
the har1or with her own au1iliarT
engines
IS write another American steam
~ has anchored in the bay-clzlri7
one Of the type O. 5000 tca dad
weight vessels built IN ths Gralt
Lakes. and brought through the Wei
land canal 90 the ocean
But ir must not be thought thar
there are only American vessels ID
the harbor- There was the fine Dutch
a4lA-Al LLOYD or lo.ll- tons gross
Then there was the Dutch steamer
Rim. the Dutch steamer Menado an-
the Dutch motor ship Nest
Norway was represented BY the
large steamer LlCr IL. bound from the
south shetland ISLANDS with whale
oil via santos, where she loaded coz
Zee. The Swedish flag few from tha
HoEianc. a turret deck steiner bound
maize
British travlers tugs and small
craft dotted the Inner part OF the
nar1cr. but there was no large Brlt-
ISL vessel az anchor. or course. the
preponderance II the port o. ocean
going vessels other than British IS
due 70 the fact that such ships SIN
come he=e Tor orders and Tor naval
Inspection purposel Nevertheless the
residents OF Falmouth have long been
having an object lesion In the growth
Of other mercantile marines