The new scheme, which was adopted after the idea of zones had been abandoned, will be enforced about September 14 and will necessitate the employment of about fifty British and French destroyers, Spanish vessels of both sides are exempted from the scheme, and will not be given protection.
If a submarine sinks any foreign merchant vessel, except a Spanish ship, without appearing on the surface, then it will be deemed guilty of an act of piracy and can.be sunk "at sight or sound,"
If a submarine appears on the surface, disclosing its nationality, and sinks foreign warships, the submarine will be held guilty of an act of war.
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