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Show j EASY VICTIMS. Very sensibly the Norwegian ship 1 owners and seamen 's organizations are conducting an agitation for the removal of the neutrality markings on the Norwegian Nor-wegian merchantmen and it is probable that the Christiania government will give the necessary order. The reason advanced ad-vanced is unanswerable, for submarine commanders have no fear3 when such markings are observable, while they might keep at a safe distance if there were any doubts. If all the neutral nations na-tions destroy the markings proclaiming their neutrality submarines will not send down any more merchantmen by shellfirc for they will not dare to come to the surface on account of the danger of being sunk by an armed merchantman. merchant-man. In the light of what has happened hap-pened since tho beginning of the submarine sub-marine campaign of tho Germans it is now evident that the marking of neutral neu-tral vessels had the result of mailing their destruction more certain, and it is a great wonder some one did not think of it before. Neutral protests that "tho ship was plainly marked " must have caused a great deal of glee inXBerlin, where the authorities expressed ex-pressed their regret that a mistake had been made, while the submarine commanders com-manders kept up their search for easy victims. Now that we are arming our merchantmen all the neutral countries should destroy their markings. |