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Show GERMANY'S SHIPS ARE OUT OF REACH New York, Feb. 10 A report that has circulated In steamship circles to-ccntly to-ccntly predicted that tho North German Ger-man Lloyd Steamship company had been absorbed by the Kngllsb steamship steam-ship lines controlled by J. I'lcrpont Morgan. Asked cither to affirm or deny this report, an officer of tho North Ger man Lloyd company today said: "When J. I'lcrpont Morgan formed tlm International Mercantile Marina soma years ago, tho North German Lloyd was, asked to enter the conblun-Hon. conblun-Hon. Tho emperor of Germany lietuJ of tho offer and called tho director general of the lino beforo him for explanation. Ho declared his company com-pany had never entertained the Idea of selling to the (Englishmen for a minute. "That Is good,' replied tho Kinpcr-or, Kinpcr-or, "before I would allow a German steamship company to bo bought by nn Kngllsb or foreign concern I would order tho Gorninn nnvy to sink every ship the company owned." |
