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the L. took place in Chinese territorial waters,
but the following considerations will demonetrate
that this fact gives the Butional Government of
China no grounds for protest.
12. His Majesty's Government are content
to assume for the purposes of this discuss on
that as a general rule the right to take action
#gainst pirates does not extend to the terri-
torial waters of another state, though they are
interested to note a passage (p.118) in the
Report of kl. katsuda and Wang Chung-Hui, to
which wr. Wu attached so much importance, which
Boems to indicate that they held the contrary
Tiew. But such a limitation of the right to
suppress piracy, if it existe, is based on the
assumption that modern states are in a position
to exercise, and do exercise, a measure of
control over their territory and territorial
waters sufficient to ensure that they do not
become the scene of, or still more
base for,
piratical operations.
Shore as in rcoent
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