Translation
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de
7
el official
Espanola
pregado
cantidades
del tesoro publied hubiese
nuilo
para
testin
1:
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A
C... B.
Aprovecho extr
reiterar a V.E.
de
mi
ocasion
distinguide consideracion
5. I. Ortiz de
Zugasti
Courant de Exponia
ES. Gone:
Hl
Sir
Juel. 3.
Spanish Consulate
Haugkong.
Dec. 14. 1879 3
44
In reply to your Excellency's
Communication dated the 13
instant, I
have to state that I
have carefully perused it,
and have to point out
to y.E. that the rule which should be applied to this case is not that relative to territorial
waters, but the precept of International Law by which ships are part of the territory
of
the nation to which
they
belong, wherever they may
happen to be.
I
give y.E
my most grateful
thanks for the help which
you would have
offered me,
as was probable care
the Governor of Hongkong
in this
Heat