New-York tribune., 1920-11-19
Hamburg Lines
Flag agWillFly
In Port Here
e. Deutschland to Enter
the Transatlantic Service
Again: Two Other Liners
Are Being Constructed
German Ships ON Market
pr;tain. France and Greece
Have Large Volume of
Tonnage to Dispose OF

nisposai Of the German tonnage
,,;,ed during the war and turned over
:. the Allies since the armistice is
,roeeeding steadily.
Although under the peace terms Ger
AMY was required to turn over all
v,ssels Of 1000 gross tons and up
xard. there seem to have been some
.v.entions to this rule. AS a result of
,sess exceptions one Of the old Ham
surc.Amelican liners. it is announced,
will be restored to the American serv-
20 and will shortly be seen in this
,or. flying the house flag Of the Ham
turg line.
This vessel is the Victoria Luise,
iermerly the Deutschland, of l6,700
sross tons The United American Lines,
u announcing plays for the service
setween New York aad Hamburg, state
that in addition TO the Mount Cay,
iermery the De Kalb and before
.ss. the Prinz Eitel Friedrich; the
Mount Clinton and the Mount Carroll,
sperated by them, three German liners
will be operated in the service by the
hamburg Line. These will
Be the Victoria Luise and two others.
which. it : understood, are now build
ing. but are expected to be completed
s00l.
Ship Exempted From Seizure
Recent reports from Hamburg stated
that the Victoria Lulse had been dam
aged BY fire. Later. she was listed as
nc. deliverable TO the Allies" the
report being that special arrangements
had been made under which she would
be retained by Germany. No names
have as ye. been given to the two <es-
ses beng built for the HAMBURG
American Line
me BRUSH government is still seek
!ng to sell TO British subjects the Ger
nan tonnage turned over to it as
result Of the peace terms. Forty-eigbt
Of these cx-enemy ships, aggregating
A,40S gross tons, have been sold
.hrough LORD lnchcape. The total sell
Ing price IS stated to work out at an
average OF f19 Is a deadweight ton.
Equivalent, at the present rate of ex-
eAange, roughly, to about S65.
IWehty-elgAt cargo steamers. which
we're not sold IN the first lot offered
asVe Deen readvertised for sale and
n'ly otners have been offered for the
ms time. The latter lot range from
ms :se new steamship Sauerland, of 49,
wv tons lightweight to the 1,S5O-tou
uea' bulit IN 1914. British papers are
Nealcting that it will not be possible
dispose OF all the vessels to British
mbjects.
lnstalment Plan offered
For the purpose Of inducing CONNIE
uslon Tor the vessels, Lord Inchape has
announced system of deferred pay
nsAIs' These provide for a payment of
10 per cent on acceptance Of offer 40
per cent on delivery Of the ship and
me balance In five equal six-monthly
ias,alments under promissory note
Win interest at the current bank rate,
CARVING a minimum of per cent. the
vessel TO be insured and mortgaged to
he government except in cases where
satisfactory bankers guarantees are
accepted
PARTICULARS in regard to the vessels
500 nave not been made public. but it
Is Understood that two, Of about 5000
;ons each, were bought by the Anchor
Line Henderson Brothers) of Glas-
gov and will be used in the Liverpool
Bombay service. The Elierman lines
are also said to have secured vessels
and one steamer has been taken by
Canadians.
Another block of ex-German tonnage
Nat IS likely 70 come on the market
shortly is composed of thirty ex-Ger-
man steamers, aggregating about $4,000
gross, tons, which have been turned
over to Greece as reparation for war
Nsses. These are mostly small vessels,
only one being Of more than 5000 gross