Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-30

That Old Man Ocean still has his adj
mirers despite the competition from the
skies is evidenced by the comment on
the voyage Of the North German Lloyd
liner Bremen, which wrested the triton
from British hands and beat the stand
ing record by hours and IS minutes.
Most commentators see in this peaceful
sea victory the beginning OF new era
of competition for the blue ribbon" OF
the ocean and many wonder at new
Germanys marvellous comback.
Speaking from a city wise in the ways
of the sea and of ships, the New Bed
ford Evening Standard applauds the
event. saying, 1.-THE North German
Lloyd steamship Bremen, in her maiden
voyage, establishes herself as the fast
est passenger steamship afloat, thus
winning for German shipbuilders a dis.
tinction gained and held for several
wears with the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse and lost by her to the English
Cunarders, of which the Mauretania
was the foremost"
The Canton Daily News considers the
time Topped OF the record as more
than extraordinary" as, indeed, well
nigh miraculous" while the Pittsburgh
Post Gazette remarks: when it Is re-
flected that repeated assaults over Q
period of more than two decades failed
to lower the record and that here 1t Is
accomplished by more than eight hours
where formerly there was satisfaction
with minutes, the importance Of the
new mark will be realized. The German
shipbuilders and seanlen have clearly
earned the congratulations they are now
receiving from all hands" concludes
this paper.
"But It will not be for the, record
alone that she will attract attention in
this country and be held in warm es-
teem," says the New York Evening
World. "She is a symbol in way OF
the Germany that Is emerging from the
chaos caused by the war. 1t Is not
merely another steamboat that has
come to New York this time. 1t Is
proof, in the shape Of a perfectly
equipped and singularly beautiful boat,
that the new Germany can do things
Just as impressively as the old and that
progress is not merely begun, but is well
on the way
The Providence Journal thinks %
good deal of natural pride attaches In
Germany to the new steamship Bre-
men" and sees, in the 50,000-ton craft,
the embodiment Of "the nations after
war ambition" !.
The conditions to be found aboard
the liner arouse interested comment.
when one considers the vibrationless
luxury of the Bremen, as well as its
swiftness and comparative safety, the
question Of possible competition be-
tween aircraft and ocean greyhounds Is
not difficult to answer" declares the
Trenton Evening Times, which thinks
much aeronautical progress will have
to be made before q boat OF the Bre-
men type will be spurned in favor OF
transatlantic seapiane or dirigible." The
St. Louis Post Dispatch calls the boat
the giant, luxurious liner" while the
Albany Evening News finds in the adj
jective "palatial" the term with which
to describe its rich interior.
The Charleston Evening Post pic
lures the ship as equipped with every
facility and every luxury that the hour
calls for" and calls attention to the
fact that the Europe, its sister ship. u
being well advanced toward compile
ton, after having been almost destroyed
by fire when she was nearly ready for
service several months ago." The Post
considers the building Of these two
magnificent ships and the smashing Of
the speed record by the Bremen 20
triumph beside which no exploit OF war
can stand"
That other nations viii be catapulted
into q renewed interest In their ocean,
going passenger steamers Is the con-
sensus of opinion. "It will be surpris-
ing If England does not soon take up
the challenge Of the Bremen says the
Adrian Daily Telegram, end 81 the e1s
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