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Show WJ OLD FRENCH WAR SYSTEM CHANGED Paiis. May B, 2 4" p Bt Abolition of the old sysiom of awarding to the cr of French warships the pro-Seeds pro-Seeds from ships captured in time of war, is proposed in a note issued today to-day by tbe ministry of marine The oote proposing changes in the law regulating disposition of ebipa captured cap-tured at sea says: Present legislation awards to tho captors the products of all sea prises The projected law awards to the treasury all products of maritime nrlses, as it is the country, aloue, which bears all the expenses of war besides paying all Indemnities for seizures at sea which are effected lr legnlarly or without sufficient cause. "Nevertheless, the projected law-allows law-allows one-third of the products as a prise not to the captors but to au institution in-stitution caring for murine Invalids ' |