Show GETS r o GERMAN SHIPS FROM UI S I 8 DOCE CH CHU I U R AEI ARt AE I r if J JH H Huh Huh- ill Passenger Vessels I ij Awarded d d to England by Armistice Terms Term s A ASHINGTON Dec 26 By By Bythe I W w the direction dire of the president president df dent lIt the former paSsenger passenger passenger pas pas- ships of the Imperator group now in New y York ork arbor are to be delivered to Great Britain thE shipping board oard announced today The vessels are those thos a assigned signed to the United States Stales after attEr ti t te e armistice for repatriation of American troops I and designated by the I naval council to be turned over to toI I Great Britain under ther I terms The Imperator hairs hafe already I been delivered to the British British- STEAMERS ARE READY f In a a letter to Secretary Lansing made public to today lay John Barton Payne P ype chairman of ot the s shipping h said lt i iT T Im I'm irm directed by the th president to comply with the request contained in inI your letter etter transmitted to me this I day from the White House and to I advise you Sou OU that the seven German ex-German ships to io wit Graf Valder Waldersee ee I i lin Pretoria Cap i Mobile Prinz Friedrich and I Auguste Victoria now In the har harbor harCor or of oC New y Ne Y Tork will be delivered ao to the tf tine of Great Britain as soon as the proper propel proper person is designated to receive the same same DELIVERY DELAYED Delivery pf the ships hips to Great Britain ln w a s delayed as the shipping board boara obtain the use of the 1 American owned oil on tankers formerly under the German flag A proposal was made b by T Chairman Payne that each country ye J 0 I permitted to use the vessels desired d pending a final de determination determination determination de- de termination of their ownership i No has been tak taken so far faron faron faron on this pr proposal the transfer of the thc former German ships to Great Britain without any explanation i tion other than it ti TS 8 by direction direction I tion of or the president I LONDON MADE REQUEST I The s' s action it w way r said at tho the state stale department followed a a. re request request re- re qu quest st from Great Britain tha that that the thc ships be surrendered under the original oril- oril nal allocation of th the shipping shipping shipping ship ship- ping commission which arranged to i I get et the y ls is out of ot German harbors following t t armistice On investigation lion tion was it-was added adde the department de had found that the United States States- had no right to retain the ships beyond the thep p period of their service ser In In bringing back American troops now completed and so reported to President Wilson Standard Oil Claims Ownership of Tankers NEW YORK Dec At 26 26 At the office e of ot the Standard Oil company which I claims ownership of the former German GErman German Ger Ger- I man flag lag tankers It was said that no i word had been rec received l ed as to the disposition disposition disposition dis dis- position of the ships The tankers twelve in number and ag aggregating about tons tOils were in Hamburg when armistice was signed It was was Understood her herp they were to be ho I turned over to the Stand Standard rd Oil compan company com corn pang pan instead buts but instead they were ordered to the Firth birth of Forth for distribution among England France Belgium the United j Italy and State Stales ALREADY DY APPORTIONED ALRE AlIo Allocation of the seven seven 1 German pi J ships chips held here since I on ou page 2 J SEVEN BOCHE Continued from page 1 her ber will be made by the British ministry min ministry min mm- of shipping among the various British lines The Zeppelin is to go goto goto goto to the White St Star r line the Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm to the Orient Steam Steam Navigation company for the Far East service Ice and will be taken to England by the White Star line The Cunard line which received the big liner Imperator Im- Im will take over the Auguste Victoria and the same company com corn pany will deliver to the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation c corn corn- m- m pany the steamer Mobile formerly the Cleveland Sanderson Sons will take over for delivery to the Ellerman lines the steamer Pretoria No an announcement announcement an- an has yet been made as to the companies that will get the Cap and the Graf Crews to handle the ships allocated are now here having brought from Gre t Britain prior to the order which delayed the delivery of the ships to the British government |