Show I Submarine Prisoners F RO ROnn an nn Amsterdam news source we ie c learn that Ger- Ger many's plans for fur the future contemplate taking prisoners aboard her submarines Imme Immediately the world will want to know whether this is a n. move moc to abandon savage ngo methods or further intensify th i. i In InI Inthe the thc past submarine commanders vied with e cl in in evolving cruelties which might be ue inflicted upon the victims of torpedoed ships One case which stan stands s it it more prominently than the rest is the instance o of being taken on a U- U boat and left to their fate n ua nos rue vessel submerged ed Many any instances instance arc are on record h lifeboats were destroyed so that torpedo victims were denied a a. fj fighting chance for existence The reign o of the submarine is replete with stories of cruelties born bora of the same spirit as the mur murderous erous attacks Now if the news advices ore are rc authentic Germany pro- pro nol q-iq q f to Jf TT Q Ii livo lin h w will ll thorn into il-h il her submarines lb rin fol for movement l It t to Ge German p prisons i For what purpose is this sudden change in the attitude e of Germany to the thc sailors in the hi high h seas 7 Germany has followed the rule of ruthlessness too Ion to suddenly become humane and abandon it in a sudden fit of reform As the war goes boes on nail and the Prussian masters come closer and closer to the day da of reckoning they will find need eed for adopting methods which will i aid nid in dimming the tile memories of th the past It Itis Itis itis is however too soon to expect German reforms which h are arc designed to court merciful punishment for old oM sins In view of this fact it would seem that the departure depart depart- ure nrc is is made in the same spirit of ruthlessness as her I submarine attacks Perhaps the cruelties of the sea have ha become routine and nud German prisons offer a a. new ne form torin of punishment more cruel and more lasting lasting- To say the least wo we cannot expect to suddenly discover that mercy has entered enter d th the heart of the Hun liun |