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Show GERMANS HELD TO BE PIRATES Berlin. March S. via wireless to Say- ville, L I Dispatches to the Over seas agency at Rotterdam Kay it Is ; retorteiI that a damaged warship was towed into the Firth of Forth. Scot-I Scot-I land, last Saturdav . London. March 8 The board of I the admiralty does not feel justified In extending honorable treatment to the tventy iiln officer! and men of the sunken German submarine U-8 on the ground that they were guilty of attacking and sinking unarmed merchantmen. mer-chantmen. ' Generous Treatment. The statement refers to the gener-I gener-I our treatment accorded German offi-cers offi-cers and men saved, numbering upward up-ward of 1 and then sas with reference to the U-S: "This vessel had been operating in the straits of Dover and in the English Eng-lish channel, and there is a strong probability that -he hurl been guilty of attacking and Binking unarmed merchantmen and firing torpedoes at -.hips curbing non-combatants, neutrals neu-trals and women. In particular the steamer Oriole is missing and there Is grave reason to fear that she lias been sunk with all nanus twenty. "There Is, of course great difficulty difficul-ty in bringiug home particular dhvims to any individual German submarine, and It mav be that the dence necessary to establish con victlon will not he obtained until after the conclusion of peace in time persons against whom such charges are pending cannot be ac-orded ac-orded the distinction of their rank r bp allowed to mingle with other I prisoners of war ' Meaning Not Clear. The statement falls to make clear ixactl) what treatment will be x tended to the captured Germans There has been persistent demand throughout England thai they In-hanged In-hanged as pirates. Lord Charles Beresford recent!) asked the prime minister in the house of commons whether the crews of German submarines subma-rines which sunk unarmed merchnnt-ships merchnnt-ships without warning would be treated treat-ed as pirates Mr ASQUith replied that the government had the matter under advisement anil was not then 'prepared to announce it- policj The official report of the sinking of the U-8 and the capture oi its crew-was crew-was given out tonight. It states that the submarine was destroyed oa Man h 4 by the destroyers Gurkha and Maori The other destroyers which took oart m the hunt were the Viking, Nu j bian, Mohaw k, Falcon, Kangaroo, Cos- I ' s.irk. Lev an, Fawn and Ure. ThP operations op-erations were directed by the officer commanding the flotilla, Captain C. D. .Johnson and were marked by skill and promptitude, according to the report |