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is nothing in the wording of Article 53 of the
Treaty of Tientsin which suggests that its
operation was intended to be confined to the
high seas, and the presumption to the contrary
is very strong, since there had been important
and well known oases of action by British
warships against pirates in Chinese territorial
waters shortly before the signature of the
treaty.
Moreover, the wording of Article 9
of the treaty between Chins and the United
States, of June 18th, 1858 (to the benefits of
which His Majesty's Government are entitled
unde. their n.f.n. righte) eleurly conten
plated action by the national vessols of the
United States in Chinese territorial waters.
It is, however, unnecessary to discuss the
treaty position farther, since in any oase the
proposal of kr. then referred to in para-
graph 5, suggesting as it did that the most
effective method of taking repressive action
against the pirates would be to st tion a
British gunboat at the entrance to Bias Bay,
which