Such are the circumstances that accompanied the sinking of the _Belgian Prince_, and one looks in vain for any fact that can excuse the conduct of the Germans. They appear to have carried out their work with the sole object of taking as many lives as possible. To understand the out-look of such men is impossible. What was at the back of their minds when they dismantled and destroyed the life-boats? What satisfaction could they derive from the fact that their prisoners had no life-belts? These belts, it will be noticed, were thrown overboard by a German _officer_. What is to be said of the submarine commander who allowed such conduct? Here was a responsible officer who ordered his craft to submerge, when he knew perfectly well that most of the 38 men outside on deck were without any means of saving their lives. Imagination boggles at the cold-blooded cruelty of the deed. THE PIRATE AND NEUTRALS. _A Selection of Cases._ Portuguese s.s. DOURO 3rd April, 1915. Swedish s.s. FOLKE 14th April, 1915. Dutch s.s. KATWIJK 15th April, 1915. American Oiler GULFLIGHT 2nd May, 1915. American s.s. NEBRASKAN 25th May, 1915. Danish schooner BETTY 25th May, 1915. Norwegian s.s. SVEIN JARL 9th June, 1915. Norwegian s.s. RYM 14th July, 1915. Norwegian schooner MAGDA 18th August, 1915. Dutch s.s. TUBANTIA 16th March, 1916. Norwegian s.v. TAMARA 3rd Feb., 1917. Norwegian s.s. SOLBAKKEN 4th Feb., 1917. Peruvian barque LORTON 5th Feb., 1917. Swedish s.s. VARING 7th Feb., 1917. Greek s.s. AGHIOS SPYRIDON 12th Feb., 1917. Norwegian s.s. FALLS OF AFTON 20th Feb., 1917. Norwegian s.v. MABELLA 1st March, 1917. Norwegian s.s. GURRE 1st March, 1917. Danish s.s. ROSBORG 3rd March, 1917. Norwegian s.v. SILAS 8th March, 1917. Norwegian s.s. EINAR JARL 12th March, 1917. Norwegian s.v. COLLINGWOOD 12th March, 1917. Danish s.s DANA 9th June, 1917. Norwegian s.s. HELMA 12th June, 1917. CHAPTER IV. THE PIRATE AND NEUTRALS. "_The German soul is God's soul: it shall and will rule over mankind._"[E]--PASTOR W. LEHMANN.