""" "orfait made a pace. For as I have " before said she was at 8. am several mile to seaward of us, and came " in whore of us for some other purpose "than the requirements of navigation
at that place.
" Pretence of charging
2.20
metra CO
seen by any
"Faiquan"
assary,
bo
a cau-
of this kind was
one on board the S.S.
dind
if
"matter" and our
made was ume.
my eignal " What is the
were hoisted witheir five minutes from the time
gun
unsign
"the second
was fired, and there- "fore if made, it was not seen on
" board "Triquan","
and had no effect
upon my
conduct.
"If the Cruiser "Forfait was
" within one hundred metres, the people
aw
" on board with the aid of
glase
ordinary
low should have been able to read
"London
upon Taiguans stern and
"...ed not have been astonished to find
#
"that our
were
168
envign was British." " The officers of I'l' Triquran "
very
"Tangeran"
much astonished at the
action of the "Forfait in firing tos
guns before any siqual had been
"made, and that none was made
"What is the matter?
my signal
"aud ar
ensign had been hoisted "then the French vessel hoisted Show
"your evign which certainly should " have been hoisted before any guns "evere fired."
We were quite prepared to
let the matter drop, but the inci -
reported by
dents re
of the "Forfait "
the Commander
ard 20
greatly
al
va -
ro.
riance with the facts that we are compciled to record them. We have to ask that the matter be again, ferred to the Foreign Office for hans. mission to the proper quarters.
We will be
lad to learn by
glad
which mail the particulars are
that
forwarded
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