Show AMERICAN SHIPS SHOW INCREASE U. U S. S Marine Instrumental in Growth of Trade I IBy By ALFRED J. J WEST United Pre Press s Staff Correspondent LONDON Aug 27 According According to Lloyds Lloyd's Register of at Shipping for tor 1921 1922 the b bulk lk of ot the increase of oC the worlds world's shipping since 1914 i la Is due to the United States whose hose seagoing a mercantile mercantil marine has Increased by 1 1 i tons ns jan an an advance of oC per pcr cen cent t. t The Tho present worlds world's total Is Is' vessels of ot tons made up of ot sailing galling vessels of ot tons I and steamers of or tons Tho The worlds world's total of ot seagoing steel and Iron steam tonnage Is against a in In June 1914 of ot which the United Kingdom owns 19 and the United Stat Stats States s. s Though thou tho United Kingdom still possessed the largest total the Increase since 1914 has 0 only n 1 been tons against an Increase of or 10 tons I or oi JO per per cent by t the tc c United States INCREASE SHOWN i British Dominions have registered red an Increase of tons with a total I i of ot tons against In 1914 The other countries in which I Ithe the largest lars Increases ases are recorded nrc nrc Japan tons France 1128 1128 1 t tons ns Italy tons ons and Holland Holland Hol Hol- Hol 1 land tons As In the case of the thc United Kingdom Kingdom King King- I dom the figures for Cor France and Italy Include n. n a considerable amount of ot cx- cx tonnE tonne tonnage c allocated to tries Germany German which In 1914 ranked next to the United Kingdom with over tons ri now w possesses only tons In 1914 the United Kingdom owned nearl nearly 44 per cent of ot the tho worlds world's seagoing steam stearn tonnage while I the present percentage is Is' Is Just over 35 Norway which occupied tho third place Is lR now sixth while Japan formerly sixth Is now third closely followed b by France Greece Is the only countr country which r registered a decrease apart from Germany and Austria OIL USED AS FUEL In regard to the size size- and t type pe of oC vessels the greatest increase has taken place in those of or between en and tons their number having ha Increased increased In Increased In- In creased from 1004 In 1914 to this year In 1914 tho the number of ot vessels fitted with Internal combustion engines was a against the present total of oC 1447 1147 47 A great development has also taken place In the u use e of oC liquid fuel tuel oil on boards learners for tor the number of oC vessels vessels ves ves- sels ads now nor fitted for tor burning oil Is 2536 against In only 72 per cent of ot the tonnage of the merchant marine now requiring coal pr previous percentage of or 8 89 |