it necessary to declare that, failin early and effective
action with or without foreign cooperation, they will be
obliged, in view of the alarming proportions which piracy
na the risk which cunstitutem to foreign
has assumed
shipe and mctionals, to hold the proper Chinse authorities
responsible for any loss or damage resulting from the
ketivities of Chiusse pirates, and, in ad◊ition themselves
to take appropriate measures for their own protection.
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