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MOTMAD
.0881,JSI enul
edu egbelwomios of quomod edt af bengizzeonu ONT
-ut də ed to dotaqaeb a'yonelIeoxd Troy to Jqisser
s grinoitate to moitasup ent of eonsreter djtw,traja
-Jпeverg to eacqing en rot «sona
qeja s、zaeyjaib ni aleaaev no vositq to atos gat
anted Jon 8s exet of aerifosb yonellenxã quOY Hɔinw
*
SJETT SN ts bisug
on viqer ni bas 98 08 уteert vna mi not bebivoïq
aïneqqe noitsotaumoo Isamot aid Jedt tuo Jalog of aged
beroupalm,atrevs Ile de 1o,bootarebavaim nsed even of
of ebem el eonsueter vyiqst 'yonelleɔxi toy ni as
-919 W "Isona arer ent te atsodnug masta grinoitaja"
t
-Jadw noijmem on ebem rojsqaeb aid at bergfarebnu edt as
*LBW OW‡ 10 ano" Jant vino gnitasuper,ateodnug to reve
SK JAW .elaore star¶ ent to benoiteta sɗ "adout
bne,exout beats to a8aio Visпibro edf 28w of berreter
of alsasov mesta antauso to revetedw Jdquodt on bad ed
as betqabe-III oa ers vedt doidw Tol Joqa s of Jmea ed
doidw of eveword eno al 19ttem erT noitasup mi jent
Ilso Jam en oms,noijstebiamoo Iutenso usvig aan en
INOY
Your Excellency's attention to the fact of the Prata Shoals being perhaps the most dangerous spot on the whole coast of China, the natural perils of which are aggravated by the lawless conduct of those Chinese who lie in wait there for shipwrecked vessels and who plunder any craft that may be stranded there of everything it contains.
It is obviously right that measures should be taken toward insuring a fulfilment of the 20th Article of the Treaty of Tientsin; and the undersigned perceives that Your Excellency has issued orders in this sense to the authorities of the Lungmen military division and of the district of Ho-pu.
If these instructions can indeed be carried actively into effect, there would undoubtedly be no reason to fear for the future safety of shipwrecked vessels, neither would the masters or owners of vessels have reason to urge claims for compensation against the Chinese Government on the score of neglect of duty on the part of its functionaries;
but it must be borne in mind that the Prata Shoals lie at a distance of many hundred of miles from the coast of Kuangtung where the officials named
1
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452
.VOT99IV of Ivanoo e'¿aspell eif
800
MOTMAD
.0881,JSI enul
edu egbelwomios of quomod edt af bengizzeonu ONT
-ut də ed to dotaqaeb a'yonelIeoxd Troy to Jqisser
s grinoitate to moitasup ent of eonsreter djtw,traja
-Jпeverg to eacqing en rot «sona
qeja s、zaeyjaib ni aleaaev no vositq to atos gat
anted Jon 8s exet of aerifosb yonellenxã quOY Hɔinw
*
SJETT SN ts bisug
on viqer ni bas 98 08 уteert vna mi not bebivoïq
aïneqqe noitsotaumoo Isamot aid Jedt tuo Jalog of aged
beroupalm,atrevs Ile de 1o,bootarebavaim nsed even of
of ebem el eonsueter vyiqst 'yonelleɔxi toy ni as
-919 W "Isona arer ent te atsodnug masta grinoitaja"
t
-Jadw noijmem on ebem rojsqaeb aid at bergfarebnu edt as
*LBW OW‡ 10 ano" Jant vino gnitasuper,ateodnug to reve
SK JAW .elaore star¶ ent to benoiteta sɗ "adout
bne,exout beats to a8aio Visпibro edf 28w of berreter
of alsasov mesta antauso to revetedw Jdquodt on bad ed
as betqabe-III oa ers vedt doidw Tol Joqa s of Jmea ed
doidw of eveword eno al 19ttem erT noitasup mi jent
Ilso Jam en oms,noijstebiamoo Iutenso usvig aan en
INOY
Your Excellency's attention to the fact of the Prata
Shoals being perhaps the most dangerous spot on the
whole coast of China, the natural perils of which are
aggravated by the lawless conduct of those Chinese who
lie in wait there for shipwrecked vessels and who plun-
der any craft that may be stranded there of everything
It is obviously right that measures
she contains.
should be taken toward insuring a fulfilment of the
20th Article of the Treaty of Tientsin; and the under-
signed perceives that Your Excellency has issued or-
If
ders in this sense to the authorities of the Lungmen
military division and of the district of Ho-pu.
these instructions can indeed be carried actively into
effect, there would undoubtedly be no reason to fear
for the future safety of shipwrecked vessels, neither
would the masters or owners of vessels have reason to
urge claims for compensation against the Chinese Gov-
ernment on the score of neglect of duty on the part of
its functionaries;
but it must be borne in mind that
the Prata Shoals lie at a distance of many hundred of
11 from the coast of Kuangtung where the officials
named
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