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places were no doubt
9nd as Bins Bay but it was the Inter-
national notoriety of Bias Bay which made it so suitable
a place to begin with.
Sir M. Lampson asked Monsieur Yoshizawa whether he
thought that the Japanese Government would agree to deal with the question piecemeal.
Monsieur Yoshisawa replied that he did not know how much
import anee the Japanese Government attached to Haishow. They seemed to attach considerable importance ot it, and the cases which he had enumerated shoved how serious piracy near
Haichov vas.
81x M. Lampson said that depended on the size of
the area involved. He understood that at Bias Bay it was a
matter of patrolling some ten to fifteen miles of coast.
Mr. Mayer said that if aetion for suppression of piracy
was begun simultaneously at several points the Chinese might
misunderstand our intentions and believe or at least make out
that this wes
OG MN EN GEWEnt of international naval, int er-
vention. In the circumstances ur. Mayer felt that he could
not recommend his Government to fall in with the Japanese
amendment.
Monsieur de Martal suggested that if international co.
operation succeeded at Bias Bay it could be extended later.
Sir M. Lampson said that without differing in any sense
from the Japanese Government he thought that as a matter of
practical prosedure it would be better to build up machinery
at one place and afterwards to extend it as seemed necessary.
What was wat od vas a practical example of successful int er-
national co-operation.
Monsieur de Hartel suggested that it might be explained
to the various foreign Governments concerned that the Japanese
Government complained of the state of affairs at Haishow but
that it was desired to put the matter to test at Bias Bay
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