Show u TO RI pa kg paThe b The Slat Ship Redeemed J I THE HE shibboleth of a ship has bas been pronounced in the case of the great transport 1 America formerly known the as ns This Q German erman liner y christened after this laud of or ours or at least the continent continent con con- tr oa on which our country is situated was a supposed sup sup- r posed instance of friend friendship hip The naming m of it was r a- a ri a tactful 11 and supposedly courteous tribute to the great y ness nays n ds of Or our r land and the friendship existing between Germany and the United ignited Stales Slates of or America Not only Y the ship named after America but its decks instead of having simp simply the designations of numbers were cre named d after Presidents of the w western republic i hose whose t F frien friendship ship the Teutonic empire seemed ed to be cove covering co G i at that time Not only this but the saloons were cre deco deeo- A rated with paintings l of f famous ou Americans and Ameri merJ t can an scents scenes 1 The he entire ship however was a L gigantic J bit of Teutonic camouflage As 2 in Russia Rusia so in iii Arner- Arner deceive Behind her ber ica iea Ica Germany sought merely to friendship was crouched couched a naked linked blade 11 War ar 11 came and m tho the German empire p left this tins II peace pence with wilh others of ot her Sill ship in New York work harbor along craft Finally when the United Stales saw that bully o of Europe the with the tr y was impossible ship was seized aJon along with wiLh other German craft It ll and has been doin doing do doing do- do has hns been eon converted i into a transport in ing excellent service for fot its foster g government nt carrying carrying car car- thousands of fighting men through the danger zone But when the ship changed hands and the land lana whose name it b bore borc really owned it the spelling of the name was changed chanced with respect to 10 one letter The Ten leu- tonio tonic spelling spelling- of II Amerika was as changed to the American American Amer Amer- ican Jean spelling of America The fhe ships ship's name is w pronounced pro pro- by the thc men aboard her who arc sons of Amer America ices ica as ns it should be he pronounced and the name is is spelled as it should be The shibboleth of the thc name name- has been begirt rightly spoken and as in the case of the warriors of Israel Israel centuries ago g O at the thc famous fords the land is is freed from another instance of treachery The paintings paint paint- jugs ins of famous Ameri Americans and American scenes and the names of the decks now are fitting and hear bear no malicious whisper of halo lint behind their fair appearance The Thc ship has been redeemed pa 1 En Pa |