The Washington times., 1923-11-17
ENGLAND IS.
F0RSAKING
POLICY
Heretofore She Has Favored
Fastest Vessels to Garry
Outbound Sacks.
BY JOHN I. LAMBERT.
Cosmopolitan News Service.

Co6m0pO1t0u news CerN1Ccs
The magnificent speed of the
liner Leviathan, saved to the
American people by William
Randolph Hearst, will soon be
used as a basis by the United
States Government to batter
down the embargo by which
Great Great Britain has prevent
cd American ships from carrying
. penny's worth of American
bound mail.
Fastest Ships Favored.
In the past year alone Uncle Sam
paid $1.746.762.15 to foreign ships
to carry his outbound mail. Most
of 1t went to Great Britain. Not a
pound Of mail from Great Britain
was carried to this country by an
American liner.
The practice has gone on for
many years. England became
queen Of the sell while America
slept Great Britain established as
3 naval policy, I'VE will give our
mail only to the fastest ships
Great Britain has had running
between England and New York
the Aquitania, Mauritania, Olympic,
Majestic, Homeric and Berengeria
and until the Leviathan came
along. not an American ship to
compete with them in speed, it
claimed. The LeViathan started on:
BY breaking all the well-known rec
ords of the sea. but thus far has
No. <S,0fy <&f "A
bound mail by Great Britain.
Policy Liberal.
Officials of the PostoffIce Depart
ment and Shipping Board are now
conferring to determine whether
Uncle Sam should force England
70 live up to its policy of giving
mail business ito the fastest ships"
or whether he VIII give England
q little more time 10 recognize the
great American liner as the mis-
tress OF the sea. The President
Harding is bringing in 5000 seeks
on this trip from England, but pos
tai officials here say that Is be-
cause, all the Ameriean-bound Eng
Msh ships were laid up for repairs
last week.
The United States has been work
ing on q more generous policy. 1t
has said to the American people, In
substances:
eff you write on your envelope
q desire to have your mail carried
by any foreign chip. It will be
delivered to the vessel so named.
II no preference is written, the
mail goes to the ships that viii make
the best time. American ships are
allowed twenty-four hours advantage.
II they have & postoffice aboard they
are given forty-eight hours, as the
asserting of mail prior to its arrival
aboard is figured to save day.
Has Paid Big Sums.
Uncle Sam paid American ships
e4,655.561.35 for outbound mail last
wear. while paying $1,746, 1925 to
ships of foreign registry. Nearly all
the mail from the West Coast went
n American bottoms. Most Of the
European countries practice the Eng
lish policy OF giving all their out
bound mail to their own ships. Fine
American vessels like the Amertka.
George Washington, President Roose-
yelt and President Harding come
back with empty sacks.
The international Mercantile Ma
Pine is now trying to get the Roose-
welt and Harding from the Shipping
Board. 1t has contract with the
British government to deliver any
and all of its ships to England when
England demands.
COaStwise Trade Is Planned.
Government Officials here are in
formed that the Marine proposes to
take off the Mongolia, Manchuria
and Minnekada, three Of the fastest
liners plying between this country
and Germany, and to put them into
the American coastwise trade plying
between New York and the West
Coast ports by way Of the Panama
Canal. Such a course is expected to
reduce American trade between this
country and Germany and neighbor-
ing states and to cut into the earn
ings of the Government ships now
in the coastwise trade.