Washington County News | 1918-07-04 | Page 2 | What "Maru" Means

what maru means alie skord maru attached to the namo of aeri japanese merchant and commonly accepted as meaning ship has no especial meaning according to caption Takes of the japanese steamship hudson maru recently captured and released by a german raider in tho south atlantic captain said that the word ia the faur h il 0 a custom centuries old lie explained the origin as follows there are two opinions as to how the custom originated one of the stories Is that in ancient times the japanese atta clied maru to the name 0 anything prized it ay first applied to n ships name about icara ago hen the fin press jingo pent an expedition to korea she added alie word to the name of alie ship that transported the troops to korea since then maru lias been part of the name of ciery steamship or sailing lessel it la never used alth the name of a var alp fishing gazette