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cargo private firms carry in their ships on the China seas under present circumstances, they carry entirely at their own
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risk.
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question I may point out that
"it is of the utmost importance
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that Government should not
give any legal opinion to private firms upon questions of this Kind; otherwise it may find itself
itself involved in responsibilities,
dangerous
"1. To the Belligerents, for acts,
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