The New York herald., 1922-02-27
LLOYD LINER HERE,
FIRST In 5 YEARS
German Company Resumes
n. Y.-Bremen Service With
the Seydlitz.

The North German Lloyd Line, after
en- interval of eight years, yesterday re-
Sumed it's service between this port and
Bremen by bringing into Hoboken the
steamship Seydlitz. twenty-year-old
veteran OF It's old feet.
The seydlitz, the lines local officials
say while not much to look at compared
with the liners OF other nations. should
be viewed as representing the immense
potentialities OF German shipping re-
Nival moro as a hc.oe than a fulfllment
To Illustrate the German viewpoint
Capt. Adolf Stadt.aender. a director OF
the line, who arrived by the Seydlitz
said:s
II believe that We can eventually give
the seagoing public the finest service In
the world and that we will be able soon
10 cater to our thousands o. American
friends. Next spring We shal. put into
service the new 5000 ton steamship Co
lumbus. similar to the White Star liner
Homerc. which We had to turl over to
the British Government. We will also
have several 1900 ton passenger and
freight ships, which will be among the
handsomest vessels anoat'
The Seydlitz. which arrived off Quar-
antine on Saturday night. was greeted at
Ioboken yesterday morning by a great
many German Americans and was es-
corted to her dock by reception COM
nittee of several hundred and band
aboard the police boat John +. Hylan.
Tho band and that OF the liner played
American and German airs until the
Seydlitz was warped in. Magistrate
Charles a. Oberwager, representing the
lI.iap a1 n iat ra int, nd IT,.
William Popcke of the reception COM
mittee. were aboard the Hylar, and
landed at IIobol<en and welcomed Capt.
Friedrich Rhem of the Seydiitz, who has
been thirty years with the North German
Lloyd and commanded hospital ship in
the war.
The visitors were also introduced 10
Capt Kort Grain, temporarily chief Of
ficer of the Seydlitz. who later will come
over as skipper of another German ves-
sci. Capt. Grain commanded the Ger
man raider Kronprinz Wilhelm in the
war. leaving her to take his prisoners
aboard the steamship Holgar into Buenos
Aires, where he remained until the end
of the war.
Capt Grain declared that he had
treated his prisoners like gentlemen"
and hoped to receive the same courtesy
now that the war was over. Although
they were busy in Germany, Capt. Grain
said, the people were desperately poor.
To Illustrate, he declared that his supe-
rior Capt Rehm, was receiving the
American equivalent of s25 month, and
that he was getting less. and that they
could not afford to travel on the street
cars. But they were hopeful Of swift
return of better times on sea and land.
The Seydlits brought only 130 passen-
gers. but would have had many more. it
was said. II the German railroad strike,
which had tied up traffic. had not pre-
vented them from reaching Bremen in
time to catch the ship. Jacob Hy1nan
OF Casper, Wyo.. who has been purchas-
ing doctors supplies in Germany. said 1t
had taken him four days 10 get from
Berlin to Bremen. and that he used auto
bles. wagons and his legs and had just
managed TO make the liner.
The Countess Isabel I<lincl1ow stroem.
formerly Miss Buckler OF Baltimore and
sister Of Dr. Thomas II. Buckler OF this
city. returned from visit to the grave
OF her husband. who was killed in Ser
bia. Her American citizenship was re-
Gently restored to her.