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Show jj AMSTERDAM, via London, April 9, 11:40 a. in. Tho frontier correspondent correspond-ent of the Telograaf suggests that the recklessness shown by Gorman submarines subma-rines is due to the big financial rewards re-wards offered the crows" by tho Gorman Gor-man government. The men who man the submarines got 10 per cent higher pay than those of any other branch of tho national service and receive in addition substantial bonuses. Fifty per cent of the value of a captured cap-tured ship is distributed among her captors, 5 per cent to the commander of tho submarine, 5 to the chiof engineer, engi-neer, 15 to tho remaining officers and 25 per cent to the crew. Percentages for torpedoed ships are based on tho Insurance valuo of the vessel, tin these caaes tho submarine commander gets 1 per cent, the chief engineer 1, the remaining officers A and tho crew 10. There are also extra rewards for special spe-cial exploits. |