The agreement provided that any submarine that attacked neutral shipping was to be sunk if possible, including submarines in the vicinity of a recent attack that were determined to be responsible for the attack.
O acordo ditaminaba que calquera submarino que atacase a transportes neutrais sería afundido de ser posible, incluíndo aqueles submarinos que se atopasen nas proximidades dun ataque recente ós que se determinase como responsables de devandito ataque.