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Irene of the Jaina orehunta' stean bavigation
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by the British submarine 1 4 in the late aftorneur of Loto ber
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th, 1927 Cuisinistry had the honour on the land
oliver of the one your to adurens a 30to be Your koollunoy
protesting and requesting your Goverment to take steps as
doen as possible to meet the various claims hade by this
Binistry. It is greatly regretted that up to the present
time, after more than a year, no reply he been received.
The incident happened at Bias Bay in Chinese
territorial waterB.
The Dritish subkarine L 4, unger cir-
culota:ces cï no neceauity, opened fire on the pirated minese
rerchant vessel with live sholls with the regult that she was
completely sunt and as Kany as 4 Chinese citizens were cruel-
ly done to death. uthlenz action of this kind is not only derogatory to Chinese sovereign rights but also carmot ba reconciled with principles of Justice and humanity.
The
inproper mote of the conquwer of the suberino G hậ9
failure to observe internationul low were completely set for th
in detail in the cte referred to upcve and it is, therefore,
Unnec@Buary for me to mention then here.
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have the honour to invite Your Keelendy's