otherwise he will run the risk of being acoused,
te quote onde more the language of kr. u.
u, of
"a flagrant instance of the disregard of inter-
"national law and the dictates of humanity." I
do not propose to spend time in discussing such a
contention, but I may point out first, that if
it be admitted, the prospect of suppressing piracy
off the coast of him becomes mote, and
secondly, that it is entirely inconsistent with
r. Chen's invitation so the british authorities
to station a vessel at the onvrug¤G to Bias
Say in order to iube:oeut pizuboŭ Vessels
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siace such an invitation would have no
Deuning if the vessel were forbidden to employ
sily means of making her presouce there effective.
16. in conclusion there le one coueidera-
tion which in itself is sufflelout to diepose
of the elule now put forward by Your zoellenoy,
but which his Lajesty'a dove went did not wish
to mention until they had dealt with the claim
on ita karits. It is an elementary principle
of