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Show ISERCOffllED TO FRYATT'S DEATH Germans Contend British Sea Captain Was a Pirate Under the Law. BERLIN, July 28, 3:10 p. m., via London, July 29, 12:3o p. m.--The execution ex-ecution at Bruges on July 27 of Captain Fryatt of the British, steamship Brussels Brus-sels after trial by court-martial for attempting at-tempting to ram a German submarine, denotes a new phase in the controversy over the sea rights of merchantmen. The German government prize regulations regula-tions issued before the beginning of the war, adopted the principle that merchantmen mer-chantmen were not entitled to commit acts of war and it threatened to treat ; as pirates those attempting to do so. The execution of Captain Fryatt, German Ger-man officials contend, is in acdord with that principle, which, according to the German view, merely extends to sea warfare the principles already controlling controll-ing franc tireur activity on land. It is hoped in official circles here that this case will lead to a definite clearing up of the question ofy the merchantmen mer-chantmen acting at intermittent times as war vessels. |