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Show GERMANY BUILDING TREMENDOUS FLEET The Hague. July 31. (Correspond ence ui i u .asauuiaieu 1'ress.j i nai Germany is building a tremendous mercantile fleet, Including the largest ship in the world, was declared by Herr Ballln, general manager of the Hamburg-American line, in an interview inter-view with the Hamburg correspondent of the Frankfurter Zeltung. The ship referred to is the Bismarck, Bis-marck, of 56,000 tons, being con-, structed for the Hamburg-American' line. There is also the turbine ship. Tirpitz, of 3,200 tons under way, and the list also includes three others of 22,000 tons. At the Vulcan yards, Bremen, Bre-men, nine ships are building, four of them having a carrying capacity of 18,000 tons, these being the world's greatest freight steamers. In addition, Herr Ballln continued, three big liners are under way at the Flensburg yard. Two more steamers of 13,000 tons and and three larger passenger freight steamers are being constructed. Two cargo ships of 17,000 tons each being constructed especially for the Panama Canal trade at the Tecklenburg yards at Geeste-muende. Geeste-muende. The North Gorman Lloyd is building at Dantzig two fast liners of 35,000 tons, the Columbus and the Hindenburg. These are to bo speedy, designed to cut down the time between be-tween tho Continent and New York. The same company Is building twelve other ships of 12,000 tons; the Mun-chen Mun-chen and the Zeppelin, of 16,000 tons each. The Bremen-Africa line is constructing con-structing six Bteamers, the Hansa line eight, and the Cosmos line ten, ranging rang-ing from 9,000 to 1S.000 tons. |