To very small proportions and as long exist as a source of serious danger and anxiety.
Sudden or...
I gather from the general tenor of these remarks that I doubt conceive piracy is an evil which can be eradicated by any sweeping measures, but rather from the very nature of the difficulties to be contended with, a series of progressive steps all leading to the same and but in a more gradual way. To cut off all shelter and supplies to Pirates in the foreign harbours of the vicinity appears to be the first of these steps and to form a natural beginning. The carrying into effect some similar provisions by the Chinese authorities on the coasts under their own control...
...naturally follows, together with the organisation of an effective naval contingent to cruise wherever Pirates make an appearance. When these measures are in full operation and a material protection has been afforded for the honest trader, then will come a general disarmament as all legitimate excuse for arming vessels will have been removed!
I shall not fail to keep before the Chinese foo... the urgency and importance of their energetic action in the direction I have here indicated; and shortly the combined efforts of H. E. The Naval Commander in Chief and the Central Power here working through their very efficient Mercantile House Administration, as well as the...
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