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Forces under the command of Admiral Keppel and C-in-C of China adve... such act... of the ships of such Great Powers as may be prepared to concert measures to the same end.
The universal prevalence of piracy carried out by Chinese vessels, the magnitude of the evil, and the urgent need for effective measures to suppress it being fully admitted on all sides, it only remains to decide upon the best means to be adopted, and that without delay.
The Flag Admiral after consulting with the Senior Naval Officers of Her Majesty's and all the other Treaty Powers having ships in these waters states as their united opinion that nothing effective can possibly be done without a measure such as a general disarmament of all trading junks without distinction, to which it would be well, they conceive, to attach...