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Show uu PURCHASE OF THE INTERNED SHIPS New York. Aug 23 The announcement announce-ment from Amsterdam last night that a company called the Sweden-America lino, was being formed to carry on trade between New York aud Swedish ports with German ships now idle in American ports, was followed by the statement here that among the first ships to be purchased by the new company might bo the Hamburg-American Hamburg-American steamers Pennsylvania, Bohemia Bo-hemia and Bulgaria, now lying in this port. Hans Lagerloff, general manager of tho Scandinavia-American Trading company here, who made this announcement, an-nouncement, added that an offer of purchase was subject to tho legality of tho transfer of the ships from German Ger-man to Swedish registry and depended depend-ed upon whether the allies would permit per-mit them to be used in tho Atlantic trade Mr. Lagerloff added that "it is probable that if the deal goes through In regard to the Bohemia, Bulgaria and Pennsylvania, the Sweden-America line will purchase the Hamburg-American liner Amerika. now lying at Boston, and another 17-knot 17-knot liner" |