The looting of the Swedish steamer _Snetoppen_ is interesting in view of the regulation above quoted in connection with the _Invercauld_. It is a case of the Pirate as Thief amongst neutrals. The Germans behaved like common housebreakers, and showed the same spirit which their comrades of the German Army exhibited early in the war, when they ransacked chateaux and private houses during their first advance. It will be in place here to glance at other provisions contained in the German Naval Prize Regulations. These should be borne in mind when reading about the actual deeds of the German submarine officers here collected. The Regulations were published in the _Reichs-Gesetzblatt_ at Berlin on the 3rd August, 1914. The first of the "General Provisions" reads:-- "The commanding officers of H.M. warships have the right during a war, in accordance with the following provisions, to stop enemy or neutral merchant ships, to search and capture them as well as the enemy and neutral goods in them, and in exceptional cases to destroy them." Clause 4 of the General Provisions states:--"All measures are to be carried out in a manner the observance of which--even towards the enemy--is demanded by the honour of the German Empire, and with such consideration for neutrals as is in accordance with international law and German interests." Clause 6 sets out the vessels that are exempt from capture. These include: "Hospital ships, vessels employed exclusively in coast fisheries, or small boats employed in local trade, so long as they do not take any part whatever in hostilities." There are two clauses dealing with ships which endeavour to escape. The first states that: "A neutral ship is to be treated as an enemy ship if she forcibly resists the exercise of the right of stoppage, search, and capture; force may be used against the ship in question until she ceases to resist; attempted flight alone does not count as forcible resistance." On the other hand, Article 83 declares: "If the ship does not stop when signalled, two rounds of blank are to be fired, one after the other; and, if necessary, a live shell across her bows. If the vessel does not then bring to, or offers resistance, the commander will compel her to stop."