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Show GERMANY TO GIVE UP 120 SHIPS TO . ALLIES BERLIN, Friday, Feb. 27 One h.n-dred h.n-dred and twenty vessels, including eight battleships and a number of cruisers, will be turned over to the entente next week by the German government gov-ernment under the terms of the treaty of Versailles, according to an announcement an-nouncement made at a meeting of the Association of German Fishermen at Hamburg todny. 'i .ese vessels, the announcement-said, would be manned by officers of the German mercantile marine. ma-rine. Excitement prevails at German seaports sea-ports as the time approaches for delivery de-livery of the last German commercial ships and several unions have appealed appeal-ed to tho government, advocating retention re-tention of the boats. It is pointed out that reconstruction of the Industry may be Impossible and that new disturbances dis-turbances in the labor market are inevitable. in-evitable. nn. |