Show what marull maru means tile the vord oid 11 kiiru attached to the lie name of every japanese merchant mer cliant ship and commonly accepted ns as moaning alp ship lins has no especial according to captein of tile japanese steamship hudson bearil recently captured and released by ji f get ger man raider in the south All atlantic antle captain Takes lilma said that the lie word Is the of a japanese custom centuries old ile iio explained the 0 origin r as follows there lire are two opinions as to how the tha custom originated one of the iho stories as s that in ancient times the japanese attached 1 maru to the name of anything highly prized it was ans first applied to a ships about 2000 years ago when the empress jingo sent an expedition to norea korea she sh added the word mord to tho the name of the ship that transported tho the troops to korea ier ever since then maru has been part of the name naine of every steamship or sailing vessel it Is 14 never used with the name of a warship 11 fishing gazette |