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Recently some kerosene, the property of # British
company, was piruted in Samehs Inlet from a Chinese
cargo-buat.
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been
that A token Cargo had boon $uxon to a r
BUNBtal hand the motor us the cargomoca soastal
Will to puitive exposu
definite aation was sopurantly takon un my informa
Isured int roquest the Commander or
1... "Magnolia" to coeperate with the Chinese SuVy
la recovering the pirated merchandise.
politely deelima es "afieeting Chinese sovereignty",
week of a Chinese naval force to the locality, led by
at nootor.
The local position shortly is that the faritime
Cantour, the only Chinese organisation legally permitted
to board British ships without spesial authority,
conducts an examination of british ships and gabeen, 18 2o0
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and to report any ssapicious charseters to the Macter;
in practice they are, however, unable to interfere
with or disarm Chinake moldiers or officials. The
Kastere of British merchant vessels regularly es.ling here
to reru
padrengers or to small parties of soldiers who refuse to
band ever their arbe
De looked up until arrival at
or owatum (ceeasi usily soldiers in partice of two
or taro
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