Foreign News: Atlantic Peace

From rich North-Atlantic crossers was rudely snatched last week the pleasure of traveling First Class. In London weeks of wrangling within the North-Atlantic Passenger Conference ended in a flabbergasting agreement by all North-Atlantic lines to lump all their ships into 20 different categories of Cabin Class. Top category: Normandie and Queen Mary. Second category: Bremen and Europa. Third category: Empress of Britain, etc.

Thus all ships will escape the heavy First Class port taxes. The squabble began, because of the advantage in tempting passengers aboard gained by U. S. shipowners in designating as...

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