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beard managed to scramble into their boats and I was left by myself
ort
beard. The Police boats arrived
and I called out to the
man in
them to prevent the steamer mooring if possible. The Mail...
alongside and the
then
Came
ladder was lowered to receive
them. I was asked if I participated in stopping the vessel. I said,
"my
orders tell me to do so I was then told by Mr Forrest that I should not stop the steamer unless I used force
ао
the Captain had orders to leave at 5 o'clock. I
acted as if I used force if they would stop and I was told that
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if I used force they would stop. I called up five Policemen and told them to stand in the gangway
The French Consul then said "force has been used that is sufficient - to protect against the stoppage of the vessel, it is contrary to the Convention." He then pulled out
the
copy of the Convention again
and drew attention to one or two clauses which he first and Mr Landstein afterward interpreted aloud. I said, "I have no doubt
what
you
read is contained in
the Convention but I am sure that full consideration must have been given to the matter
of the