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by Government, they shall be
"Considered as Vessels
of War
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"in the parts of the two Countries in which they regularly
or
"accidentally touch, and be there
"entitled to the same honours and
"privileges". And further the same Article says, "they
"shall not on any account
"be diverted from their especial
duty or be liable to seizure, detention, embargo,
"Prince
We are not told precisely
in what position the Arago stood as regards the French Government: but I think that it may perhaps fairly be inferred that she was not a National Vessel or on the property of the French Government, at least there is no evidence that she was
probably however she may have been chartered, or at all events subsidized by the French Government